Final Budget Approves 3.4% Municipal Rate Increase
At the final budget meeting last month, Cavan Monaghan Council approved a residential Tax Rate increase just under 3.4 percent to fund the municipal operating and capital expenditures for 2024. This is significantly lower than the first draft of the budget which reflected a potential 7.9% rate increase. The Operating budget contains a consolidated…
Free Tax Clinic Returns March 18th
Centennial Place is once again hosting a free Tax Clinic for qualifying individuals. Taxpayers with individual income of less than $35,000 or family income less than 45,000 in 2023 are eligible for this service. Bring all tax forms, slips and rent or property tax information to Centennial place where volunteers who call themselves the…
Comment – March 2024
Last month, Stats Canada reported that as of July of last year, the millennial generation — born between 1981 and 1996 — had surpassed the baby boom generation — born between 1946 and 1965 — in population size for the first time. Millennials on average have higher education, technological literacy and are more racially…
Fundraising for Charlotte
During the Winter Classic Hockey Tournament last month, the teams took the opportunity to do some fundraising on behalf of the sister of one of their hockey players who received a cancer diagnosis just before Christmas. Through a variety of fundraising initiatives at this hometown hockey tournament, the Millbrook Stars were able to donate…
Millbrook Stars U15 and U18 Teams Host Exciting Winter Classic Tournament
On the second weekend of February, Millbrook Minor Hockey hosted a 30-team tournament over three days for teams in the U15 and U18 age groups. Among the competitors were five Millbrook teams: three in the U15 age bracket and two in the U18 group. Facing stiff competition, two of the U15 teams took top…
Peterborough Pacers Track and Field Club
On Friday evenings during the winter months, the walking track at the CMCC is unavailable for an hour as the Peterborough Pacers Track and Field Club have it booked for practice. Formerly known as the Peterborough Legion Track Club, this group has been around for almost 30 years, offering recreational and competitive divisions for…