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Yoga classes can help with your New Year’s resolution

January 3, 2010
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If Santa brought you a few extra pounds for the holidays why not start the year off with a commitment to health and wellness? Yoga classes continue in Apsley through the winter at the United Church on Burleigh Street and your body will love you for showing up! Starting January 6th classes are offered to those of all ages and abilities. This is a fun class so bring a mat, water and a sense of humour. Get ready to feel great! Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. $12 per drop-in class Please call 613.334.4164 for more details...

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Watch for suspicious people around your house, OPP says

November 19, 2009
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Watch for suspicious people around your house, OPP says

DAYLIGHT BREAK AND ENTERS Peterborough County OPP recommends that the public be aware of suspicious activity that may result in daylight break and enters occurring throughout the County of Peterborough. A common method of operation used by thieves is to approach a home, knock on the door and if answered, request directions, fictitious neighbour or delivery address information, and then go on their way. If no one answers, thieves then check all possible points of entry to determine whether the home’s doors or windows are unlocked and if it can be entered out of...

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Two men rescued after boat sinks near Lakefield

November 17, 2009
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CAPSIZED VESSEL SMITH-ENNISMORE-LAKEFIELD – On Saturday November 14, 2009 at approximately 9:30 P.M. Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield Fire Department, Peterborough County Ambulance and police responded to the report of a capsized vessel on Lake Katchewanooka near Youngs Point Road. Patrick BARIN age 51 years of Mississauga and Paul SCHEMBRI age 56 years of Brampton, had gone fishing on the lake at approximately 9:00 P.M. when their boat had filled with water and overturned. The men were in the water for approximately 30 minutes before their calls for help were answered by Jeff HEROLD, another cottager, who rowed...

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OPP seizes nearly 15,000 pot plants in September

October 7, 2009
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OPP seizes nearly 15,000 pot plants in September

DRUG ERADICATION During the month of September 2009, members of the Central East Drug Unit conducted Marihuana Eradication throughout Peterborough County, Northumberland County, City of Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton Highlands. The Central East Drug Unit was assisted by the OPP Tactical Response Unit, OPP Emergency Response Unit, OPP/City of Kawartha Lakes K9 Units and the OPP Aviation Services. Through Crime Stoppers Tips and the Public, Officers were able to locate and eradicate 49 marihuana plots. The break down of each region is as follows Haliburton Highlands – 12 plots 5,650 plants eradicated Northumberland County...

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Coe Hill-Aplsey snowmobilers praised for work on trails

September 30, 2009
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Coe Hill-Aplsey snowmobilers praised for work on trails

CAMPBELLFORD– Steve and Carol Anne Stapley and their three sons have been named 2009 Family of the Year by the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC). The annual award recognizes the important contributions entire families have made to the sport of snowmobiling through volunteer work. “This family not only works together, but also plays together – and the Stapleys’ enjoyment of and enthusiasm for snowmobiling are simply infectious, “ OFSC president Bruce Robinson said in a news release announcing the recipients of the provincial award. “We congratulate Team Stapley for epitomizing what family snowmobiling...

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English vistor dies after crash last week north of Woodview

September 30, 2009
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English vistor dies after crash last week north of Woodview

NORTH KAWARTHA – On Saturday September 26, 2009 John CONNELL, age 87 years, of Pangbourne Reading, England succumbed to the injuries he suffered in the serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 28 north of Woodview. CONNELL and his wife Joan, age 89 years who was also injured in the collision, had been visiting family in the Peterborough area. Click here to read a story on the crash from the Reading Post news web site in England. Click here to view a Sept. 22 story and photo about the crash, posted at mykawartha.com....

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OPP raid marijuana grow-op between Apsley and Coe Hill

September 23, 2009
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OPP raid marijuana grow-op between Apsley and Coe Hill

Central East Drug Unit DATE: September 23, 2009  OPP Drug Enforcement Section On the 22nd of September 2009 the OPP Central Drug Enforcement members along with the OPP K9 Unit executed a Drug Search Warrant at an O’Brien Road residence in North Kawartha Township. At the property Officers located 317 large outdoor marijuana plants. In the residence Officers located and seized 149 grams marihuana bud, three long guns, large amount of assorted ammunition and a loaded 22cal handgun. Officer encounter three persons in the residence of the home and one male party...

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OPP reports serious crash on Hwy 28 south of Aspley

September 22, 2009
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OPP reports serious crash on Hwy 28 south of Aspley

APSLEY — Highway 28 north of Woodview was closed about four hours Monday, Sept. 21, to investigate a single-vehicle crash that seriously injured at least one person. Peterborough County OPP says the crash happened at 2:05 p.m. , between Northey’s Bay Road and Haultain Road, south of Aplsey. No other information was available from OPP.

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Yoga sessions resume in Coe Hill and start in Aplsey

September 19, 2009
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Yoga sessions resume in Coe Hill and start in Aplsey

COE HILL — Drop-in yoga classes continue Monday nights this fall at the Coe Hill Dharma Centre in the heart of Coe Hill. Cost is $8 for all ages. Classes start at 6 p.m., says Barbara Shaw, owner of the centre. All abilities welcome. For people interested in yoga, but living  closer to Apsley, classes will be offered Wednesday in the United Church Hall on Burleigh Street.  The 6:30 p.m. classes start Sept. 30. The cost for the Apsley class is $12 and part of the proceeds goes to the United Church. For both...

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Sign of the times? Police want people to stop stealing and damaging road markers across Peterborough County

September 19, 2009
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Sign of the times? Police want people to stop stealing and damaging road markers across Peterborough County

COE HILL — After someone pinched the new “Bank Robber’s Lane”sign along the South Road, it now seems the same thing is happening to the west. Here’s a Sept. 18, 2009 press release from Peterborough County OPP on the subject: ROADWAY & HIGHWAY SIGNS PETERBOROUGH – Highway and roadway signs, indicators and pylons are being stolen or vandalized from in and around the County of Peterborough. In several instances the stolen signs are used for wall decorations in dorms and rec rooms. Some are used in the commission of practical jokes and other signs...

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