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Oct6Mon2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthOct 6 all-dayEarlyON Family Centre Programs: offered at the Old Millbrook School, 1 Dufferin St., Millbrook Mondays: Music and Movement from 10 am to 11 am on the 2ndfloor offering songs, dances and instruments to get youngsters moving. Open Gym at 12:30pm for infants up to 18months. Tuesdays and Thursdays: Stay and... Continue reading →9:00 am New To You Clothing Store @ New to You Clothing StoreNew To You Clothing Store @ New to You Clothing StoreOct 6 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pmOpen 9am to 3pm every Monday to Friday. Please consider donating good quality used clothing. Funds received from the sale of these items support local programs and services.7:00 pm Millbrook Community Choir @ Centreville-Harmony ChurchMillbrook Community Choir @ Centreville-Harmony ChurchOct 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pmPractices every Monday evening, 7:00-9:00, at Centreville-Harmony Church, one concession south of the roundabout, County Rd. 28 at Zion Line. If you love to sing, come! For information, contact Annette, fallisa@hotmail.com or Beryl, bcablewilliams@gmail.com.Oct7Tue2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthOct 7 all-dayEarlyON Family Centre Programs: offered at the Old Millbrook School, 1 Dufferin St., Millbrook Mondays: Music and Movement from 10 am to 11 am on the 2ndfloor offering songs, dances and instruments to get youngsters moving. Open Gym at 12:30pm for infants up to 18months. Tuesdays and Thursdays: Stay and... Continue reading →8:30 am Coffee Club @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookCoffee Club @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookOct 7 @ 8:30 am – 10:30 amTuesdays from 8:30 to 10:30. Come and enjoy a morning of comradeship. Coffee, tea and muffins, $2. Everyone welcome10:00 am Line Dancing @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchLine Dancing @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchOct 7 @ 10:00 amTuesdays at 10 am, pre-registration required – call 705-932-2011.
Where Are They Now? Holly Thertell Turns Teaching Into a Learning Experience
By: Karen Graham Holly remembers quite clearly the person who set her life in a different direction. Her grade 5 teacher, Linda Parsons, noticed how uncomfortable Holly was speaking in a group. Mrs. Parsons assigned a different type of project, where students spoke in the character of someone from a… Continue reading
Give-A-Hoot Café Supports Garden
his Saturday evening, the Church House will once again be hosting the Give-A-Hoot Café with special musical guests, The Walkervilles, and Benj Rowland kicking off the evening’s entertainment. There are a few tickets still available at the Pastry Peddler in downtown Millbrook, but seating is limited. Tickets are $15.
Making Connections at Monthly Lunches
Family Centre Opens For Spring Saturdays
Grace Glass Advocates for Radical Change in Roadside Management
Local citizen Grace Glass addressed Cavan Monaghan Council on March 25 to ask for a radical change in how ditching and brushing are accomplished along municipal roads. She called the current practice of scraping roadside ditches clean of all vegetation and cutting back large trees no longer acceptable, and stated,… Continue reading
Farms at Work… Chan Speaks Up For Native Bees
By: Karen Graham Susan Chan the Native Pollinator Program Manager for the Farms at Work organization was at the Old Millbrook School last Wednesday evening to offer her broad expertise to local landowners on how to enhance the attractiveness of their properties to native bee pollinators. As an executive member… Continue reading
Loons Support Local Economy
By: Karen Graham Last Sunday afternoon, Transition Town Peterborough hosted a Buy Local, Live Local Expo at the Trentwinds International Centre. Over 20 local vendors had booths demonstrating the variety of products and services available from small businesses in the area who are encouraging the local economy, including The Chocolate… Continue reading