Parents Make Impassioned Plea to Delay Millbrook Student Move to Crestwood
Reaction to the October 10th announcement by the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board proposal to establish an intermediate program for grade seven and eight students at Crestwood next fall continues as parents grapple with its implications. The proposal stems from the pressure from new housing developments in the Millbrook and Westmount Public School…
TAG Luncheon
Toronto to Algonquin Park Coordinator Pamela Marsales, pictured left, joined Maureen McDonald and other members of the community interested in this sustainable tourism initiative for a chili lunch at the Legion prior to Ms. Marsales’s presentation to Council seeking their support.
COMMENT – January 2020 – Let’s Get Real
There is a tendency to judge historical people and events through a modern lens. Not surprisingly, the results are often harsh and one-sided. We have more information, more experience and a different perspective which we use to evaluate historical behaviour. Is it possible that these people were doing what they thought was right based…
Winter Road Maintenance Information Coming to the Township Website
At the last Council meeting, a split decision approved the allocation of $11,300 from the 2020 operating budget to be used to track road works. Existing GPS systems available in public works vehicles and some investment in software development will allow the township to provide public works information to the public via a link…
Secret Shoppers Give Cavan Monaghan Community a big Thumbs UP!
Last fall, Economic Development Coordinator Brigid Ayotte teamed up with volunteers from Tweed to participate in a Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs program called First Impressions Community Exchange. The FICE program engages volunteers who visit a community to assess its strengths and weaknesses in the services, transportation, tourist attractions, accommodations and overall…
St. Thomas Anglican Donations
St. Thomas Anglican Church presented cheques for $000 each to Cavan Monaghan Libraries, the Old Millbrook School Family Centre, and the Canadian Foodgrain Bank at their last spaghetti dinner of the year in November, 2019. At their annual turkey dinner in December, additional donations of $1000 each were donated to: “One Roof” (St. John’s…