File consists of issues of the Peterborough New Paper, a weekly independent newspaper edited by Clifford Maynes. Publishing was by a co-operative of volunteers with the help of “Opportunities for Youth” grants. This paper reported on Municipal affairs of Peterborough and the matters before the City council. The excellence of the reportage led us to create a list of some of the most important articles.

Vol. 1 No. 1 : June 1, 1972

• page 9 Engleburn house
• page 11 downtown redevelopment

June 8, 1972

• page 7 Covered Mall for George St.
• page 7 Martha Kidd and the “Peterborough Plan” devised by Ron Thom and D.F. Pinker (never implemented) for the preservation of downtown buildings
• page 11 Bradburn Opera House

June 15, 1972

• p.8 and 9 Renewed Interest in History of Curve Lake (Elsie Kmott, Doug Williams and Walter Currie.
• page 11 “Clonsilla”
• page 15 Lacrosse at Curve Lake

June 25, 1972

• page 5 Long Saga of Downtown Redevelopment
• page 5 Marble works on Rogers St. and ORCA

June 29, 1972

• page 9 Brock and George Sts., Hunter and George Sts by Martha Kidd

July 6, 1972

• page 2 Walter Currie telling Burleigh Falls local of the Ontario Metis and Non-Status native organization to work with horizontal structure
• page 5 Mayor pledges citizen committee to review doqntown plan
• page 7 Trent Archives: a Developing community resource
• page 7 Exploring Centennial Museum
• page 9 Symons to probe Canadian Studies

July 13, 1972

• page 7 Hutchison house requires repairs (photos and history)
• page 9 Benson house, 813 Water St.
• page 11 downtown mall and Eaton’s list of requirements and Lansdowne development as competition
• page 13 Taylor residence in Curve Lake restored

July 20, 1972

• page 3 more discussion about what sort of city Peterborough will become
• page 4 more on re-zoning of Lansdowne
• page 6 review of Rolling Stones concert in Toronto; review of Edward Bear concert in Peterborough
• page 8 review of Mariposa festival with Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot and Bob Dylan
• page 8 St. john’s church
• page 10 Curve Lake lacrosse school

August 1, 1972

• page 1 Cluxton block, southwest corner of George and Brock St. under discussion for demolition by CIBC; built in 1878 by Wm. Cluxton
• page 5 Robert Stanfield visiting Peterborough

August 8, 1972

• page 3 misleading reporting by Peterborough Examiner re downtown redevelopment
• page 5 need for extension of Highway 407 to Peterborough; need for by-pass; need for improved train service
• page 7 Pickering airport; “People or Planes” group

August 22, 1972

• page 3 need to restore confidence in City Hall; not enough public comment
• page 5 how to tell good fats from bad

September 12, 1972

• page 7 City lagging in attracting industry
• page 9 Harry Belafonte concert at Memorial Centre
• page 11 Satan’s Choice rally at Mt. Pleasant

September 19, 1972

• page 3 Simpson’s Sears to go in to Lansdowne Place
• page 3 canoe paddle maker Harry Whitmore
• page 8-9 two-page spread on automation and work force
• page 10 review of Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange
• page 11 Town and Gown series and Prof. Joseph Wearing
• page 12 Trent’s non-credit course for fall; Fleming, CGE, Recreation Committee, Board of Education, YMCA and YWCA extension courses

September 26, 1972

• page 3 demise of Peterborough Teachers’ College; colleges now to be affiliated with universities
• page 6 review of Canadian Opera Company performance of Siegfried by Alan Orenstein
• page 7 the electrification of Peterborough by Martha Kidd
• page 9 T.E.W. Nind Trent’s new president

October 3, 1972

• page 3 Mayor Doug Galvin and redevelopment of Peterborough downtown

October 10, 1972

• pages 6-7 special report on the Peterborough Fire Department

October 17, 1972

• page 2 “New Executive for Burleigh Indians”
• page 2 demolition of house at Rubidge and Charlotte to make way for clinic expansion
• page 11 report on Peterborough Unitarian Fellowship

October 23, 1972

• page 2 all-candidates meeting re upcoming election (Hugh Faulkner, Jack Doris, Ray Peters)

