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Upcoming Events
Oct15Wed2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthOct 15 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 Monthly Sing-along @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchMonthly Sing-along @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchOct 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pmWednesdays from 7 to 8pm at St Thomas’ Anglican Church, 16 Centre Street, Millbrook. Musical focus: The “best” of the past year! All welcome! Just bring yourself and your voice! The aim is to have fun! Decaff-coffee/herbal tea/cookies and conversation following in the parish hall. For more information please contact... Continue reading →7:30 pm Summer Darts @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookSummer Darts @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookOct 15 @ 7:30 pmWednesdays register at 7:30pm, play at 8 pm, $5 per person, everyone welcome!Oct16Thu2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthOct 16 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 →5:45 pm Take Off Pounds Sensibly @ St. Thomas Anglican ChurchTake Off Pounds Sensibly @ St. Thomas Anglican ChurchOct 16 @ 5:45 pmTake Off Pounds Sensibly: Every Thursday at St. Thomas Anglican Church in Millbrook. Weigh in at 5:45pm, meeting begins at 6pm. Parking is available behind the church off Manor Drive. For more information, call Lou at 705-944-5422 or email bluemoons@nexicom.netOct17Fri202511:45 am Zumba Gold & Body Training @ Millbrook ManorZumba Gold & Body Training @ Millbrook ManorOct 17 @ 11:45 amFridays at 11:45 am at the Millbrook Manor.*pre-registration required-call 705-932-2011.
Local Vaccine Rollout Ramps Up
June is smiling as she and her neighbours at Centennial Place have all been vaccinated. The province continues to deliver vaccines to high risk residents across the province in Phase 1 of its rollout during the initial period of limited vaccine supply. At the moment, vaccines are being administered to… Continue reading
Historical Society – Going light and bright for March
Peter and Anne Ramsay, curators for the Historical Society’s display cabinet at the Millbrook Library, unearthed some of the tried and tested Fisher-Price sets from the period when Quaker Oats owned the Fisher-Price Company (1969-1991) and earlier. These toys were manufactured in the USA and Canada. The guiding principles for… Continue reading
Putting Names to Faces in the Waiting Room
In the December issue of the Millbrook Times, a photo donated to the Historical Society by Greg Ret was featured, with a call out to the community to identify the occasion and some of the faces. Quick to respond to the challenge were Carol (Ridge) Donaldson and Gary Snelgrove. Both… Continue reading
Crestwood Intermediate Staff and Students Create Their Own School
Change can be scary, and when news first emerged that Millbrook Grades 7 and 8 might be moving to a new, intermediate school housed at Crestwood Secondary School in the fall of 2019, there was considerable anxiety, but excitement, too. At the time, some of the students were concerned about… Continue reading
The Moon in Your Kitchen
If you have young people in the house who are curious about astronomy, here’s an idea to spark their interest. It’s a little game I call “What’s going on with the moon tonight?” It’s easy to forget about the moon in this age of space stations and Mars rovers—Perseverance, NASA’s… Continue reading
Pray with Me, Please
Many years ago, when I was teaching high school full time, I discovered I was much more comfortable teaching with my classroom door closed, even though I knew it helped with ventilation to have it open. I wasn’t worried about distractions coming from the hallway. That closed door gave me… Continue reading
EarlyON Delivers
A year ago at this time, we didn’t know what was to come. We were planning programs for the 2020 March Break and gathering valuable feedback from families regarding what we could do to improve our programs as well as what families enjoyed and valued about The Old Millbrook School… Continue reading
Registration Opens for House League Soccer
MLCFC is proud to announce we have received back to play approval from Ontario Soccer. We are thrilled to offer our 2021 Outdoor Recreational Soccer Program for children born in 2018 – 2009. Our goal is to get our children back on the Pitch, having fun, playing the game that… Continue reading