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Upcoming Events
Oct6Mon2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthOct 6 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 →9:00 am New To You Clothing Store @ New to You Clothing StoreNew To You Clothing Store @ New to You Clothing StoreOct 6 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pmOpen 9am to 3pm every Monday to Friday. Please consider donating good quality used clothing. Funds received from the sale of these items support local programs and services.7:00 pm Millbrook Community Choir @ Centreville-Harmony ChurchMillbrook Community Choir @ Centreville-Harmony ChurchOct 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pmPractices every Monday evening, 7:00-9:00, at Centreville-Harmony Church, one concession south of the roundabout, County Rd. 28 at Zion Line. If you love to sing, come! For information, contact Annette, fallisa@hotmail.com or Beryl, bcablewilliams@gmail.com.Oct7Tue2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthOct 7 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 →8:30 am Coffee Club @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookCoffee Club @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookOct 7 @ 8:30 am – 10:30 amTuesdays from 8:30 to 10:30. Come and enjoy a morning of comradeship. Coffee, tea and muffins, $2. Everyone welcome10:00 am Line Dancing @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchLine Dancing @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchOct 7 @ 10:00 amTuesdays at 10 am, pre-registration required – call 705-932-2011.Oct8Wed2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthOct 8 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 →
Cavan Monaghan Hosts Inaugural Earth Day Event
The Township of Cavan Monaghan will be hosting their first event celebrating Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Led by the Township’s Sustainability Advisory Committee, the event has an exciting line-up of vendors who can provide information and resources on a wide range… Continue reading
Use it or Lose it
As you sort through the spoiled food in your fridge and freezer, imagine the scale of the issue for local grocers and restaurateurs whose loses will surely dwarf our own. The weekend storm and power failure is the most recent factor that should motivate us to support local businesses. Trade… Continue reading
Grow Your Own Produce at the Community Garden
By Joanne Rowland Finally spring weather is here and we can start work in the Millbrook community garden. The garden is located next to the Old Millbrook School (where the library is)with a beautiful center flower garden looked after beautifully by some local volunteers. There are 12 individual plots that… Continue reading
Find Your Green Thumb At The Community Garden
Letter To The Editor
Jane Wilson and I spearheaded a fund raiser on March 14 to raise money to pay down the mortgage of the Erin Sullivan house, in Peterborough which permanently houses 4 men coming out of homelessness. Erin was a good friend of ours who died at a young age of cystic… Continue reading
Grant Funding Available to Support Community Improvement Projects
Since 2019, Cavan Monaghan has operated a Community Improvement Plan(CIP). The program was initially available to businesses operating in the Millbrook settlement area but later expanded to include businesses throughout the municipality. This program provides financial incentives to support private community development initiatives that stimulate economic growth. Public funding under… Continue reading
Nominations Open for Peterborough County Agricultural Wall of Fame
The Peterborough Country Agricultural Wall of Fame Committee is seeking nominations for the2025 Induction Ceremony, to be held on Sunday, August 24that Lang Pioneer Village Museum in the Agricultural Heritage Building. Farm and rural leaders in Peterborough County who have made significant contributions to the agriculture and agri-food industry at… Continue reading
Now & Then – April 2025
When A Party Line Didn’t Mean A Line Dance By Dan Bourgeois In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell developed the first telephone. Within a few years telephone companies sprang up across Canada, largely in the larger cities and towns, mainly owned by the Bell Telephone Company. However, “Ma Bell” felt that… Continue reading