Why You Can’t Get a Severance
Municipal leaders hosting regular town hall meetings in the community frequently face questions from residents seeking severances. They are rarely satisfied with the answers they receive. Severing a lot from a family farm used to be a common retirement planning tool, providing funds or a smaller home for the farmer whose family moved…
Peter Graham Launches Debut EP
Peter Graham is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Millbrook. After a decade of songwriting, including training at Bishop’s and the Royal Conservatory, Peter has released his debut EP entitled Nowhere in Tacoma. Peter’s music blends traditional country instrumentation and the narrative verse of folk, with an emphasis on concise and honest lyrics. The songs feature…
Two Farmers’ Markets in July – 9th and 23rd
Market shoppers have often requested that we increase the frequency of our monthly farmers’ markets. So during the prime harvest months of July, August and September, the Millbrook Farmers’ Market is doubling up and hosting two markets per month. In July, the dates to circle on your calendar are Sunday, July 9th and Sunday,…
New Child Care Centre and Millbrook/South Cavan Addition Officially Open
The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board held an official opening of the new child care centre and five classroom addition at Millbrook/South Cavan Public School last month. The new child care centre, operated by Compass Early Learning and Care, provides 49 new licensed child care spaces for the community, for infants, toddlers and…
What is Canada’s most significant scientific breakthrough?
With Canada Day around the corner we’ve been debating this question. It’s a tough one to answer. During the 150 years since Confederation, we’ve made some remarkable discoveries. The invention of the pacemaker in the 1950s, pioneered by John Hopps in collaboration with Wilfred Bigelow and John Callaghan stands out. The design and development…
Common Ground
“Gardeners are not normal people. They don’t give in easily because ever since they learned to grow things they’ve coped with the failures as well as the successes. They rise to a challenge.” Mr. McGregor by Alan Titchmarsh This wet season continues to…