Maple Leaf Cavan Football Club Celebrates Trillium Grant at Canada Day Celebrations
By Karen Graham Soccer Club executives breathed a collective sigh of relief as the skies cleared during the afternoon of July 1st prior to the Canada Day celebrations at Maple Leaf Park. The festivities kicked off with the presentation of an Ontario Trillium Grant in the amount of $54,100 presented by local volunteer Ramesh…
Retired Officer Remembers Robbery Featured in 4th Line Theatre Play
By: Sarah Sobanski Officer James Schultz has his own ideas about the almost $250,000 that went missing after the robbery of Havelock’s Toronto Dominion bank in 1961. Schultz was hired onto the force as part of the Bowmanville detachment at 21years of age in May, three months prior to the robbery. He suspects he…
Down The Line – Summertime
By: Barbara Aiken Munneke Summertime, a time to relax and enjoy the warm weather and a time when we didn’t have to adhere to schedules or go to school, but if you lived on the Line, it was a time when children were asked to help out and work. This meant possibly baling, loading…
Local Actor ‘comes home’ for The Bad Luck Bank Robbers
By: Sarah Sobanski Peterborough’s Tim Walker is glad to be home for the 4th Line Theatre’s The Bad Luck Bank Robbers, opening tonight (July 2). The now Toronto-based actor, nicknamed the ‘King of the Indie Theatre Scene’, got his start at the 4th Line in 1999. “It’s been five years since I did a…
Things are Hunky Dory with Lyell Shields
By Karen Graham After a thirty-five year career in Canada’s television and film industry with large and independent film makers, Lyell and his wife Jeanne moved to a quieter life in Millbrook. Both are active volunteers in the community, and while committee work is fine, Lyell began looking for something where he could take…
Council Approves Proposal to Sponsor Local Blood Services Provided by Lifelab
By Karen Graham At last week’s council meeting, Council agreed to waive user fees for the use of township facilities to Life Labs for the delivery of blood services. Since last fall, residents in the area have had to travel to Peterborough to get bloodwork done. This model has been implemented in other communitiesincluding…