Board of Health Discusses Measles Outbreak
At the June 18th Board of Health Meeting, Chief Medical Officer for the combined Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland and Peterborough Board of Health Thomas Piggott raised the topic of the measles in the region. Earlier this month, two case of measles were diagnosed in Peterborough and one in the City of Kawartha Lakes. Peterborough Public…
Cavan FC Hosts Circle K 2v2 Grassroots Festival for Young Soccer Players
Our local soccer club is hosting a free development event in partnership with Ontario Soccer on Saturday, July 12th at Maple Leaf Park. This free event is open to all players in the community-no Cavan FC membership is required. The action kicks off at 10 am and runs until 2pm. Activities are focused…
Energy Storage Battery Systems Developer Seeks Council Support for Local Project
Yogesh Kumar of Nexus Energy made a presentation to Council on June 23rd about the possibility of establishing an energy storage system in Cavan Monaghan. A Canadian corporation headquartered in Toronto, this company seeks to protect customers from energy market volatility through its subsidiary companies which store energy power from renewable sources during peak…
Common Ground – July 2025
By Jill Williams “I came to love my rows, my beans, though many more than I wanted. They attached me to the earth, and so I got strength like Antaeus.” -Henry David Thoreau At the end of June I planted bush beans to replace the sadly bolted spinach. A very cold spring it was…
Historical Society Welcomes Additions
By Celia Hunter The record of activities and achievements made by the families that trace their roots back to Cavan Monaghan continues to grow as the Millbrook Cavan Historical Society’s archivist, Kim McLeod, catalogues and stores donated materials at the Old Millbrook School. Recent additions include family histories from both Ivor and Joan Banks,…
August Production Tells Story Of Irish Migration to Peterborough
The second production in the 4th Line Theatre’s summer season is the world premiere of Megan Murphy’s Wild Irish Geese, directed by 4th Line’s Managing Artistic Director Kim Blackwell. Murphy’s play is highly anticipated and is part of the 200th commemoration of the arrival of the first of the Peter Robinson Irish settlers in…