Celebration of the Farm Allows the Community to Show their Support
Photo Norm Lamothe. An early morning fire on July 18th has destroyed five barns at Woodleigh Farms in Cavan Monaghan Township. It took five fire crews from Peterborough County and City of Kawartha Lakes stations to address the chaos and carnage at the scene on Sharpe Line as they responded to early morning calls…
Historical Society Starts Fresh in the Fall
September is a big month for the Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society as it launches a fresh new website, millbrookcavanhs.org, and adds new events and features to its programming. In collaboration with the Cavan Monaghan Library, monthly workshops to teach the basics of navigating the genealogy program Ancestry (Library Edition) will be offered every…
Compass Early Learning Program Graduates
Friends and family members watch as the first “class” of preschoolers graduate from Compass Early Learning Program. Next week these children will enter the school by a different door to join their siblings and neighbours in their first year of public education. The event indicated that their queuing skills will likely be tested, as…
Comment – It’s Up to You
I agree with the sentiment in the Staples’ commercial that tells us that this is the most wonderful time of the year. More than January, September feels like a new beginning, and there is plenty of evidence to support that here. New teachers, a new dance school, new opportunities to learn, help and enjoy…
Letter to the Editor – September
The Millbrook Community Garden gardeners want to express our delight and gratitude to members of the Garden Club who are taking over the design and care of the center flower garden. In a short time it has been given new life, beauty, and spectacular color. A bit of history: When we started the garden…
This Month at Cavan Monaghan Libraries
As the summer winds down it is a great time to collect seeds to add to our Seed Library: 1) Collect seeds and bring to either branch. 2) Fill out envelope with seed description and growing conditions. 3) Borrow from the seed library, grow, harvest the seeds and return them to the seed library.…