One thing the internet does is bring reviews to our fingertips. Reviews, positive or negative, are powerful in today’s world. We need a new roof. Who do we hire? In the past we would have called friends for their recommendations. Today, we surf the internet for roofing companies. The wise… Continue reading
Terry Fox has to be on the very short list of Greatest Canadians. His achievements during his short lifetime and incredible legacy still inspire today around the world. Terry’s Marathon of Hope began with seemingly impossible goals. Barely twenty years old, with a leg recently amputated from cancer, he would… Continue reading
Pictured is Dr. Jim Leeson, a chiropractor practicing at the Peterborough Power Zone Center with a small sample of shoes he and massage Therapist Sara Sutherland have collected. The shoes will be distributed to the children in Belize in February by the volunteers at the annual visit to that country…. Continue reading
Telecare Peterborough is looking for empathetic individuals ready to join the fight against loneliness and isolation. Training for New Volunteers begins September 25th 2019, at 7:00 pm, Trinity United Church, 360 Reid St., Peterborough. Training is 50 hours and costs $50. (Subsidies are available.) Listening skills and awareness of social,… Continue reading
The wait continues for the much-anticipated opening of the new business in the former antique shop called Millbrook Mercantile, now scheduled for September. Owners Bernadette MacNeil and Lance Nachoff are feeling it, too, but they’ve been waiting even longer. The dream of opening a business in the food industry has… Continue reading
Pictured is a sculpture entitled “In Harmony”, created by this year’s ZimArt’s Artist-in-Residence Wimbai Ngoma. The Gallery located at 855 2nd Line, Bailieboro is open for the season, with a 20th Anniversary kick-off party that was held Saturday, Aug. 3. The gallery will be open from 11 am to 6pm… Continue reading
Early last month, Toronto-Algonquin Greenway (TAG) Coordinator Pamela Marsales made a pitch to the Millbrook Business Improvement Association (BIA) executive to encourage Millbrook to join communities along a series of routes connecting Pearson International Airport with Algonquin Park to draw environmentally-friendly tourist traffic to the area. Greenway is a term… Continue reading
Early last month, the Millbrook Medical Centre Board hosted their Annual General Meeting for an audience of one. The poor showing perhaps reflects a lack of appreciation for the building’s unusual role in the community. The Millbrook Medical Centre was built in 1972. A newly-minted General Practitioner, Dr. Van Loon… Continue reading
