Out of the Ashes – Woodleigh Farms Rebuilds with an Eye to the Future
July 17th marked two years since an early morning fire wiped out five barns in the twinkling of an eye at Woodleigh Farms in Cavan Monaghan Township. Five fire crews responded to the devastation, where 30,000 square feet of barns were leveled and a herd of 1500 pigs perished, along with a decade of…
Summer Programs at Your Libraries – 2020
Hey families! Are you looking for a bit of a break from being housebound? Join us for physically distanced fun every Tuesday from 10am – 12pm at our Bruce Johnston Branch and every Wednesday from 10am – 12pm at our Millbrook Branch. Each week we will have various literacy walk through activity for families.…
Marriage? Why Bother?
This summer, Tom and I celebrated our wedding anniversary. Many couples today reject marriage as an unnecessary encumbrance. They tell me, “We don’t need the church or the state to endorse our personal commitment to each other. Besides, if we discover we’ve made a mistake, we won’t have to go through a messy divorce.”…
Chamber Corner – August 2020
The local Chamber of Commerce is putting their money where their mouth is, so to speak. Recognizing the challenges facing their members arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for small businesses, The Millbrook and District Chamber of Commerce has decided to waive their 2020 Membership fees, or waiving the 2021 fees for those…
Centennial Place Resident Gerald Coady Receives Special Service Medal for Military Service
The presentation was originally scheduled for March 14th, but COVID had other plans. Unaware of the pending honours, Gerald (Gerry) Coady was unperturbed, but others around him were disappointed. On June 24th, Gerry’s son Kevin Coady, a former reservist and retired police officer, and David Rumball, a former captain in the Army reserve who…
Gardening in the Time of Comets
Regular readers of these pages will know that “Get Out!” is both the title of this column and its frequent theme. This month, however, we are going far out indeed—as far as the comet that graced North American skies throughout much of July. In case you missed it, comet NEOWISE is (or was) one…