Before coming to Millbrook, Home Hardware Manager David Britton had worked at many other Home Hardware stores in the area, so he knew what he was getting into when he stepped into his store manager role in Millbrook on March 3rd, 2011. He soon learned that unlike Peterborough, the… Continue reading
Food is a basic need, a life necessity. What we eat or don’t eat affects our mental, emotional and physical well-being. Did you know that the Meals on Wheels program is also available to adults who are recovering from surgery or illness? One of the misconceptions of Community Care’s… Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
