Comment – Five Years and Counting!
Five years ago, my husband purchased the Millbrook Times and gave it to me for Christmas – I like to say it’s the gift that keeps on giving. After many experiments, it feels like the paper is now on track, which these days is saying something. Monday’s news of consolidation and closings in the…
Letters to the Editor from the BIA
It is always with mixed feelings that we welcome the month of December. Excitement because of the all the festivities happening at this time as well as taking the time to reminisce over this year that will soon be coming to an end. The BIA Executive would like to take this opportunity to offer…
Help for Parkinson’s Patients
Things can seem bleak for Parkinson’s sufferers facing long wait times to see a neurologist in Canada; perhaps as long as three years. And when they are seen, often little hope is offered for the daily tremors, internal complaints, and painful limbs. In fact, a doctor might suggest the patient does not exert themselves…
Peterborough Social Services Opens Outreach Program in Millbrook
Paula Fitzgerald is there to help. A Case Manager from Peterborough’s Social Services, she can help clients navigate the vast array of programs designed to help people get back on their feet or to help them through a transition. Since 2016, she has been providing support to clients in the Ontario Works program in…
Millbrook Community Choir Brings Us the Music of the Season
You won’t have to wait until their December 10th concert to hear some of the Christmas repertoire the Millbrook Community Choir is preparing this season. Members of the choir will lead a parade of participants to the events of Christmas in the Village on December 7th, following one of the horse-drawn wagons into town…