Andy Harjula is an active volunteer in his own community and abroad. He can often be found at his church at St. John’s Ida, at a free tax clinic at Centennial Place or on the Community Policing Committee helping to keep our roads safe or organizing youth events, always lending… Continue reading
This weekend will be the last for ice events at the Millbrook arena as the final season for the facility winds down with a bang. Things kick off with a do-or-die OMHA Final playoff game 5 where the Millbrook PeeWee Rep team hosts Shallow Lake after tying the Championship series… Continue reading
The Kawartha Pony Club branch wishes to thank each and every one of their guests and supporters who attended and donated to their very successful Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser. Through raffle, meal tickets and cash donations, the club raised $1,762.31 at that event. The Millbrook Lions’ Den was the perfect venue… Continue reading
“To the thief who took my anti-depressants – I hope you’re happy.” Just kidding — who can’t help but smile as new evidence arrives each day that this brutal winter is finally going to end? It’s important to appreciate the things that are disappearing–the old arena, for example, but change… Continue reading
An sparkling expanse of rippling blue water; home to trout, fisher and turtle; site for the Lions’ community fishing derby; dinner table for soaring birds of prey. Visited by trumpeter swans, nursery for Canada geese, where once logs were fed to the sawmill. Where once villagers skated beneath the willows’… Continue reading
If you have been keeping your bird feeder filled all winter, you have most likely been enjoying the activity of Chickadees, Nuthatches, perhaps a pair of Cardinals, and other species. On Wednesday, April 3rd, as the spring season warms up, and just as the migratory birds begin to arrive, the… Continue reading
In February, the Peterborough Utility Group presented its annual report on the Water and Wastewater systems for Millbrook. Water reports like these are taken very seriously by all municipalities. After the mismanagement of the Walkerton water system, the province introduced strict statutory standards of care for local water treatment plants… Continue reading
The oldest house in the Village is very hard to find. You could live here your whole life and not even notice it, unless you paid attention. I first spotted it on a walk with my boys several years ago. It was set back from the road and seemed to… Continue reading
