Peterborough County Approves 2025 Budget
Early last month, Peterborough County Council approved the 2025 Budget. While spending rose by 8.4%, the tax rate increase is rising by less than that as the County dips into some reserves to reducing the tax increase experienced by ratepayers to 6.28%. This increase includes a dedicated infrastructure levy of 2.5% which will be…
Common Ground – January 2025
“Now, by two-headed Janus…” Shakespeare The solstice is the beginning of winter but it’s also the start of longer days and our turning towards the light and faraway spring. January is named after the Roman god, Janus, who is represented as having two faces. One face looks forward to the future and one backward…
Royal Canadian Millbrook Legion Remembrance Day Parade 2024
Legion members and dignitaries march behind the piper in unusually mild temperatures at the Remembrance Day procession. The event drew a crowd of residents and Millbrook/South Cavan Public School students who came to commemorate our Armed Forces past and present.
Local Healthcare Town Hall
Peterborough County’s Healthcare Advancement Coordinator Lori Richey came to Cavan Monaghan to provide an update on her efforts to recruit full-time physicians to the region on Monday. She was hired to help stem the growth in the number of Peterborough County residents without a family doctor which is estimated to be roughly 32,000 and…
New Telecommunications Tower Policy Approved
At the November 19th meeting, Council approved a new policy for these unsightly but necessary pieces of infrastructure that have become a critical component of modern life. After an initial proposal presented earlier this month was met with some resistance, staff went back to the drawing board and returned with a few changes to…