“Wizuke of Oz” Zucchini Festival Coming Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024
So only a few more sleeps until the umpteenth annual Millbrook Zucchini Festival lands with a thump on the sunny shores of Baxter Creek, next to the millpond in downtown Millbrook. Mark Sunday, September 8, 12:30 to 4 p.m. on your calendar for an afternoon of family fun carving, floating, slingshotting, serenading and baking…
Sharing our Stories Book
This book represents the culmination of a project funded by a Seniors Community Grant which helped participants create memoirs. It features their stories told in words, photographs and artwork by the participants. Pictured from left to right in front are: Cindy Sutch Whitelaw, Linda Rolland, and Karyn Swaffield, in the back row are Jim…
Simple Messages of Support Bolster Spirits on the Front Line in Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine drags on, the need for international support grows. An easy way to offer support to those on the front is by joining a group of Canadians and Australians who coordinate the writing and delivery of personal notes of support from their citizens for distribution to Ukraine’s defenders on the…
Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall
It is crazy how the summer has just flown by! One minute we are busier than ever and the next thing we know, the kids are off to school again. Thank you to everyone who came out to our programming this summer. We had a very successful July and August with our children’s programming…
Catching our Breath at MCHS
Our past year as your local Historical Society was diverse in projects and presentations, exuberantly ambitious, and extremely successful. Three guest speakers, two full-house Trivia Nights and two afternoon programs at the Millbrook branch of CM Libraries, one tribute night to honour the continuing history and contributions of our volunteer firefighters, and one very…
Come Follow Me
Today, I’m thinking about our lives as examples for others. Most of us don’t feel worthy of being examples. Most of us see only our own mistakes. Whether or not we are aware of it, we are examples. Saturday morning, we received an invitation from our friends, Ian and Sandi. “ Could you come…