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From Winter to Summer!

By Karen Graham | May 23, 2013 - 7:58 pm |November 6, 2013 2020
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Of course we were all longing for the spring-that-didn’t-seem-to-want-to-get-started to proceed, but now it seems to have gone straight to summer (at least so it seems right now as I write–next week may be another story!).  I am lucky to have a pair of House Wrens who have nested the… Continue reading →

Catching up with Sam Riches

By Karen Graham | May 16, 2013 - 4:52 pm |November 6, 2013 2020
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Do you ever wonder what happened to someone you used to run into all the time but has moved on?  I mean the teenager who drove the Zamboni, who helped at Sparks, who worked at the Pharmacy, or who you saw in the former Bulk Food store buying gummi worms… Continue reading →

Sam Riches – On the Quest

By Karen Graham | May 16, 2013 - 3:28 pm |November 6, 2013 2020
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If you go by road miles, Whitehorse, Yukon is about 3,000 of them from Millbrook. Once you’re here, it feels even further. You can leave in any direction you want, but it’ll be hours before you reach the next town.  That’s in the summer. In the winter, everything stops; frozen… Continue reading →

Injured turtle returned to creek after year-long rehab

By Karen Graham | May 16, 2013 - 3:28 pm |November 12, 2013 Uncategorized
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   Just over one year ago, Mitchell, then age 8, discovered an injured snapping turtle at the bottom of his back yard by Baxter Creek.  It was early spring.  Mitchell checked the following day and the turtle was still in the same place.  He wasn’t looking very healthy and Mitchell… Continue reading →

Heeringas inherit a love of farming

By Karen Graham | May 16, 2013 - 3:12 pm |November 12, 2013 2020
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Don and John Heeringa grew up on Larmer Line operating a dairy farm begun by their parents Karl and Ina – hence the name Karlina Farm.  Karl and Ina arrived in Canada from Holland after WWII looking to start a new life on a farm of their own.  Karl came… Continue reading →

Is it Wise to Stake our future on Gambling?

By Karen Graham | May 9, 2013 - 8:41 pm |November 6, 2013 2020
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By Councillor Jim Chaplin    With all the controversy swirling around the future location of a casino in the Peterborough area it is understandable if the public is confused.     None of us know for sure what that future holds but like most things political, and this is political, common… Continue reading →

Dr. Willoughby Belch

By Karen Graham | May 9, 2013 - 4:48 pm |November 6, 2013 2020
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 Those of you who know the Belch family probably associate them with buffalo.  You have probably seen their sign on Sherbrooke Street offering buffalo meat for sale, and, Dr. Belch’s website is called “Buffalobill”.  However, the “Buffalo” farm on Sherbrooke Street run by the Belch family actually raised Bison, as… Continue reading →

April – the Cruelest Month?

By Karen Graham | April 25, 2013 - 7:53 pm |November 6, 2013 2020
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APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing  Memory and desire, stirring  Dull roots with spring rain.       So begins TS Eliot’s famous long poem The Waste Land. And certainly this April is being very cruel! There has been lots to see and hear… Continue reading →

Lynda Todd, Millbrook Ward Councillor

By Karen Graham | April 4, 2013 - 8:37 pm |November 6, 2013 2020
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by Lynda Todd, Millbrook Ward Councillor, Cavan Monaghan Township Opinions expressed here are those of the writer and not necessarily those of Council or staff.     First, congratulations to the new owner of The Millbrook Times, Karen Graham, and editor Celia Hunter for continuing the wonderful tradition of publishing this… Continue reading →

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