Author: Karen Graham
New Firefighter Memorial Monument Unveiled at Annual Fire Hall Open House
Amongst the light-hearted moments where youngsters mounted fire trucks, experimented with fire hoses and rescue equipment at last month’s Annual Fire Hall Open House was a somber moment as the Cavan Monaghan Fire Department…
Putting Millbrook on the Map: the Railway Comes to Town
Millbrook Railway Station with Commercial Hotel in the background. By Celia Hunter Ted Rafuse is the Historical Society’s special guest speaker at the Legion Hall on Thursday, November 19. A lifelong student of Canadian…
OLG Makes Q2 Payments to Host Municipalities
Last month, the township received a quarterly payment in the amount of $60,673 from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming for hosting Shorelines Slots at Kawartha Downs. This is considerably lower than the equivalent payments…
Comment – November 2026
Heading to our Remembrance Day Services each year, we are accompanied by fewer and fewer veterans from our community. This makes it increasingly difficult to keep our promise to our veterans to remember them.…
An Invitation to the Community from Friendship Force
Friendship Force is a group of folks on the Autism spectrum who enjoy meeting every Tuesday from 1 pm to 4 pm at the CMCC to talk, do crafts, play music and play games…
Horse Discovery’s Cheri Davidson Recognized with Champion of Mental Health Award
Cheri Davidson with one of her “therapists” at Horse Discovery on her farm south of Millbrook which offers year-round programming that supports mental health. Looking past the barn, there are eight horses in the…
Local Financial Institution Where Customers area Name, Not a Number
In a current television ad, the audience hears that the Royal Bank of Canada has more than 1,100 branches. Ganaraska Financial Credit Union (GFCU) has two: one in Port Hope and one in Cobourg.…
EarlyON Centre Gets Help to Replace Floors
At the October 5th Council Meeting, EarlyON Family Centre’s Managing Director Nancy Hurley came with a request for help in replacing the flooring of their facility which is located in the lower level of…
Get Your Spook On
Local businesses got into the Hallowe’en spirit with costumes, spooky store decorations and treats.