Category: July 2015
Lively discussion leads to Somber Second Thoughts about Mill Purchase
By Karen Graham A brief presentation by Alex Bushell from Save the Dam Millpond (SDMP) group about the viability of hydro power generation at the Dam location using micro-turbines was quickly overshadowed by discussions about the…
Dam Replacement Ensured by Three-Pronged Funding Announcement
By: Karen Graham On July 3rd, government dignitaries united at the site of the Millbrook Dam to share a major funding announcement that ensures this historic site will retain its pivotal place in the…
Activities Make Activists at Take Action Summer Camp
By: Sarah Sobanski Choosing a summer camp can be a hard decision. On one hand kids don’t want to give up an entire week of their summers, on the other parents find it hard…
Amateur Radio Emergency Services for Cavan Monaghan
By Jordan Landry On Saturday, June 28th, the Peterborough Amateur Radio Club (PARC) met for a 24 hour worldwide competition to see how many contacts they could make outside of their region. PARC members…
Maple Leaf Cavan Football Club Celebrates Trillium Grant at Canada Day Celebrations
By Karen Graham Soccer Club executives breathed a collective sigh of relief as the skies cleared during the afternoon of July 1st prior to the Canada Day celebrations at Maple Leaf Park. The festivities…
Retired Officer Remembers Robbery Featured in 4th Line Theatre Play
By: Sarah Sobanski Officer James Schultz has his own ideas about the almost $250,000 that went missing after the robbery of Havelock’s Toronto Dominion bank in 1961. Schultz was hired onto the force as…
Down The Line – Summertime
By: Barbara Aiken Munneke Summertime, a time to relax and enjoy the warm weather and a time when we didn’t have to adhere to schedules or go to school, but if you lived on…
Local Actor ‘comes home’ for The Bad Luck Bank Robbers
By: Sarah Sobanski Peterborough’s Tim Walker is glad to be home for the 4th Line Theatre’s The Bad Luck Bank Robbers, opening tonight (July 2). The now Toronto-based actor, nicknamed the ‘King of the…
Things are Hunky Dory with Lyell Shields
By Karen Graham After a thirty-five year career in Canada’s television and film industry with large and independent film makers, Lyell and his wife Jeanne moved to a quieter life in Millbrook. Both are…