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Oct12Sun2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthOct 12 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 →10:00 am Millbrook Farmers’ Market @ Millbrook South Cavan Public SchoolMillbrook Farmers’ Market @ Millbrook South Cavan Public SchoolOct 12 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pmSundays from 10 am to 1pm in the parking lot of Millbrook South Cavan Public School. Find fresh farm products including fruit, vegetables, eggs and flowers, along with local cheese, wine, and artisan products produced locally.Oct13Mon2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthOct 13 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 Millbrook Community Choir @ Centreville-Harmony ChurchMillbrook Community Choir @ Centreville-Harmony ChurchOct 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pmPractices every Monday evening, 7:00-9:00, at Centreville-Harmony Church, one concession south of the roundabout, County Rd. 28 at Zion Line. If you love to sing, come! For information, contact Annette, fallisa@hotmail.com or Beryl, bcablewilliams@gmail.com.Oct14Tue2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthOct 14 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 →8:30 am Coffee Club @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookCoffee Club @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookOct 14 @ 8:30 am – 10:30 amTuesdays from 8:30 to 10:30. Come and enjoy a morning of comradeship. Coffee, tea and muffins, $2. Everyone welcome10:00 am Line Dancing @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchLine Dancing @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchOct 14 @ 10:00 amTuesdays at 10 am, pre-registration required – call 705-932-2011.
Category Archives: 2015
Kids Look at Nature Through a Lens
By Celia Hunter Kirk Hillsley led off the annual Earth Day celebration with a workshop designed for children and youth about outdoor photography. He showed his young audience some images and discussed styles and techniques, themes and angles with them before touring the nearby Community Garden and over to the… Continue reading
Lions Club Serves the Community and the World
By Celia Hunter This past Sunday marked the final Lions Club monthly community Sunday breakfast at the Lions Den until September, and it followed the Lions Club annual Fishing Derby in Millbrook on Saturday. While it may have been a particularly busy weekend, it doesn’t mean for an instant that… Continue reading
Ganaraska Forest Horse Club Holds Riding Clinic
By Karen Graham This Saturday, the Ganaraska Forest Horse Club sponsored an Equine Health and Trail Riding Clinic at the Maple Crescent Ranch Farm on County Rd. 10 south of Millbrook. Over 30 participants attended the day-long clinic which offered nine different educational sessions covering a wide variety of topics.
Oasis Presents Spring Fashions – Outfits in Colour and Comfort
Landing 27 Bistro Ready for Takeoff in Springville
Karen Graham Candy Lindsay still shakes her head when she thinks about how she landed in the restaurant business. It was never her dream, it wasn’t in the plan, and yet here she is for the second time in the space of three and a half years, launching a new… Continue reading
ORCA Plans Public Consultation on Millbrook Dam
By Celia Hunter ORCA’s CAO/Secretary-Treasurer Dan Marinigh told Board members at their regular meeting on Thursday, April 16 that since taking on his role at the Conservation Authority, he has spent the majority of his time focusing on the Millbrook Dam. Taking steps to resolve the issues that demand such… Continue reading
Saturday’s Fishing Derby Day
Celebrate Earth Day This Sunday
Celia Hunter This year’s annual Earth Day Celebration will be held this Sunday, April 26, 12 noon to 2 pm. Rain barrels may still be available through the Old Millbrook School Family Centre for just $50, with pick-up at the Earth Day event. This year, organizers hope to sharpen the… Continue reading