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 fences’ that warn paddlers,…
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 a new art based…
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 16, the author of…
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 the Smallwood family had…
Star Struck on King Street
Last week downtown Millbrook was transformed into a small seaside town in New England called Whispering Pines, for the filming of an episode for Season Three of the Prime video series, Reacher. Based on action novels of Lee Child, Season Three is based on the novel “Persuader” and follows Jack Reacher in another fight…