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    • The Peterborough Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (PACAC) is recommending to city council that additional buildings in the General Electric factory complex receive heritage designation, including the facades of buildings 8 and 34 along Albert Street, to protect them from planned demolition by GE Vernova. (Photo: Google Maps)

      Heritage committee recommends Peterborough city council expand building designations at GE…

      At its annual "Diva Night" educational and awareness event on October 23, 2025, The Dragon Flies Breast Cancer Survivor Group's founding members Jo-Ann Forson, Nancy Hanna, and Gail Payne presented three $7,500 cheques to representatives of the Port Perry Hospital Foundation, Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation, and Lakeridge Health Foundation Oshawa. Since it was formed in 2002, the group has raised $437,800 in support of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. (Photo courtesy of Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation)

      The Dragon Flies Breast Cancer Survivor Group raises $22,500 for breast…

      "Burger ambassadors" Jason Wilkins and Tiffany Arcari sink their teeth into burger creations from Double Dz's and Chemong Lodge (with Chemong Lodge's sous chef Sean Crooks giving the victory sign) during the launch of the United Way Peterborough & District's inaugural Ultimate Burger Battle community fundraiser on October 30, 2025 at the United Way office. During the month of November, eight participating restaurants will be creating a unique and creative burger in a friendly competition for the title of Ultimate Burger of the Year, with $2 from every burger sold being donated to the United Way. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

      United Way Peterborough & District launches mouth-watering new fundraiser during November

      Northumberland County's municipal building, which includes community service spaces, meeting rooms including council chambers, and administrative offices, is located at 555 Courthouse Road in Cobourg. (Photo: Northumberland County)

      Northumberland County council votes to open temporary winter warming room in…

      Community Futures Peterborough launches new program to help displaced workers start…

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    • New Stages Theatre is presenting a Brand New Stages Festival workshop production of "Footnote to Freedom" at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough, with a public performance on November 9, 2025 and a private performance the following day. Written and performed by Beau and Lance Dixon and dedicated to their late father Reverend Canon Blair Dixon, the show is a musical about the life of their grandfather George Dixon, who served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion — Canada's first and only segregated Black battalion in World War I. (Photo courtesy of Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia)

      New Stages Theatre presents ‘Footnote to Freedom’ by Beau and Lance…

      Halifax roots-blues musician Brent "Buck" Tingley will be performing at the Ganaraska Hotel in Port Hope on Friday night with Juno-nominated Roxanne Potvin on bass and Tim-Jim "T-Bone" Baker on drums. (Photo: Paula Leroux Photography)

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      The Capitol Theatre in Port Hope has revealed 11 shows in its 2026 season, including 10 Canadian shows, three musicals, and five world premieres. (Photo: kawarthaNOW collage of Capitol Theatre graphics)

      Capitol Theatre in Port Hope announces 11 shows for its 2026…

      19-year-old Peterborough indie-pop singer-songwriter Georgia Rose, who just released her sophomore single "Where Did We Go?" along with her first music video, is performing Saturday evening at Springville Tap n' Grill in Cavan-Monaghan Township just outside Peterborough and Sunday at Cheeky Duck Vineyard in Selwyn Township. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

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      An audience in Stratford watches a screening of "We Lend A Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes", produced and directed by Colin Field with historical producer Bonnie Sitter, who wrote the 2019 book "Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz: Memories of Ontario Farmerettes" with retired journalist Shirleyan English. (Photo via welendahand.ca)

      Award-winning Farmerettes documentary comes to Lakefield on November 26

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    • Allison Adam, entrepreneurship officer at Community Futures Peterborough (CFP), will deliver a free ideation and business planning workshop in Havelock on January 21, 2026 as part of the CFP Business Advisory Centre's "Entrepreneurship 101: County Edition" series. The three-part series also includes a marketing and branding workshop on February 4 in Millbrook, and a funding and cash flow workshop on February 18 in Lakefield. (Photo courtesy of CFP)

      Community Futures Peterborough expands popular ‘Entrepreneurship 101’ workshop series to Peterborough…

