Here Are Pictures From A Surprise Marriage Proposal Saturday Night At Little Lake Musicfest

On Saturday night, Little Lake Musicfest attendee Travis Reid was called on stage by Musicfest staff, who said they had found his lost credit card... or had they? When he took the stage, he was handed the microphone and asked his girlfriend Alisha Michelle Springer to come up on stage. He then got down on one knee and proposed to her, much to the delight of the audience. She said yes. Well done Travis. Congrats to both.

 

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Sebastian Bach's New Jersey Home Destroyed By Hurricane Irene

The flooding around Bach's homePeterborough's Sebastian Bach was devastated yesterday to see his house destroyed by Hurricane Irene.

Here is an excerpt from a long post he did on Facebook about the damage: "I am numb, in shock, & devastated to report that my home of 21 years, my house featured on MTV Cribs, has been destroyed, condemned, & deemed uninhabitable due to the extreme flooding courtesy of Hurricane Irene. In the 2 decades I have lived in this home, there has never been a single drop of water in the basement or anywhere else in the structure. Now Irene has overflowed the reservoir adjacent to my house. The surging waters have snapped the bridge in half next to my house & sent the bridge straight into my garage, knocking the house off of its foundation. The basement that has been dry for over 2 decades is now overflowing with water & I am not even allowed to start pumping the water out due to fears of electrocution. Original Skid Row & KISS fans, I have bad news for you. Gone are irreplacable items, such as my KISS Gargoyles from the 1979 tour. KISS pinball machine. Skid Row master tapes, video & audio, concerts, master tapes from Oh Say Can You Scream etc. Boxes & boxes of one of a kind Skid Row memorabilia, from the first tour to our last, all stuff I collected on the road that no one else had. I had a library in the basement with every single magazine that had Skid Row on the cover. This library took up a big part of the basement. All of this is lost now."  The street Bach lives on

Bach, who has decided to move to LA after what happened to his NJ home, did have a bit of a sense of humour about the destruction: "Somewhere under this water is a KISS pinball machine & 2 gargoyles from the Dynasty tour. If you see them floating past your house, they're mine. Or at least they were :(," he said in another Facebook post.

[Photos via Sebastian Bach's Facebook page]

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PtboCanada Review: The Burning Hell At Bluestreak Records

Burning Hell performing at BluestreakIt was a wild weekend of live music these last few days, what with Wakestock rocking Beavermead Park, The Peterborough Folk Festival delivering a day full at Nicholl's Oval and the last show of the 2011 Peterborough Little Lake Musicfest season.

That wasn't the end of it either. Afterparties and shows filled city bars and clubs with revellers determined to enjoy one of the last weekends of the summer.

As a rather large exclamation point to the weekend's festivities, a sort of homecoming happened in an unlikely locale.

The Burning Hell played a low-key show at Bluestreak Records last night to a crowd of 40 in-the-know fans. Band leader Mathias Kom is in town and gathered many locals who've contributed to the band, in both recording and touring capacities over the years for this small show.

It was a gem.

Kom, along with Jill Staveley, Michael Duguay, Nick Ferrio and Adam DeMarsh, all worked together for a short but rousing set which brought the house down.

Rumour has it, they've got something else planned for this coming Tuesday night. Watch the interwebs for details.

[Text and picture by PtboCanada's arts reporter Jeffrey Macklin]

[Related: Peterborough Band The Burning Hell's Van Broken Into In Europe On Last Day Of Tour]

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PtboPics: Peterborough Folk Festival 2011

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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Police Remind You To Keep Your Residences Secure After A Series Of Break And Enters

From a Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service Media Release today...

Break, Enter & Thefts
 
Sometime between 11:30 pm on August 26th, 2011 and 7:00 am on the 27th unknown person(s) entered an insecure residence on Ravenwood Drive, Peterborough.  The resident reported  the break-in during the morning when her purse was discovered in the laneway, with approximately $30.00 stolen.
 
Also over night on August 26th-27th between  11:00 pm and 3:00 am a Cottonwood Drive residence was entered via a sliding kitchen window.  Once inside, the culprit(s) stole the homeowners wallet and an iPod.  The approximate value of theft was $250.00.
 
During the course of investigating the Cottonwood Drive incident, police came upon two Maple Crescent residences that had entry attempted through side windows.  At both of these locations the window screens were forced but the windows were secure, preventing entry.
 
The police are asking any one with information to contact 705-876-1122 or anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
 
Police would also like to remind everyone to be mindful of keeping their residences secure.  Break-ins and Thefts similar to these occurrences can happen very quickly, and at all hours of the day.  Further, if you observe any suspicious person, or activity in your neighbourhood please contact police immediately.

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Video: Police Officer Keith Calderwood On What It Was Like Being Shot (And His Recovery)

Peterborough police officer Keith Calderwood, who was shot in Lindsay in June while in the line of duty in a case police are giving few details about as the SIU investigation continues, talked to Newswatch about his recovery.

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Here Are Pictures Of A Man Booting Around Peterborough On A Segway Today

Note: He's riding on the sidewalks, but posed for us on the street on Hopkins Avenue on his $8,000 Segway.

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Two More Cowards Charged After Assaulting Their Girlfriends

(EDITOR'S NOTE: virtually everyday, these types of domestics turn up in police reports)

From a Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service Media Release today...

1. Man charged with assaulting girlfriend.
 
On the 25th of August at approximately 645 pm police responded to a domestic at a McDonnel Street address.  The female victim was observed to be bleeding from the nose when police arrived.  Investigation revealed that her 49 yr old boyfriend had punched her, hit her over the head with a folding chair and threatened to kill her.  The male was arrested at the scene and has been held in custody for court on the 26th of August 2011. He is charged with assault, assault with a weapon and uttering threats. The victim did not require medical attention.
 
2. Man charged with assaulting girlfriend arrested in Oshawa.
 
On the 24th of August 2011 a female attended Durham Regional Police to report an assault that occurred in Peterborough at her residence on Stewart Street.  The incident had occurred on the 23rd of August.  The information was passed onto Peterborough Lakefield Police to continue the investigation.  The victim and her 39 year old boyfriend had been involved in an argument that resulted in the boyfriend pushing the victim, grabbing her by the throat and kicking her.  She did not require medical attention.  On the 25th of August, the boyfriend was arrested in the Oshawa area and he has been returned to Peterborough for court on the 26th of August 2011. He is charged with assault and breach of probation.

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Here's A Beautiful Shot Of Peterborough At Dusk Tonight

[via @kawarthafresh]

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