Cavan U11 Girls Rep Team End the Season with Smiles
On Tuesday, August 30th, the Maple Leaf – Cavan U11 Girls Rep Team played their very last game of the season. The girls played an AWESOME game against Peterborough White! The girls really stepped it up a notch with their speedy running, excellent foot work, beautiful passes, superb goal-tending, powerful kicks, strong defence…
Millbrook & Cavan Historical Society Launches Reprint of Historic Local Booklet
The local Historical Society is reprinting the 1937 booklet entitled “A Brief History of Cavan Township and Millbrook Village from 1816 to 1937”, written by Mary Sloane Eakins. The author is the great-granddaughter of John Deyell, one of the township’s first settlers and is credited with the development of the first grist mill in…
Council Column – Community Improvement Plan
Earlier this summer, the Township of Cavan Monaghan together with the Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation unveiled over $330,000 worth of street enhancements in Downtown Millbrook. This was a large step forward for Millbrook and downtown revitalization. Aging infrastructure on King Street presented the Township, specifically the Downtown Millbrook Revitalization Advisory Committee, with the…
New Programs at Your Local Library
Storytime 2.0 has three weeks of programming under its belt! The feedback has been constructive and positive. This more inclusive programming structure supports infants and children attending Storytime. We haven’t done away with the actual story reading and sing-a-longs, and still plan to do crafts at popular times of the year, but the play…
Centennial Place Hosts Video Outlining WWII Wartime Service of Resident Wilf Smith
Last week, a different kind of movie was shown at the Fireside Lounge at Centennial Place. Residents, staff, friends and family were gathered to watch a 45-minute documentary outlining the experiences of Royal Canadian Air Force member Wilf Smith during his service as a bomber pilot in World War II. Featuring original wartime footage…