Letters to the Editor
Thank you so much for publishing “Woodleigh Farms’ Waste Diversion Proposal” (Times October 2020). It’s initiatives like this that give us hope for the future! This is the kind of real, environmentally sustainable action that we all need to embrace if we and our world are to have any chance of survival. Thanks again,…
Millbrook Farm Supply Directing Funds from Bottle Returns
Since July, the Millbrook Farm Supply has been directing donations from bottle returns to a variety of local causes. The community has embraced this effort, and the recipients have been very appreciative. Millbrook Community Care was the first beneficiary, receiving $1050 this summer. Donations were next directed to two local youths battling cancer, who…
COMMENT – November 2020
How will we Manage a Winter of our Discontent? As I write this snow is flying so Hallowe’en must be around the corner. November can be a tough month, and this one could tougher than usual. Many local groups like hockey, guides, community care and churches are finding ways to deliver their programs and…
A Tree is Planted!
Sean Gillen, the proprietor of Ironwood Property Maintenance, planted a Sugar Maple at the corner of County Road #21 and Glamorgan. The Anglican church, Trinity the Marsh, had received a donation to plant a new tree there to replace a couple of old trees that had been removed. The Rev. Robert Ross, Priest-in-Charge, was…
New IDA Opens in Bethany
After months of planning, permissions and renovations, a new IDA drugstore opened in Bethany a few weeks ago. It will be operated by members of the Pervaiz family, originally from Pakistan. Zahid is moving from a pharmacy in Scarborough to open his own pharmacy in Bethany. His wife is a nurse at a Scarborough…
Registration for Christmas Hamper Program Begins
After several months of redirecting local Foodshare users to Peterborough’s Kawartha Food share because of COVID, our local food bank reopened its doors in early August. Thanks to the generosity of local individuals, churches and other organizations, their supplies have been replenished through local donations without the need to bring in deliveries from the…