Dam Replacement Ensured by Three-Pronged Funding Announcement
By: Karen Graham On July 3rd, government dignitaries united at the site of the Millbrook Dam to share a major funding announcement that ensures this historic site will retain its pivotal place in the landscape of downtown Millbrook.The funding is split 3 ways, with Federal government and the province each contributing $1,119,363 and ORCA…
Activities Make Activists at Take Action Summer Camp
By: Sarah Sobanski Choosing a summer camp can be a hard decision. On one hand kids don’t want to give up an entire week of their summers, on the other parents find it hard to give up an entire paycheque, or in some cases two, for a short-lived worry-free week as their children are…
Amateur Radio Emergency Services for Cavan Monaghan
By Jordan Landry On Saturday, June 28th, the Peterborough Amateur Radio Club (PARC) met for a 24 hour worldwide competition to see how many contacts they could make outside of their region. PARC members are also members of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service group and can provide emergency communications even if the area’s entire…
Maple Leaf Cavan Football Club Celebrates Trillium Grant at Canada Day Celebrations
By Karen Graham Soccer Club executives breathed a collective sigh of relief as the skies cleared during the afternoon of July 1st prior to the Canada Day celebrations at Maple Leaf Park. The festivities kicked off with the presentation of an Ontario Trillium Grant in the amount of $54,100 presented by local volunteer Ramesh…
Retired Officer Remembers Robbery Featured in 4th Line Theatre Play
By: Sarah Sobanski Officer James Schultz has his own ideas about the almost $250,000 that went missing after the robbery of Havelock’s Toronto Dominion bank in 1961. Schultz was hired onto the force as part of the Bowmanville detachment at 21years of age in May, three months prior to the robbery. He suspects he…
Down The Line – Summertime
By: Barbara Aiken Munneke Summertime, a time to relax and enjoy the warm weather and a time when we didn’t have to adhere to schedules or go to school, but if you lived on the Line, it was a time when children were asked to help out and work. This meant possibly baling, loading…