Comment – April 2019
“To the thief who took my anti-depressants – I hope you’re happy.” Just kidding — who can’t help but smile as new evidence arrives each day that this brutal winter is finally going to end? It’s important to appreciate the things that are disappearing–the old arena, for example, but change ushers in new opportunities…
Letter to the Editor: Elegy to a Landmark
An sparkling expanse of rippling blue water; home to trout, fisher and turtle; site for the Lions’ community fishing derby; dinner table for soaring birds of prey. Visited by trumpeter swans, nursery for Canada geese, where once logs were fed to the sawmill. Where once villagers skated beneath the willows’ limbs, and the reason…
Learn How to Attract Summer Birds at the next Millbrook & Area Garden Club Meeting
If you have been keeping your bird feeder filled all winter, you have most likely been enjoying the activity of Chickadees, Nuthatches, perhaps a pair of Cardinals, and other species. On Wednesday, April 3rd, as the spring season warms up, and just as the migratory birds begin to arrive, the Millbrook & Area Garden…
Water Monitoring System Report
In February, the Peterborough Utility Group presented its annual report on the Water and Wastewater systems for Millbrook. Water reports like these are taken very seriously by all municipalities. After the mismanagement of the Walkerton water system, the province introduced strict statutory standards of care for local water treatment plants with personal liability for…
First House
The oldest house in the Village is very hard to find. You could live here your whole life and not even notice it, unless you paid attention. I first spotted it on a walk with my boys several years ago. It was set back from the road and seemed to float in the distant…