Community

When the front window at La Mesita Mexican Restaurant on George Street was smashed a few nights ago, it became the kind of small downtown story that says more than the damage report. According to […]

Peterborough’s parks are easy to take for granted. Grass. Benches. Ball diamonds. Splash pads. A place to walk the dog, wear out the kids, catch a summer concert, or sit by the water and pretend […]

There is a quieter pressure campaign running underneath Peterborough’s proposed new downtown arena, and it wears a maroon jersey. For all the talk about concerts, tournaments, tourism, downtown revitalization, and economic spin-off, one of the […]

The City of Peterborough is in the middle of shaping a new Municipal Cultural Plan — a document that will help decide where the city puts its money, attention, and long-term energy when it comes […]

Peterborough has always sold itself as a city with one foot in town and the other in the woods. The river, the trails, the parks, the old neighbourhood maples throwing shade over sidewalks that were […]

Peterborough’s bike-lane argument usually gets framed like some culture-war yard sale: drivers on one side, cyclists on the other, everyone acting as if a painted line on asphalt is either the dawn of civilization or […]