Playing Football Like Champs
“We played like champions”, says Head Coach Brian Forsythe of the Kinsmen Junior Stars. “I could not be more proud of my team today.” The Stars went up against the Steelers in the Championship game this past Saturday at T.A.S. Secondary School. With players from Millbrook to Bobcaygeon and surrounding areas, the Kinsmen Football…
Quilting Today: Tradition and Technology
Quilting is a relatively new fascination for Philippa Skjaveland who, together with husband Erik, is the owner of Kawartha Quilting Services of Millbrook. Last week Philippa gave the Millbrook Needlers an introduction to their business at the group’s monthly meeting in the Centreville Hall. While Philippa has always had a creative bent, she was…
Further Dam Study Underway
The Otonabee Region Conservation Authority (ORCA) has engaged D M Wills Associates Limited to complete a Dam Safety Review of the Millbrook Dam. According to a letter addressed to Cavan Monaghan Township’s CAO, Yvette Hurley, from Dan Marinigh, Chief Administrative Officer/Secretary-Treasurer of ORCA, “this will be built on the work that D M Wills…
Yoga Studio kicks off Christmas Food Drive
The holiday spirit of giving received a welcome kick-start last Saturday at Wendy Gerolamy’s Yoga Studio on Tapley ¼ Line as Wendy hosted the second of two community yoga classes where the cost of admission was donations to the Millbrook and District Food Share program. Both sessions were filled to capacity and participants took…
Putting Us On the Map
Pending the approval of Council this week, signs will be going up in the spring to direct cyclists along new designated routes through Cavan Monaghan Township. The Regional Cycling Signage Program is the initiative of Peterborough and the Kawarthas Tourism. Their objective: “to create a marketable road cycling product to engage the modern cycling…
Local Heroes of the Great War Honoured
Doug Hunter On October 27, the Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society and the Millbrook Legion, branch 402, jointly hosted a presentation by local military historian, collector and entrepreneur Scott Dummitt.