Bremkin Home Improvements

After working for ten years in Bethany, Brian Harris decided it was time to boost his home improvement firm’s visibility with a store front. His business, Bremkin Home Improvements, is currently renovating a new location on King Street in Mill-brook where he will welcome customers looking to renovate their kitchens,… Continue reading

Local Assets Catch a Photographer’s Eye

By Celia Hunter Termed ‘A Jewel in Peterborough County’, Millbrook and Cavan Monaghan Township have earned pride of place in a just released coffee table book commemorating the bicentennial of the Peter Robinson Settlers project. Peterborough, Spirit of Place features photo-graphs by John McQuarrie, who spearheaded this publication in partnership… Continue reading

Peterborough County Plowing Match Brings the Annual Competition to Zion Line, Millbrook

The Ontario Plowman’s Association is hosting their annual plowing competition on Saturday, September 27th at the French Farm located at 1031 Zion Line just south of Millbrook. Established in 1913, the organization has hosted annual plowing matches every year since 1918except during WWII, featuring old and new plowing methods using… Continue reading

Peterborough Curling Club Invites Residents to Try Curling

  If you are looking for a winter activity to get you off the couch and into the rink but are not comfortable on skates, Peterborough Curling Club(PCC) invites you to try curling. The club offers a league for every age and ability, including Learn to Curl running Thursday Evenings… Continue reading

Building Permit Revenue Rises in Q2

A report presented at the August Council meeting indicated a significant increase in building permit revenue in the second quarter of 2025. The municipality collected almost $163Ki n the three months ending June 30th 2025 compared to $46K in the same quarter last year. Year to date, 2025 permit revenue… Continue reading

Community Choir is Ready to Sing

By Celia Hunter In the words of Ella Fitzgerald, “The only thing better than singing is more singing. Community Choir members know from experience that singing is good for you: good for health and wellbeing; good for releasing anxiety; good for boosting positive energy; good for building a sense of… Continue reading

Library Visitors Write Postcards to Ukraine

Last month more than a dozen community members dropped in to the Millbrook branch of Library to join Helen Bajorek and her husband Jean-Michel Komarnicki in a postcard- writing session for defenders in Ukraine. Helen and Jean-Michel are behind the Canadian branch of an organization known as Postcards to the… Continue reading