Author: Karen Graham

Save the Dam group Saves The Mill
At their regular meeting on August 20, the Board of Otonabee Conservation (ORCA) voted to accept the Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society’s Offer to Purchase Needler’s Mill in Millbrook. Historical Society president Celia Hunter and Angie…

Welcome Leonard
Leonard L. Knott (Len to nearly everyone) began his career in journalism at age 17 when he signed on as a reporter for the University of Manitoba’s student newspaper, The Manitoban. On moving over…

The End of an Era?
Karen Graham Saturday was a beautiful but difficult day for Shirley Challice. After recently losing her husbandof many years, Shirley was parting with some of her personal belongings in an auction on the farm…

The World’s Largest Treasure Hunt
Sarah Sobanski The time of free festivals, free concerts and free sun-tans is wrapping up for another year, but there is one more free activity that can get the family out and about before…

Thanks, Melodie
For the past fifteen weeks, Melodie Seto has been an invaluable resource here at the Millbrook Times. Cheerful, unflappable and always eager to help, Melodie has done a little bit of everything here, which…

Will 2015 be the Last Unfair Election?
Sarah Sobanski “There have been four majorities over 150 years of the electoral system, where the elected party received 50 per cent of the vote as well as seats (in the House of Commons),”…

Young Millbrook Entrepreneur Continues to Face Forward After a Successful Summer Start
Melodie Seto 16 year old Brigh Findlay-Shields is not your average summer job-seeking high school student. Unlike most teenagers her age, she decided to become an entrepreneur during her summer holiday. As the proud…

Claire’s Baking Earns Loyal Following in Port Hope
Karen Graham Claire Carrie spends her weekdays behind a desk keeping client and insurance company files organized, accurate and current at Bulger and Gray Insurance Brokers in Millbrook. It’s a job that requires discipline…
Council Approves Back up Plan to Preserve Mill
Karen Graham Despite media reports to the contrary, at the last Council Meeting our municipal representatives took a step to protect the grist mill building, not destroy it. A letter from ORCA CAO Dan…







