Historical Society Gets a Shot in the Arm
The Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society was honoured to get a surprise present this Christmas season. The Downtown BIA Christmas in the Village organizing committee came up with a wonderful addition to their annual festival with the Winter Wonderland Tree Garden sponsored by ReMax Eastern Realty Inc. Broker Kathie Lycett donated eight trees and…
Martial Arts Studio Teaches Discipline, Respect and Control
You know the scenes in action movies where the hero takes out five attackers with bare hands and walks away with a few scratches? After meeting with Frank Hill, those situations seem a lot more plausible. He runs a martial arts studio in Fraserville called the Mystic Mountain Dojo, where he offers training…
Matilda Karpik says, “Thank You”
Matilda Karpik is an Inuk resident living in Nain, Nunatsiavut. She is pictured with a pair of mitts she made for a Peterborough resident. The local person very generously donated her mink stole to Matilda. Matilda in turn made these mitts with the fur trim from the mink stole. In total, Matilda received eight…
Men’s Lacrosse Team to Call Millbrook Arena Home This Winter
The Peterborough Timbermen are moving closer to home. After playing their first three seasons in Oshawa, Cavan Monaghan Council has formed an arrangement with Arena Lacrosse League Commissioner Paul St. John to allow the Timbermen to play their 2019-2020 season at the Millbrook Arena beginning this weekend. This Arena Lacrosse League team (ALL) is…
Grand Opening of the Millbrook Dam
Dave Brackenridge addressed the audience for the official grand opening of the Millbrook Dam in November of 2019. The finishing touch will be the installation of permanent panels describing the role the pond and mill have had in the area. Temporary versions of the panels designed and written by local historian Celia Hunter are…
Public Health System Reset Welcomed
Boards of health, municipalities and public health workers received some good news recently from the province. Both the Premier and the Minister of Health shared publicly their intent to step back from previous announcements to transfer the delivery of public health services away from the current 35 boards of health and instead, create 10…