City council rejects community grant for Purple Onion Festival
BRENDAN WEDLEY Examiner Municipal Writer Transition Town Peterborough couldn’t peel $10,000 away from the city Monday night for its Purple Onion Festival that encourages the use of local food to help the community deal with the effects of the global economy.[...]

Peterborough County launches The Kawarthas, Naturally Connected study of natural heritage system
Peterborough County is taking part in a new study called The Kawarthas, Naturally Connected, county council heard Wednesday. As part of the county’s Official Plan, the study will look at the natural surroundings and resources in Peterborough city and county, as well as the City of Kawartha Lakes.[...]

Plan to keep Peterborough Employment Resource Centre open with reduced services to be considered by city council
City council will hold a committee of the whole meeting Monday night with the public portion of the meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall, 500 George St. N.[...]

Peterborough Employment Resource Centre to remain open
With Peterborough area’s latest unemployment statistics hovering just below 10%, city council was unwilling to wind down the city’s employment resource centre in favour of focusing provincial funding on three other employment agencies.[...]

Recap of Examiner's live coverage of Peterborough city council committee of the whole meeting
Join Examiner municipal writer Brendan Wedley's live coverage and community discussion from Monday night's Peterborough city council committee of the whole meeting.[...]

City buys three more houses for $15.6M widening of Chemong Rd.
Peterborough continued to roll toward the planned $15.6-million widening of Chemong Rd. in the city’s north end on Monday with the recommended purchase of three houses for $605,000. City council, sitting as committee of the whole, endorsed buying 775 Chemong Rd.[...]

One-year rooming house moratorium even applies to properties with designations allowing them
City council continued its clampdown on rooming houses Monday night, implementing a rarely used power to block new rooming houses from opening in Peterborough for a one-year period. For such a powerful land-use planning measure, it passed quietly.[...]

Smoking now banned in all Peterborough parks
Peterborough’s parks went smoke free at the start of this month as the final stage in a phased-in approach that began in May 2010. Peterborough County-City Health Unit representatives updated the city’s arenas, parks and recreation advisory committee about the program Tuesday.[...]

Recap of Examiner's live coverage of Monday night's city council meeting
Here is a recap of Examiner municipal reporter Brendan Wedley's live coverage of Monday night's city council meeting. Agenda items included the Purple Onion Festival, Watch Video [...]

As budget approved, the drama continues
The 2012 police budget has been approved, but that doesn’t mean the drama is over. The Peterborough Lakefield police services board approved a $500,000 cut to its budget during a special board meeting Wednesday.[...]