Hitting the Quarter Century Mark with Trivia Night

Keep quarters in mind as you prep for our March highlight:  Trivia Night at the Millbrook Legion Hall with the incomparable Rachel Finnie as emcee. Your Historical Society is riding the wave of Rachel’s multi-costumed performance last March as she coaxed and wheedled answers to a dizzying variety of questions… Continue reading

Millbrook’s Winter Classic Hockey Tournament

    Last month, Millbrook Minor Hockey hosted their annual Winter Classic Tournament featuring U15 and U18 teams from across the region.  One of the most popular features of this three day event is the Shoot and Save skills competition where teams face off to show their stuff on Saturday… Continue reading

The Millbrook and District Lions Donate to PRHC

The Millbrook and District Lions, in partnership with the Fowlers Corners Lions Club are thrilled to present a cheque for $20,000 to Bethany Dainton of the Peterborough Regional Hospital Centre Foundation. The donation is destined for Lions for Pediatric Cancer Care Initiative”. Left to right: Cathy Langlois – Fowlers Corners,… Continue reading

Cheerleading Club Draws Young Athletes

Two young athletes from Millbrook South Cavan School have returned from a weekend Cheerleading competition in Ottawa where they faced off against teams from across Canada and some from the US.  They are members of a club called Solar Cheerleading, which operates out of Champions Gymnastics on Lansdowne Street West… Continue reading

New Fire Hall Now Serving the Community

It has been a long wait, but the much-anticipated new Fire Hall is now operational. There are still boxes to unpack and some final touches to complete, but ambulances and fire trucks are now responding to calls for service from this new facility, which replaces the facility on King Street… Continue reading

New Elementary School Coming To Millbrook

The Ontario government is investing $24.2 million for a new Towerhill North Neighbourhood Elementary School. Laurie Scott, MPP for Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, announced funding for the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board project to help hard working families in Millbrook. This will support the creation of 481 elementary student spaces and… Continue reading

Celebrating Heritage Week with a Local Flair

The Millbrook-Cavan Historical Society invites the community to celebrate some of our own on February 21. Our special guest speakers include 4th Line Theatre creator and founder Robert Winslow, and Joanne Rowland along with Jo-Ellen Brydon who together brought a wildly successful coffee house scene to Millbrook in the 1990s… Continue reading

OLG Issues Q3 Gaming Revenue Payment to Township

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation provided a payment of $62,118 (OLG) last month as its third quarter payment to the municipality for hosting Shorelines Slots at Kawartha Downs. So far, during OLG’s fiscal year (April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025), Cavan Monaghan has received $234,901. Since the gaming site… Continue reading