The Story Behind Jeff Macklin's New Book "Neighbourhoods - An Anthology of Words and Visual Art"

Peterborough artisan Jeff Macklin has created a wonderful new analog chapbook Neighbourhoods - An Anthology of Words and Visual Art. This limited edition was produced in downtown Peterborough, with full colour plates throughout and letterpress printed two colour covers, and insert with a hand-sewn binding. An Artsweek Peterborough 2013 project, it features a range of fiction, short anecdotes, photography, paintings and prose about and for the people who live in the neighbourhoods of Peterborough. "Local artists and writers have very little formal voice outside of the internet where they have have their works published," Macklin tells us, adding, "This chapbook represents a love for the printed page, which is undervalued overall, but still has a place in our culture—especially our local culture." Below are some of the pages from the book, which you can purchase here.

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Iron Chef Competition This Wednesday At Peterborough Downtown Farmers' Market

Awesome idea...  This Wednesday (October 2nd), four local chefs will be given identical baskets containing lots of seasonal fall produce, local meat and cheese, and other market goods. They will also be given $10 to buy a secret ingredient of their choosing from any market vendor. Starting at 10:00 a.m., Chefs will be given 1.5 hours to create a seasonal dish onsite that will be sampled and rated by a panel of guest judges. One local Chef will be crowned the 1st Annual Market Iron Chef by creating an innovative dish that showcases local products, uses everything in the basket and is of course, delicious. Chefs include Brad Watt from RARE Grill House, Martin Vanden Anker from Holiday Inn, Ursula Fugger from Elmhirst Resort and Steve Hancock from St. Veronus. Remaining portions will be given out to market-goers to sample and enjoy.

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Art For Awareness Presents Erasing The Stigma

Art for Awareness, a local theatre group, is getting ready for their first original production to hit the stage at the Adam Scott auditorium. Erasing the Stigma, a multimedia dance performance, runs October 4th, 5th, 8th and 9th at 8 p.m., and seeks to normalize the stories of those living with mental illness.  Arts for Awareness has partnered with Canadian Mental Health Association, The Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, the LYNX Early Psychosis Intervention Program, and the Human Services & Justice Coordinating Committee for this show. Tickets are available at Black Honey and at the door. If you saw their first show Next to Normal, you'll know how talented and passionate this group is!

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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DBIA Featured Post: Electric City Bread Company

One of Downtown Peterborough’s newest ventures, located at 165 Sherbrooke St, is the beautifully laid out Electric City Bread Company. Owned and operated by Jordan Podiama, who runs the front of the house, and Jeremy Fletcher who works as a chef/baker, the bakery is aiming to bring back the craft of in-house baking to the downtown core.

The warm and cozy setting they have established is home to some of the finest bakery creations you will ever experience. They make their own bread, tarts, croissants, pie, soups and even butcher meat inside the premises. Jeremy and Jordan both share an appreciation for the farming community and locally produced goods, and thus everything you will taste inside the bakery is fresh and comes right from inside our community.

While their menu rotates, they always use what’s available with the seasons, and they pride themselves on using as many organic products as humanly possible in their creations. In creating baked goods and butchering meat (which they do on the days the bakery is closed on Sundays and Mondays) on site, they also like bringing to the table something that is of educational value to their valued customers.

Jeremy and Jordan, who along with her partner Matt also assists at the bakery, originally worked together in the Muskokas and had been dreaming of opening a shop of their own. It was when Peterborough was suggested as a great spot that they searched out the area and found a spot they felt would best suit what they wanted to create. What helped them choose the Sherbrooke St location was its proximity to water and the airy feeling that they could still sense while being located just on the outskirts of a booming downtown. They found their store to be in great shape, to have lots of space, and to have one of the easiest landlords they had ever dealt with.

Even though they have only been operating for a handful of months, Jordan and Jeremy have managed to forge many great relationships with not only their neighbours, but with a few other local busineses in town who sell some of their creations. Elements, The Pasta Shop, and JoAnne’s Place are a few locally owned and operated businesses where you’ll find Electric City Bread Company products on the shelves.

Jordan and Jeremy are really happy with the community of Peterborough that they have moved to and been accepted by, and really love the vibrancy, personality, nature, and potential that they see every day.

They currently serve both breakfast and lunch with plans of expanding to a dinner menu in the near future. If you’re looking for a new food experience downtown and enjoy food that is handcrafted on site, we suggest you give them a try! You’ll be happy you did.

For more on Electric Bread Company (165 Sherbrooke St), go to:

Twitter: @ElectricBreadCo
Facebook: Electric Bread Company
Phone: (705) 874-8055

For more on Downtown Peterborough and the Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA), click here.

—By Aaron Elliott

Giant Tiger Moving To 18,557 Square Foot Retail Building On Lakefield Road

The Giant Tiger store on the road to Lakefield—near the Selwyn Outreach Centre—will be moving across the street to a larger location, the Lakefield Herald reports.

Current location

The construction of the 18,557 square foot retail building means there will also be some modifications to County Rd. 29 (Lakefield Road), as a southbound right turn lane and a northbound left turn lane will be required.

[Lakefield Herald; image via Giant Tiger website]

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Scenes From The Fall 2013 Peterborough Police Auction

The Peterborough Lakefield Community Police held their bi-annual Police Auction today at 500 Water Street. Seized items were auctioned off and money earned from the auction will go to a number of charitable causes.

Bicycles are always a popular draw to the auction

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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A Wedding Party Waits For A Train Ride At Riverview Zoo

It's not everyday you see this, but yes, this happened recently at the zoo...

[via Riverview Park & Zoo Facebook page]

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Best Tweet Ever: Trent Nursing Student Emma Rockburn Helped Save A Man's Life Today

A Trent University fourth-year nursing student named Emma Rockburn—along with two PRHC nurses who came to her assistance—helped save a man's life today (September 27th) after witnessing a head-on crash near Lansdowne Place mall. The man was without vital signs, and Rockburn started chest compressions to help revive him until the PRHC nurses and EMS arrived. As she tweeted shortly after the accident, "just restarted a mans heart after a car crash."

just restarted a mans heart after a car crash... #casual

— EM (@emmarockburn) September 27, 2013

feeling extremely blessed and loved right now. 💕

— EM (@emmarockburn) September 27, 2013

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R.I.P. Tash The Camel Has Died

The Riverview Park and Zoo has announced the death of their older male camel, Tash, at the age of 19. Tash came to the zoo in 2004 from the Toronto Zoo. Tasha was popular with visitors and the staff because of his social, gentle and compliant nature.

Photo of Tash via Riverview and Zoo Facebook page

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Social Media Branding On Full Display To Attract People To Downtown Peterborough

More and more businesses are getting on Twitter in the downtown core as they recognize the value of social media, but also the downtown and its streets. The DBIA has run a terrific Twitter account for some time @downtownPtbo. More recently, Hunter Street is being represented @hunterstptbo and now George Street is on Twitter @georgestptbo. Email us—or better yet, tweet us—when other street accounts get activated downtown.

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