Community Care Events – May 2024

Monthly Blood Pressure Clinic: Wednesday May 15th, Clinic # 1 10am – Millbrook Manor, Clinic # 2 12:30pm – Millbrook Royal Canadian Legion. May Luncheon: Thursday, May 16th at noon at Baxter Creek Golf Club.  Chicken dinner- $22.  Musical entertainment: Vintage. Advantage Charity Classic Golf Tournament – in support of… Continue reading

Royal Canadian Legion Events – May 2024

Lunch BBQ:  Friday, May 3rd from 11:30 to 1:30 pm at the Millbrook Legion. Take out or eat on the patio. Jamboree with Stockdale Central: Sunday, May 5th from 1 to 4pm $10 per person, light lunch and refreshments available. Euchre Tournament: Friday, May 24th from 6:30 to 10 pm. … Continue reading

Regular Activities – Children & Youth Events – May 2024

EarlyON Family Centre Programs:  offered at the Old Millbrook School, 1 Dufferin St., Millbrook Mondays: Music and Movement from 10 am to 11 am on the 2nd floor offering songs, dances and instruments to get youngsters moving. 11:30 am Indoor Stroller walk at the CMCC. Tuesdays and Thursdays : Stay… Continue reading

Local Heart Patient Promotes Heart Health with Global Fundraiser

Annie Smith has been a local personal trainer and group fitness instructor for more than 29 years and her passion is helping others achieve their health and fitness goals. Nine years ago, she faced a huge curve ball when she was diagnosed with an invisible illness: a rare, incurable, life-threatening… Continue reading

Millbrook Medical Centre Welcomes Nurse Practitioner Kathryn Roka

Last month, Millbrook Medical Centre welcomed Nurse Practitioner Kathryn Roka to their team, filling a void created with the departure three years ago of the previous Nurse Practitioner. This is Kathryn’s second professional career. Until her mid-30’s, she was a law clerk in a Toronto firm on Bay Street, then… Continue reading

ORCA Begins Spring Dam Maintenance on Local Dams

Otonabee Conservation staff are conducting spring dam operations over the next few weeks at dams under their control, which includes the dam at the Millbrook Millpond.  This involves placing stop-logs into dams and installing warning buoys and buoy-lines upstream of Authority-owned dams.  These warning buoys and buoy-lines act like ‘floating… Continue reading

Miriam Davidson Secures Seed Grant for New Rice Lake Arts Venture

Zim Art fans will be happy to learn that the five acre property which has been home to the gallery featuring stone carvings from Zimbabwe for more than 20 years will continue to be an arts centre. .Miriam Davidson is the new owner of the property where she will operate… Continue reading

Alderville Historian is Keynote Speaker for Historical Society’s AGM

The thriving Alderville First Nation is located on the south shore of Rice Lake and is home to the largest intact tract of native grassland in Central Ontario, the Alderville Black Oak Savanna.  MCHS is honoured to have as keynote speaker for our public Annual General Meeting on Thursday, May… Continue reading

Millbrook Christian Assembly Says Goodbye to the Smallwood Family

Mark and Christina insisted on calling their final Sunday Service at Millbrook Christian Assembly last week as a Launching Party rather than a farewell. No matter what the event was called, it marked a turning point for the family as well as the congregation. To say that the impact that… Continue reading