Author: The Millbrook Times
COMMENT – May 2020
An Attitude of Gratitude As we all know the Coronavirus has launched a reign of terror infecting hundreds of thousands globally. At first, the Coronavirus was something in the back of our minds, a…
Millbrook Food Share Redirects Potential Customers to Kawartha Food Share
When the province shut down most of the province in March and recommended that seniors take particular precautions to protect themselves from infection from COVID-19, our local food bank was forced to close its…
Protect Your Pet
Local Veterinary Technician, Heather Paquette, spends her nights at the Kawartha Veterinary Emergency Clinic in the Mapleridge Plaza on Lansdowne Street West. These days, emergency visits to the vet are more stressful than ever,…
Helping Seniors Cope through Telephone Reassurance Calls in Millbrook and Across the County
For the first time since WWII, Canadians have been confronted with new restrictions and are adjusting to new realities that involve event cancellations and physical distancing, which can cause some to feel very…
Coming Soon – A New Local Food Network
As farmers’ markets everywhere scramble to find safe new ways of operating during the current pandemic, one model in particular appears to be gaining traction in this region and elsewhere. Originally popularized in Finland…
Letters to the Editor – May 2020
Since the fall, we have not been allowed to put our recycling into the blue recycling bags which kept the items off the roads and out of the ditches. Now our street is lined…
Millbrook Farmers’ Market Update – May 2020
As of press time, the opening of the Millbrook Farmers’ Market continues to be postponed. We are currently awaiting additional information from Peterborough Public Health, the agency that oversees and regulates farmers’ markets. Under…
4th Line Theatre Delays Opening and Launches Live Stream Events in May
On Monday evening, 4th Line Theatre’s Board of Directors took the difficult decision to postpone the production of their July play, The Great Shadow, to the 2021 season. A decision about the August production…
Mountain Biking Has Changed
My life as a mountain biker began back in the early-nineties. I was 15, had my first job and first real taste of disposable income. Somehow, I managed not to blow a few consecutive…