Blocks and Blooms Returns!
Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 15th from 10am to 4pm. This celebration of gardens, historic buildings and quilts is finally back! Get your tickets and look forward to a rewarding day. Your support for the Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society is much appreciated. KG
4th Line Theatre Receives Experience Ontario Grant
The 4th Line Theatre was one of three festivals in the Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock provincial riding that received grant funding from the provincial government last week. The Lindsay Exhibition and The Grove Theatre along with the 4th Line theatre each received $55,000 as part of the $19.5 million Experience Ontario funding designed to encourage tourism…
Congratulations to Millbrook Mercantile’s Bernadette MacNeil
Bernadette adds a County Recognition award for Business Excellence to her list of awards, including two from the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce as well as a grant for small business from Belleville’s McDougall Insurance. With a patio, a liquor license and a new menu,Bernadette is always finding new ways to attract customers to her…
Bill Slavin
Local graphic novelist and illustrator Bill Slavin launched the second book in his dystopian post-apocalyptic Mordecai Crow Trilogy, Quid Pro Crow, at Peterborough’s Take Cover Books in East City on May 18. The book also made its appearance at this year’s Toronto Comic Arts Festival in Toronto. Both Quid Pro Crow and Secrets of…
Legion BBQ
Millbrook Legion President Diann Corfe serves up a burger and fries at the Legion’s BBQ lunch on May 17th. This is an extremely popular lunchtime destination in the summer, drawing regulars and passersby with the aroma of the grill. The lunches are scheduled for every other Friday from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm behind…
COMMENT – June 2024
In this paper you will find stories about the past, the present and one that gives some insight into the future. Some look longingly in the rear view mirror, some are eager to move into the future while others insist we should live in the moment. Last month, a young child in Ontario died…