It is Waste Reduction Week, with the idea being to encourage waste reduction within organizations and communities. There are resources online to distribute throughout your workplace or school.
On Saturday, bring scrap metal, batteries and electronic equipment to the City Hall Parking Lot (from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m) for safe disposal.
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Lang Pioneer Village started in 1967 to celebrate and preserve the rural history of the area. Their next special event is "Spooky Halloween" (Friday & Saturday, October 15, 16 & 23, 24). Visit their website for hours and ticket prices at Lang. Click here for directions.
[Photos by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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Paul Pfeiffer and Howard Gibbs didn't know quite what they were getting into when they came up with the idea to open a movie rental store. Their friends said the concept would be an "effort in futility," and yet 8 1/2 years later Have you Seen... remains the best place to find a rental flick in the Patch.
Looking for something to do in Peterborough this loooooooong weekend?
Friday
- Mustang Drive-In (Opens at 8:15 p.m. - Ticket Prices) - what's playing
Saturday
- Otter Feeding (1:30 p.m. - Free) Peterborough Zoo
- Mustang Drive-In (Opens at 8:15 p.m. - Ticket Prices) - what's playing
Sunday
- Pioneer Corn Roast (10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Adults $10, Student/Senior $9, Youth (5-14) $6 Under 5 free, Family $30 (includes 2 adults & 4 youth)) Lang Pioneer Village
- Kawartha Arts Festival (10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Free) Fenelon Falls
- Otter Feeding (1:30 p.m. - Free) Peterborough Zoo
- Mustang Drive-In (Opens at 8:15 p.m. - Ticket Prices) - what's playing
Monday (Labour Day)
- Here is what is opened and closed.
- Otter Feeding (1:30 p.m. - Free) Peterborough Zoo
- GAME 7!!! Peterborough Lakers vs Brampton Excelsiors (7 p.m. - Adults $16, Seniors/Students $10.50, Children $3) Memorial Centre
- Mustang Drive-In (Opens at 8:15 p.m. - Ticket Prices) - what's playing
...Looks to be a rainy weekend, better rent a few flicks!
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Trap set up in Mark S. Burnham parkSet up by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, these contraptions which you may have seen around the Patch house a trap to catch the Emerald ash borer.
These green beetles are native to Asia and were accidentally introduced to North America in the 1990s. They are an invasive species and highly destructive to Ash trees.
Already, the Emerald ash borer has killed nearly 30 million Ash trees in North America and the losses are estimated in the tens of millions of dollars.
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