The Douro Community Centre will see some new upgrades beyond the installation of a new floor.
At the August 4th regular council meeting manager of parks and recreation Mike Mood presented two reports to council looking for improvements to the facility.
The first report was requesting approval for the purchase of a new audio system and the second report was more of an update informing council that the water system in the community centre was to receive upgrades.
Mood told council that the present above ice audio system at the facility is at the end of its life and no longer supplies consistent sound.
Mood told council that the request for the new audio system came from Douro Minor Hockey and they suggested that the system could be paid for with the remaining funds from the prize money won by securing second spot in the Kraft Hockeyville competition.
Trent Lakes Mayor Terry Lambshead cuts the ribbon, held by Paul Rosebush of the Ontario Trillium Foundations and MPP Dave Smith, to open the Lower Bowl at the Lakehurst Hall.
Six local organizations in the Peterborough-Kawartha region have received substantial funding from the provincial government to enhance senior programing.
MPP Dave Smith announced last week a combined total of $116,196 through the Ontario government’s Seniors Community Grants program will be handed out to local organizations. This funding will help local seniors stay active, safe, and socially connected within their communities.
Sprung explained that many The Seniors Community Grant funding recipients in Peterborough-Kawartha are:
The City of Peterborough: $24,998
• Project: Be Prepared (Third Revision)
• Overview: Updates materials for the Be Prepared program to equip seniors with clear, practical guidance to recognize and respond to frauds, scams, severe weather events, and intimate partner or family violence, while strengthening emergency preparedness.
On Friday community members from the Municipality of Trent Lakes, elected officials, and government representatives gathered at the Lakehurst Hall to celebrate the opening of the Lower Bowl.
In February 2024 municipal council approved a $200,000 project to build an amphitheatre for outdoor performances and last summer they approved a zoning bylaw amendment for a trail head and an open space that could be used as an extension to the hall.
The contract to construct an outdoor performance space at the Lakehurst Hall in Trent Lakes has been awarded to Young’s Construction with a winning bid of $237,238.32. The municipality was able to secure provincial funding for this project through the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) in the amount of $185,400 which was used to construct the Lakehurst Hall Lower Bowl, a new events space for residents of all ages to enjoy art and recreation programming outdoors.
This short documentary is a portrait of a tiny town, Lakefield, Ontario, and its independent weekly, the Herald. Across North America, newspapers are dying, but in Lakefield, Terry McQuitty, the town paper’s publisher, carries on a rich, 150-year-old tradition. Set to the pace of small-town life, Unheralded is a testament to the vital role newspapers can still play, and the close bond between reporter and reader.
