Tell Us Your Jail Tales
The word on the street is that David Clayton Thomas of Blood, Sweat and Tears fame was once a Millbrook resident at what inmates called “the Brook.” The Millbrook Correctional Centre operated from 1957 until the end of 2003 as the province’s only maximum security correctional centre for convicted inmates serving sentences of up…
Next Garden Club Meeting Features Presentation about Tropical Houseplants
Join us on Wednesday Oct. 3rd at 7:30 PM the Millbrook & Area Garden Club as we host a presentation by Margaret and Bob Burley, featuring a “Show and Tell” all about tropical houseplants, including Orchids and African Violets (Gesneriads) and their care and repotting. Margaret and Bob have owned and operated Burley’s Gardens,…
Volunteers Plant Seedlings along Millbrook’s Station Trail
More than 50 volunteers planted 150 new trees and shrubs along the edge of the Station Trail section of the Millbrook Valley Trail on Saturday, September 15th as part of TD Tree Days events. The plants replaced sections of trees and shrubs that had been removed during the trail construction. The native trees…
The Old Millbrook School EarlyOn Centre Welcomes Community in Grand Opening Event
Visitors to last week’s Millbrook Farmers’ Market also had the opportunity to see the transformation in the premises of the drop in centre located in the Old Millbrook School. Rooms in the lower level of the building feature a padded infant area with a wide mirror and bar to pull themselves up. Walls are…
Newspaper Club – October 2018
Me to We Day By Newspaper club member Jordan On September 20th, 8 of The Me to We team members went by GO train to the event at the Rogers Centre known as We Day. The event that was occupied with 20,000 people who wanted to make a difference. They were accompanied by teachers…
Pontypool Celebration Honours Canadian War Brides
Last month the Manvers Historical Society hosted a reunion for local war brides to celebrate their contribution to the country. Thirteen women and a husband representing his hospitalized wife attended from across the province. Many brides bore familiar local names including Tinney, De Mille, Leahy, Condon, Robertson and Lash. Ranging in ages from 90…