North Cavan Students Perform at Legion Public Speaking Competition
North Cavan Public School once again delivered the only contestants for this year’s Legion Public Speaking event that was held last month. Three students in each of the Junior and Senior groups took the stage to tell their stories to an appreciative crowd. Junior students in grades one to three were first to take…
Life @ 79
Here’s the second column that describes what it feels like to be a certain age as we explore how these people feel about their current version of life. I hope it highlights our common ground and helps build a tolerant and supportive community for everyone. High hopes indeed… This month’s resident is a 79-year-old…
Council Receives Public Feedback Regarding Two Pending Developments
Two significant residential developments were on the most recent agenda, providing an additional opportunity for the public to weigh in on the plans in addition to the statutory meetings held in August 2022. Plan 15T-21007, or CSU, encompasses an area of 49.2 hectares fronting on Fallis Line adjacent to the existing Towerhill development and…
Making History
Maintaining a record of our local history and encouraging people to be interested in various aspects of the past is a lot of what we do as MCHS, but now and then we just have to make a little history ourselves. Our Blocks & Blooms event in June 2018 did that, shining the spotlight…
Change of Venue for Sandwich Sisters
For the past four years, a growing group of residents in Bethany and Millbrook have been preparing sandwiches and snacks for delivery to the community shelter in Peterborough under the energetic leadership of Bethany resident Jane Berlin. The group is part of a nation-wide collection of sandwich-making volunteers called Sandwich Sisters, providing tangible support…
Common Ground – March 2024
“In March winter is holding back and spring is pulling forward.” J. Hersey Winter, it seems to me, has held back quite a lot this year. We haven’t had much extreme cold and periodic thaws have prevented any significant snow accumulation. There has been enough snow to protect perennials and garlic but not much…