Author: The Millbrook Times
Community Events
Telecare Peterborough spring training of new volunteers will be on-line Telecare Peterborough is a 24-hour distress line, listening to isolated, worried, lonely and overwhelmed people in our community. 50-hour training will be on-line from…
Your Community Library is More than Just Books!
Reading is an essential skill and with the many interruptions to schooling and other community resources the CMLibraries will be working hard to support our young patrons. This month we will be hosting workshops…
Common Ground – March 2021
“Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?” Keats In March most of the winter is behind us. If we can hold on through the last of winter’s cold and snow, the…
Do You Ever Think About Climate Change?
Do you ever think about climate change? Or maybe what a changing climate means for your children or grandchildren? Do you think about how your actions are impacting the climate? Do you ever start…
2021 Peterborough County Recognition Awards Rescheduled to 2022
Last month, County Council made the decision to reschedule the 2021 Recognition Awards Ceremony to 2022 with Cavan-Monaghan being the host community. This difficult decision was made in response to COVID-19 and to follow…
Silver White Winters That Melt Into Springs
Rodgers and Hammerstein mustn’t be blamed, I suppose, for omitting any reference to mud! But all walkers and gardeners know that spring means mud. It’s just a fact of life. March with its unpredictable…
Starter Company Winners King and Tupper
Dean and Amy Howley, of new venture King and Tupper, were one of the recipients of the grants from Peterborough and the Kawarthas Economic Development (PKED) fall Starter Company. They are pictured with son…
Sandwich Sisters Demonstrate How We Can Truly Be in this Together
Jane Berlin and her husband recently moved from Toronto to their farm in Bethany to live on a full-time basis. It has been difficult to integrate into their new community because of Covid restrictions,…
Local Firm Comes to the Rescue of Women’s Institute
This year, the local Women’s Institute was the beneficiary of some generosity from a local firm which stepped in to clean up an unusual mess. Early this winter, a fire extinguisher fell off the…