Millbrook Christian Assembly Says Goodbye to the Smallwood Family
Mark and Christina insisted on calling their final Sunday Service at Millbrook Christian Assembly last week as a Launching Party rather than a farewell. No matter what the event was called, it marked a turning point for the family as well as the congregation. To say that the impact that the Smallwood family had…
Star Struck on King Street
Last week downtown Millbrook was transformed into a small seaside town in New England called Whispering Pines, for the filming of an episode for Season Three of the Prime video series, Reacher. Based on action novels of Lee Child, Season Three is based on the novel “Persuader” and follows Jack Reacher in another fight…
Millbrook Scouts Has Big Plans
The community had been without a Scouting program for a few years when it relaunched in 2018 with three active groups: Beavers, Cubs and Scouts. Bad timing for the relaunch, you could say. Despite meeting virtually during 18 months of the pandemic with weekly meetings, virtual camps and trips to space, membership gradually dwindled…
When is a Line a Quarter Line?
Have you ever wondered why our township roads are (mostly) so straight? Wouldn’t it have been easier to build them following the contours of the land? Why are they called Lines? Why do some townships call them Concession roads? And what about these Quarter lines? Isn’t that just a short line? To answer these…
Flowers on a Stick
Usually, flowers on a stick are artificial. My introduction to orchid flowers has taught me yet again that things are not always what they seem on the surface. Two years ago, the first orchid entered our home as a gift. Beautiful, vibrantly coloured, luxurious, that orchid looked like real flowers on a stick. Those…