October 31, 1972

• page 2 students want parity on Trent senate
• page 2 5th anniversary of Peterborough Centennial Museum and Archives
• page 3 “Symons brings Tory inspiration to Doris rally”
• page 4 the advent of legal aid in Ontario
• page 5 re legal abortions in Peterborough
• page 9 article re Trent co-operative day care centre

November 7, 1972

• page 2 arrival in Peterborough of Ugandans expelled by Idi Amin
• page 3 re “New Horizons” initiated for seniors

November 14, 1972

• page 1 re Peterborough bus system
• page 2 public library cramped for space; library may move into Peterbroough square; school libraries discussion
• page 4 Sangsara natural foods store
• page 5 bus routes
• page 13 Peterborough and District United Communities Service (precursor to United Way) director resigning; shortfall in fundraising

November 21, 1972

• page 3 election interviews with aldermen
• page 8 David Blackwood exhibit at Mackenzie Gallery
• page 11 decimation of Liberals but Hugh Faulkner won locally

November 28, 1972

• page 1 CGE completes Pakistan’s first nuclear reactor: “CGE is very proud of their accomplishments in Pakistan.”
• page 1 Faulkner’s first task is to explin bilingualism
• page 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 election statements: aldermen, school trustees
• page 10 review of Joanathan Livingston Seagull; new Murray Maclaughlin record; bad theatre guild paly; Handel’s Messiah
• page 12 heating systems and cost of fuel comparison
• page 15 dangers of fluorides

December 5, 1972

• page 1 minimum housing standards
• page 3 committee to fight for retention of hall and opera house on George street
• page 4 all chirldbirth cases may go to Civic hospital from St. Joseph’s
• page 4 new housing standards by-laws
• page 5 Harold Matthews retiring afetr 20 years on Civic Hospital board; reviews history of the hospital
• page 7 notice of lecture by Jim Woolford, Committee for an Independent Canada re Mackenzie Valley pipeline

December 12, 1972

• page 3 problems with the Ontario Housing Corporation re homes on Alexander Ave.
• page 4 Council of Women
• page 8-9 relatively new machines – snowmobiles, rules, regulations, dangers

December 19, 1972

• page 1 discussion of a guaranteed income proposal
• page 1 detox unit for Peterborough men with chronic drinking problem
• page 2 “Trent to Cut Things, not Staff”
• page 2 re funding for Fleming college
• page 7 Lansdowne development quandary

January 9, 1973

• page 8-9 list of regulations re Minimum Property Standards for the City of Peterborough

January 16, 1973

• page 1 gas explosion on Bolivar St., 3 children killed
• page 1 3 more workers at Raybestos have died becasue of exposure to asbestos
• page 1 discussion re amalgamation of the 2 hospitals
• page 5 Rene Levesque
• page 5 Prof. Morton on the monarchy

January 23, 1973

• page 1 Trent Univwersity students protesting university cutbacks
• page 1 Burleigh Falls natives’ issues
• page 2 and 3 Trent cutbacks; Nind problems; Davis government
• page 8 and 9 Port Hope fights planning from above
• page 9 the 3 fabric stores in Peterborough: Fabricland, Uptown Silk and Dressmaker’s Supplies
• page 10 and 11 mental health facilities in Peterborough

January 30, 1973

• page 1 Trent gives Nind stamp of approval
• page 1 layoffs at CGE
• page 3 “The New Barbarism in Building: City’s Spirit Afflicted by Banking Syndrome”; Cluxton building to be torn down
• page 5 students have misgivings about Nind’s new vision of Trent

February 6, 1972

• page 1 anti-poverty group
• page 2 Trent to build ski trails and a bird sanctuary; measures to preserve wilderness lands
• page 3 article on Otto Ladarach, skier; photo of the ski jump at Nassau drumlin near Lady Eaton College
• page 5 women’s liberation reactions
• page 9 Peterborough needs a concert hall; citizens want a revitalized Market Hall

February 13, 1973

• page 1 Ada Lee in concert
• page 3 and 4 separate schools
• page 9 Trent’s moratorium on growth

February 27, 1973

• page 1 joblessness in Peterborough
• page 1 anti-poverty group
• page 1 Marathon Corp. and Peterborough Square
• page 3 Gainey Papers donated to Trent University Archives
• page 5 folk singer Ian Tambly at Trent; Irish Rovers
• page 7 “The character of George Street is in Greater Danger Now than Ever Before”
• page 8-9 inquiry into regional government