Apple-Fever is Setting In
Sarah Sobanski Chances are that as October gets underway, you’ve been apple picking, or like many drooling Canadians, you’ve been patient for fresh locally grown apples to appear in bushels at grocery stores across the province. Apples are a long standing favourite dating back to prehistoric times, originally cultivated as far back as 3,000…
Last Farmers’ Market this Sunday
Leni Rautiainen You have one final chance to get to the Millbrook Farmers’ Market this year. The last market of the season will be held this Sunday, October 25th from 10:00am to 1:30pm at the Old Millbrook School, 1 Dufferin Street. As we get ready to wrap up for another year, you still have…
Getting Ready for Winter
Lorraine Hughes The last few weeks I have been preparing my vegetable garden for the winter season. This is my third season and I still feel I am learning a great deal; this year especially after my time of learning in the Millbrook Community garden I think my garden is a little better prepared…
Buy Local- Shealand Farms Produces Lamb and Pork for Local Consumption
Karen Graham Adam and Marie Shea both had other plans. Marie graduated from Trent University as a Registered Nurse, while Adam completed a degree in Political Science and History, so they were headed for an urban lifestyle. In the end, they could not resist the call of the land, and together went back to…
Jamie Schmale Pushes Back against the Liberal Red Tide
Karen Graham Voters in our riding of Haliburton Kawartha Lakes Brock turned out in droves to cast their votes, following the national trend of high voter turnout with almost 68% of registered voters showing up at the polls, slightly higher than the national average. Unlike the majority of Canadians, however, our riding remained blue,…
Jamie Schmale Pushes Back against the Liberal Red Tide
Karen Graham Voters in our riding of Haliburton Kawartha Lakes Brock turned out in droves to cast their votes, following the national trend of high voter turnout with almost 68% of registered voters showing up at the polls, slightly higher than the national average. Unlike the majority of Canadians, however, our riding remained blue,…