Christmas Hamper Preparations Begin
Millbrook and District Food Share volunteers are getting organized for this year’s Christmas Hamper program which distributes hampers each year to local families. Hampers are prepared for registered recipients and includes non-perishable food items, fresh local produce, a grocery voucher from Foodland and Walmart vouchers for each child in the family. Hampers are only…
Join us at the library!
Fall is well under way and it is the best time to curl up with a new title. We have a wonderful selection of new fiction, non-fiction, and magazines. Don’t forget about our amazing eResources (our Virtual Branch – open 24/7)! Kanopy offers wonderful animated storytime options. Enjoy popular titles such as the “Don’t…
Student Sets the Stage for Meaningful Reconciliation
With clear minds, fresh perspectives and pure motives, young people can often lead the way to meaningful change when weary adults flounder, held back by their baggage of preconceived ideas. Autumn Sky joined CML libraries in July as a summer student. A 2nd year student in the Indigenous Bachelor of Education at Trent University,…
Good Fences Make Good Neighbours – Robert Frost
Normally property line disputes cause ill feelings between neighbours, but a local dispute has resulted in an outcry from an entire neighbourhood. Trouble has been brewing around Collins Lane in Millbrook for a few years now. A pedestrian path connecting Centre Street to King Street, it was originally part of the property on its…
New Year, New Principal for North Cavan Students
Jennifer Johnston is excited to join the team at North Cavan Public School and looks to meeting and getting to know students, families and community over the upcoming year. A passionate educational leader, Jennifer Johnston joined the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board in 2010 as an Elementary school administrator. Ms. Johnston has worked…
Cannabis Retailer Ready to Launch
Brent Morrison was on his way to Queen’s University to study to become a Physiotherapist when he got sidetracked. With a BA in History from Trent and a teaching degree from Western, he was already well-educated but was looking for a career where he could help people feel better. In between studies, he began…