Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society Preserves our Past for Future Generations
Preserving the historic appeal of the community does not happen by accident. Property owners carefully restore historic features of their properties, while our municipal government contributes by establishing protective heritage designations and streetscape designs reflecting historical colour pallets and protecting historic features, but the main champion protecting our past is the Millbrook and Cavan…
Annie Smith’s Fund Raiser
Last weekend, Annie Smith completed her four-day fundraising event that raises funds for Test Your Limits, an initiative founded by Dr. Heather Ross for heart failure research, heart health and cardiac transplant research at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre and the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Health Research at the UHN in Toronto. On…
Phoenix Soap Company
Phoenix Soap Company founder Dave Sharma spent seventeen years as a paramedic in the Jane and Finch area of Toronto, embracing his work and taking as many extra shifts as possible. It was a career he had chosen as a young child when paramedics had rescued his father. He wanted to be a hero…
Save The Date: Township to Host Harvest Table Dinner on September 13th
In September 2018, the Township hosted its first Harvest Table Dinner, which celebrated the community’s rural heritage and local agricultural producers. The sold-out event was a success and earned positive feedback from the community while raising funds for the Cavan Monaghan Community Centre. A second event scheduled for this fall was approved under the…
Anglers Young and Old Come out for the Annual Fishing Derby
More than 250 youngsters participated in last Saturday’s popular fishing Derby hosted by the Millbrook and District Lions’ Club and the Millbrook Chapter of Trout Unlimited. They were looking to snag one of six tagged fish among the 256 Brook Trout that had been added to the pond the week before that would earn…
Accommodation Review Begins to Rebalance Enrolment at Peterborough High Schools
Those words strike terror into the hearts of parents of most school children because it means change is coming to their daily school routines. Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Trustee presented a brief outline of the process that the board has begun to address enrolment imbalances in schools in our area. Until ten years…