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Category Archives: Nov 2017
Letter to the Editor – November
Millbrook Community Garden It is with regret that I have to write this letter, but it has to be addressed. Our great volunteers have worked diligently for years to provide fresh produce for our Food Share, rolling up sod by hand, tilling the garden, building fences and sowing seeds into… Continue reading
New Pumper Truck delivered!
Council Column – November
Last Saturday, we attended the Millbrook BIA’s Millbrook, the Valley of Volunteers Cocktail Party. It was a great evening with friends old and new brought together by their recognition that it is up to all of us to make our community thrive. Whether we do it grudgingly or with… Continue reading
Power to the People: Mount Pleasant Residents Get 4-Way Stop
A delegation of residents attended the Peterborough County Council last month to make their case for the installation of a 4-way stop sign at the intersection of County Rd. 10 and County Rd. 9, also known as Mount Pleasant Rd. Mount Pleasant Women’s Institute member JoEllen Brydon made an impassioned… Continue reading
Nexicom’s New Owner has Big Plans for Increased Connectivity
Very early on, Clayton Zekelman knew he was headed for a career in telecommunications. He liked to tinker with phone equipment, taking it apart and then reassembling it. The process was fun because when he was finished the item still worked and there were no parts left over. At… Continue reading
Doreen is Retiring!
Twenty years ago, Doreen Payne came into the hardware store in Millbrook to help her brother Ron Hewitt put the retail outlet together having just purchased the Pro Hardware from the Olan family. She will be leaving next week, having stayed on seven years longer than her brother. At first… Continue reading
Ontario Math Strategy 2.0
At the end of the summer, Ontario’s public school system received its own report card reflecting the results of students’ performance in the provincial Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) tests administered earlier this year. Since 1996, these standardized tests have been administered to Ontario students in Grades 3,… Continue reading
Newspaper Club Reports – November
Camander Cat and the Diabolical Diamond Thieves By Newspaper Club member Jordan Mills It had been hours since the crash, our only wish now was to be found. Hi, I am Camander cat, Great Brittan’s finest detective, and I am here to tell you the story of how I took… Continue reading
