Local Youth Running Club Calls CMCC Home
It doesn’t take long for word to spread about a fabulous facility like our Cavan Monaghan Community Centre. On December 9th, a local running club began to use the indoor running track as its winter home base for training, bringing talented young athletes from around the area together to train, challenge and inspire each…
Newspaper Club – January 2020
Christmas in the Village 2019 By Newspaper club member Maia McLean, Grade 7 On December 5th, we had our annual village Christmas get together in downtown Millbrook. There were sleigh rides, a gingerbread house competition, crafts, hot chocolate, popcorn, vendors, Santa Claus and a magic show! Lots of students from our school were there…
Millbrook Puck and Stick Score Some Points Helping Prepare Christmas Hampers
On Tuesday December l7th, the Millbrook Puck and Stick gang got together and assisted Foodshare volunteers with the Christmas hampers at Millbrook Food Share at the Old Millbrook School. Previously these hampers had been put together by the Millbrook Rangers and Pathfinders. Each needy family is given a quantity of groceries to get them…
Historical Society Gets a Shot in the Arm
The Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society was honoured to get a surprise present this Christmas season. The Downtown BIA Christmas in the Village organizing committee came up with a wonderful addition to their annual festival with the Winter Wonderland Tree Garden sponsored by ReMax Eastern Realty Inc. Broker Kathie Lycett donated eight trees and…
Martial Arts Studio Teaches Discipline, Respect and Control
You know the scenes in action movies where the hero takes out five attackers with bare hands and walks away with a few scratches? After meeting with Frank Hill, those situations seem a lot more plausible. He runs a martial arts studio in Fraserville called the Mystic Mountain Dojo, where he offers training…
Matilda Karpik says, “Thank You”
Matilda Karpik is an Inuk resident living in Nain, Nunatsiavut. She is pictured with a pair of mitts she made for a Peterborough resident. The local person very generously donated her mink stole to Matilda. Matilda in turn made these mitts with the fur trim from the mink stole. In total, Matilda received eight…