Next Farmers’ Market Sunday September 22
It was a perfect summer day at last Sunday’s Farmers’ Market. The Old Millbrook School parking lot was a sea of colour. Tables were laden with fresh fruits and vegetables, including cartons of just picked corn. Various hues of honey jars and maple syrup sparkled in the sun, as did buckets of glorious sunflowers. …
Welcome to Brigadoon!
When we moved to Millbrook, it was to live in the former St. Andrew’s United Church. On our last of many inspections of the place before the sale went firm, the seller – unable to call his solicitor to waive our final conditions because of the spotty telecommunications in the building – finally stuffed…
Big Dummy Love
Big Dummy Love I’d like to deviate from the usual mountain bike ramblings this month to show some love for my favourite bike – the Surly Big Dummy. While most bike manufacturers use names that conjure up imagery of quick, powerful, and efficient animals and machines, the Big Dummy tells it like it…
It Takes More than Resolve to Maintain Rural Cemeteries
On a wintery day last February, snow and ice on County Road 10 resulted in the sudden launch of a vehicle which landed within the confines of Shield’s Cemetery on Hayes’ Line. The extent of damage to the site was not established until this spring, but in the interim, Derrick Lennox and a…
Late Summer Garden
“Up from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn.” John Greenleaf Whittier There are many things to celebrate in the late summer garden. My favourite Colour Fashion sunflowers are finally blooming in many shades of bronze and only one lone yellow. The brilliant fuchsia coloured nicotines and California poppies continue…
Nexicom Receives Funding to Support New Rural High-Speed Fibre Networks
Nexicom receives federal funding assistance to facilitate the installation of new next generation Fibre Optic Cable Networks to their current high-speed internet infrastructures in Northumberland County, Otonabee – South Monaghan & Douro-Dummer Townships. Last month, the local telecommunications company learned that it will be receiving $2,887,738 of federal funding in support of the installation…