OLG Issues First Quarter Gaming Payment
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) made a first quarter (April 1 – June 30) payment totaling $109,068 to the Township of Cavan-Monaghan for hosting Shorelines Slots at Kawartha Downs. The City of Peterborough received $719,390 for the same period. Since the gaming site opened in November 1999, Cavan-Monaghan has received $61,096,931, and since…
Common Ground – August 2022
“I am His Highness’ dog at Kew; Pray tell me sir, whose dog are you?” (Engraved on the Collar of a dog which I gave to His Royal Highness) Alexander Pope I was thinking about Kew recently when I read that those amazing wonders of nature, Amazonian water lilies, have been reclassified. I will…
Canada Post Allowed First Opportunity to Purchase Site of Former Gas Station
The property located at One Union Street in downtown Millbrook which is adjacent to the Millbrook Post Office became the property of the township in October 2015 due to unpaid taxes It had previously been the site of an automotive shop and gas station, equipped with underground gas storage tanks. All buildings were demolished,…
Welcome Back, Classic Car Show!
On Saturday the 16th July the Millbrook Lions Club hosted their first annual car show since the beginning of Covid in 2019. The weather was perfect and we were able to register 150 classic cars. This was a record for our show. Cars were parked all up and down main Street, down Nexicom…
Neighbours Voice Concerns over Springville Residential Proposal
A Public Meeting was held during the July 4th Council meeting to obtain feedback from Council and residents regarding a proposed residential subdivision in the Hamlet of Springville. Woodview Properties Inc. has applied to Peterborough County for approval of a subdivision on a 26.9 acre property with frontage on Cathcart Crescent, Ashley Crescent…
Waste Management Contract Renewal Proposals More Than Double Current Rates
The current curbside waste collection contract with Withers Waste Management expires this week. A tender for a three-year contract for services was posted in late June to seek service providers, with a closing date in July. When the tenders were opened on July 19th, only two bids were received, and one from our current…