Category: September 2015
Can You Tell the Difference Between Ragweed and Goldenrod?
Ann Berkeley One local landscape gardener admitted to the Times that he could not tell the difference between ragweed (bad) and Goldenrod (good.) He is not alone. Another gardening enthusiast, Wendy Olsen, of Millbrook…
A Fresh Historic Learning Opportunity for the Fall
Sarah Sobanski ‘Miigwetch’ means ‘thank-you’ respectfully for the Michi Saagiig – something to remember if you happen by Anishinaabe storyteller Kiinamookmaan at Lang Pioneer Village’s Historic Literary Walks of Lang: Words from the Wilderness.…
Council Scraps Licensing and Special Events By-Law As Impossible to Enforce Without Hurting Businesses
Leonard Knott Cavan Monaghan Township staff recommended councillors at the September 14th Council meeting repeal By-law No. 2004-14, the by-law to license and regulate special events and By-law No. 2004-21, the by-law for the…
Celebrating Soccer: The Game and the Local Club
Karen Graham The weather didn’t dampen the spirit of Maple Leaf Cavan FC Soccer club members, friends and family who congregated on King Street in Millbrook Saturday for an afternoon of fun and celebration…
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…