PtboPic: Snowman Dude Is Totally Ready To Hit The Slopes
/Peterborough continues to bring it with the snow sculpture creativity with this one below on Bonaccord.
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Peterborough Blogs
Peterborough Raises More Than $100,000 For Kawartha Food Share At 3 Loonie Event
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The Wolf's TJ Connors broadcasting live at 3 Loonie event this morningCongrats Peterborough, you raised more than $100,000 for Kawartha Food Share this morning at the annual 3 Loonie event outside the studios of The Wolf and Kruz FM in downtown Peterborough. Amazing. Our city rocks.
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Let's Fill Santa's Sleigh To Help Local Children
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Kawartha-Haliburton Children's Foundation is once again helping our local children have a joyous Christmas by asking for the donation of toys to their Santa's Sleigh located at the entrance of Walmart on Chemong.
When donating, you are able to pick the name of a child in need from the list and then proceed to donate the item that they have asked Santa to bring them this year.
For more details, contact Claire Demary at 705.761.7281.
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]
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Introducing... The Olde Stone Symphony
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Flashback! Peterborough Square During Xmas 1987
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What are your memories of Peterborough Square from back in the day? Add comments below.
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Peterborough Family Converts Their Living Room Into A Christmas Village
/And they have great Xmas lights outside. (The Christmas-village-inside-the-home footage starts a little after the halfway mark of the video.)
[Related: PtboPic: One Of The Awesomest Snow Sculptures We've Seen In The Patch; Places To Cut Your Own Christmas Tree (But Don't Pull A Griswold)]
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Spotlight: Needles in the Hay Yarn Shop Is The Place To Be For Knitters
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With a strong passion for "all things wool," Bridget Allin moved to Peterborough with the impression that we had an existing yarn store. When she found out that the one here had recently closed, she killed two birds with one stone by creating a job for herself and opening a store of her own: Needles in the Hay.
Bridget found herself busy right from the get-go, as Peterborough is home to lots of organized knitting groups. "The reception to the store has been amazing as knitting is a hobby embraced by all ages," she says.
Bridget feels that knitting has been making a resurgence in recent years. With websites such as Ravelry (a site that lets you network with others and share knitting patterns) and KnittingHelp.com (for knitting explanations and techniques), knitting has become more accessible, she believes. More knitting conferences are starting to spring up as the culture starts to grow and people pay more attention to the materials of products and where they are sourced.
Although yarn is available from box stores, if you are looking for a natural fibre yarn or one with a luxury fibre in it (such as cashmere), Needles in the Hay is the place to be. Bridget's passion shows and she is very knowledgable. Classes will be added in 2011 to help people of any knitting or crocheting level. One of the classes will be a knitting refresher course as many people have tried knitting at some point in their life and just need a helping hand to get started again.
Needles in the Hay (705-740-0667) is located at 385 Water Street. It's open Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., and is closed on Mondays. For more info, email Bridget here.
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Does Peterborough Have Enough Shelter For The Homeless?
/It's freezing cold out. And anti-poverty activists are concerned there is not adequate shelter in the Patch for those in need. And that someone could freeze to death.
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The Wolf Broadcasting Live For Kawartha Food Share December 23 At The Red Dog
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Enter here to win tickets to this great event for Kawartha Food Share.
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PtboPic: One Of The Awesomest Snow Sculptures We've Seen In The Patch
/It's just off of Wallis, on Merino.
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