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Nov5Wed2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthNov 5 all-dayEarlyON Family Centre Programs: offered at the Old Millbrook School, 1 Dufferin St., Millbrook Mondays: Music and Movement from 10 am to 11 am on the 2ndfloor offering songs, dances and instruments to get youngsters moving. Open Gym at 12:30pm for infants up to 18months. Tuesdays and Thursdays: Stay and... Continue reading →7:00 pm Monthly Sing-along @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchMonthly Sing-along @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchNov 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pmWednesdays from 7 to 8pm at St Thomas’ Anglican Church, 16 Centre Street, Millbrook. Musical focus: The “best” of the past year! All welcome! Just bring yourself and your voice! The aim is to have fun! Decaff-coffee/herbal tea/cookies and conversation following in the parish hall. For more information please contact... Continue reading →7:30 pm Summer Darts @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookSummer Darts @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookNov 5 @ 7:30 pmWednesdays register at 7:30pm, play at 8 pm, $5 per person, everyone welcome!Nov6Thu2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthNov 6 all-dayEarlyON Family Centre Programs: offered at the Old Millbrook School, 1 Dufferin St., Millbrook Mondays: Music and Movement from 10 am to 11 am on the 2ndfloor offering songs, dances and instruments to get youngsters moving. Open Gym at 12:30pm for infants up to 18months. Tuesdays and Thursdays: Stay and... Continue reading →5:45 pm Take Off Pounds Sensibly @ St. Thomas Anglican ChurchTake Off Pounds Sensibly @ St. Thomas Anglican ChurchNov 6 @ 5:45 pmTake Off Pounds Sensibly: Every Thursday at St. Thomas Anglican Church in Millbrook. Weigh in at 5:45pm, meeting begins at 6pm. Parking is available behind the church off Manor Drive. For more information, call Lou at 705-944-5422 or email bluemoons@nexicom.netNov7Fri202511:45 am Zumba Gold & Body Training @ Millbrook ManorZumba Gold & Body Training @ Millbrook ManorNov 7 @ 11:45 amFridays at 11:45 am at the Millbrook Manor.*pre-registration required-call 705-932-2011.
Author Archives: Karen Graham
Remembrance Day In Bethany
Playing Football Like Champs
“We played like champions”, says Head Coach Brian Forsythe of the Kinsmen Junior Stars. “I could not be more proud of my team today.” The Stars went up against the Steelers in the Championship game this past Saturday at T.A.S. Secondary School. With players from Millbrook to Bobcaygeon and surrounding… Continue reading
Quilting Today: Tradition and Technology
Quilting is a relatively new fascination for Philippa Skjaveland who, together with husband Erik, is the owner of Kawartha Quilting Services of Millbrook. Last week Philippa gave the Millbrook Needlers an introduction to their business at the group’s monthly meeting in the Centreville Hall. While Philippa has always had a… Continue reading
Further Dam Study Underway
The Otonabee Region Conservation Authority (ORCA) has engaged D M Wills Associates Limited to complete a Dam Safety Review of the Millbrook Dam. According to a letter addressed to Cavan Monaghan Township’s CAO, Yvette Hurley, from Dan Marinigh, Chief Administrative Officer/Secretary-Treasurer of ORCA, “this will be built on the work… Continue reading
Yoga Studio kicks off Christmas Food Drive
The holiday spirit of giving received a welcome kick-start last Saturday at Wendy Gerolamy’s Yoga Studio on Tapley ¼ Line as Wendy hosted the second of two community yoga classes where the cost of admission was donations to the Millbrook and District Food Share program. Both sessions were filled to… Continue reading
Putting Us On the Map
Pending the approval of Council this week, signs will be going up in the spring to direct cyclists along new designated routes through Cavan Monaghan Township. The Regional Cycling Signage Program is the initiative of Peterborough and the Kawarthas Tourism. Their objective: “to create a marketable road cycling product to… Continue reading