Category: 2015
Couple Make Passionate Plea to Councillors To Amend Current Firearms Bylaw To Ban High Calibre Rifle Shooting Of Exploding Targets
“This Is Not the Middle East” Leonard Knott Observing that “this is not the Middle East,” Zygmund and Judith Pach of 1260 Tapley ¼ Line, RR1 Fraserville made an impassioned presentation to the Cavan…
Unique Canadian Novel is a Reading Experience
Sarah Sobanski Reader’s Release is a monthly column where members of Cavan-Monaghan Libraries review a book from the library’s new monthly releases to keep you updated on the hottest reads available to you locally. …
Educators are Ready for Action in Millbrook
Karen Graham Tracy Boyd has been busy, and she is delighted to join our school community at Millbrook/South Cavan Public School.After seven years as a supply teacher, Boyd was hired on Labour day last…
New Funeral Director and a Facelift for Benson Funeral Home
Karen Graham It was time for a change. After a difficult year with the health struggles and untimely loss of his wife Maggie, Patrick Benson was looking for a fresh start. The change began…
Green Party no Longer a Single Issue Organization
Sarah Sobanski Green Party candidate William MacCallumfor the Halliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock riding is an environmental activist in the community – he would work towards a moratorium against wind turbines increased to 2 kilometers instead of…
Quick Response from Local Fire Departments
Karen Graham Cavan Monaghan fire fighters were called to the Masterfeeds plant on County Road 10 in Cavan at 2:30 last Thursday afternoon after smoke filled the plant. The smouldering was created by the…
Giant Zucchini Shocks Millbrook Senior
Zelda Smith has seen a lot of surprising things in her 82 years, but last Thursday something turned up in her yard that just stopped her in her tracks. “It was huge. Monstrous. I…
Community Care Introduces New Fitness Classes
Karen Graham With ten free fitness classes hosted by Millbrook Community Care, there is no excuse to sit around watching your waistline expand. They offer five different types of classes, so there is something…
No Duff- Mock Evacuation Exercise A Success
Karen Graham Last Thursday, the Millbrook Arena was transformed into a temporary emergency shelter by The Canadian Red Cross assisted by local emergency personnel from the Cavan Monaghan Fire Department, the OPP, the Community…