By Jill Williams “In the Junes that were warmer than these…” -Yeats Spring has been particularly green and lush this year here in the valley. It was good to see the daffodils and tulips last for weeks in the cooler rainy weather. That doesn’t happen every year. Most of the… Continue reading
Anecdotal evidence of extensive tick activity in the area is backed up by public health information. Ticks are moving north as the changing climate allows them to survive in the winter in our region. One might expect tick counts to be down after last winter’s snow, however snow cover, leaf… Continue reading
Get ready, folks the Fair is around the corner! In the last week of May, the midway and concession stand equipment and operators began to arrive. It’s unusual for this group to have the luxury of a two-week set up period: they usually leave on a Sunday and open up… Continue reading
Roughly thirty people attended the Resilient Retailer event hosted by Cavan Monaghan and Peterborough County Economic Development staff and Peterborough Community Futures at the CMCC last month. The event featured an extensive presentation by veteran retail consultant Barbara Crowhurst who provided comprehensive and specific recommendations to retailers to help them… Continue reading
Since the ice storm in late March, Bob Staples has spent most days working in the family’s sugar bush on Highway 7A, cleaning up logs and brush scattered throughout the forest. The work is exhausting, both physically and emotionally. Light streaming onto the forest floor is depressing rather than uplifting:… Continue reading
Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) has launched its 2025-26 Passport to Nature program—a series of free events in nature in the Kawarthas for the community to enjoy. The third year of KLT’s popular Passport to Nature program began in the early hours of May 4thin Trent Lakes with a dawn chorus… Continue reading
Sarah Cooling is a lawyer with the Northumberland Community Legal Centre in Cobourg, but locally she is better known as a co-owner of Moody’s Bar and Grill. Last month she delivered a presentation at the Millbrook Library about a few of the topics she deals with in her day job:… Continue reading
On May 20th, the Minor Ball Hockey players in the Peterborough Minor Ball Hockey League(PMBHL)took a few moments between games to at the CMCC to show support for two players who have been battling brain tumors these last few months. Twelve year old Bronson Baxter registered with the league in… Continue reading
Alex Leroy has been running a property maintenance business for several years now. He had been in the business a few years ago, and then picked it up again during Covid when a commercial property owner asked him to take on the responsibility of maintaining the landscape around his business…. Continue reading