      A panel discussion on agritourism during the inaugural Regional Tourism Summit hosted by Regional Tourism Organization 8 (RTO8) at the Capitol Theatre in Port Hope on October 21, 2025. With a keynote address, panel discussions, and networking opportunities, the event saw tourism operators and partners from across the Kawartha Northumberland region gather for a day learning about the challenges and opportunities that exist in the industry regionally, with a focus on strengthening partnerships and collaborations. (Photo courtesy of RTO8)

      Collaboration was the focus of the inaugural RTO8 Regional Tourism Summit

      Cambium Consulting & Engineering staff show off their recycled plastic concrete molds. By turning their previously discarded plastic molds into reusable ones, the Peterborough firm is proving how businesses can lead the way in building a circular economy. From left to right: facilities and environmental health and safety manager Jeff Hoskin, technologist and green team representative Hillary Bradshaw, group manager for construction testing and inspection Brian Graham, and coordinator and green team representative Becky Yarnell. (Photo: Connor Evans / Cambium)

      How a Peterborough engineering and environmental firm embraced the circular economy…

      In March 2025, Northumberland County announced a 33-member coalition called Prosper in Northumberland to promote and bolster the local economy in response to U.S. trade tariffs, which included the launch of a "Buy Local" campaign over the summer as well as a survey of local residents and businesses. (Photo: Northumberland County)

      Northumberland County celebrates Small Business Week by sharing results of recent…

      Delivered by Northumberland County with funding from the Ontario government, the Business & Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland (BECN) supports small business through workshops, free consultations, and special events like the BECN Connect Peer-to-Peer session in Campbellford in July 2025 that provided expert advice on small business accounting and tax filing. (Photo: BECN)

      Business & Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland ‘the single door to entrepreneurship support’…

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    • Lakefield resident Guy Hanchet proudly displays his newly installed solar panels. Despite not having an ideal rooftop for solar, he expects to power about half of his annual electricity use from the system. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)

      Home battery backup systems gaining ground as solar installations grow in…

      Founded by three local residents and veteran Camino pilgrims, the new Peterborough Chapter of the Canadian Company of Pilgrims is making it easy for adventure-seekers to learn more about the Camino de Santiago, an extensive network of trails leading to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The non-denominational volunteer-run group provides mentorship and resources to help local travellers plan the lodging, packing or other guidelines for their adventures, whether they are going for religious, spiritual, sport, or other purposes. (Photo: Canadian Company of Pilgrims - Peterborough Chapter / Facebook)

      Get prepared to walk the Camino de Santiago with help from…

      Take a stroll through the graveyard if you dare while visiting Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene for Spooky All Hallows' Eve from 6 to 9 p.m. on October 24 and 25, 2025. The family-friendly event offers a wide range of fun activities along with stories about the origin of modern-day Halloween traditions. (Photo: Heather Doughty Photography / Lang Pioneer Village Museum)

      History meets Halloween during Spooky All Hallows’ Eve at Lang Pioneer…

      A registered charitable organization located in Minden, Walkabout Farm Therapeutic Riding Association is hosting a family-friendly and autism-aware Halloween fundraiser on October 25, 2025. The second annual "Warped Woods Halloween Show" will see volunteers (including many program participants) dressed as zombies and ghouls to scare visitors walking along an accessible trail through the woods, to raise money to cover the cost of hay bales for the farm's horses over the winter. Young children and those on the autism spectrum who don't want to be scared will be given a lantern to signal to volunteers to disengage and not scare them. (Photo courtesy of Walkabout Farm Therapeutic Riding Association)

      Walkabout Farm Therapeutic Riding Association in Minden to host ‘Warped Woods…

      Safe routes to walk and roll to school are the goal when school zone speed limits are lowered. Only 50 per cent of people struck by a vehicle traveling at 50km/h will survive their injuries, whereas 90 per cent will survive being struck at 30 km/h. (Photo: Pete Rellinger)

      ‘Walktober’ marks progress and challenges in making Peterborough’s school zones safer

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