Today’s Faith – July 2025
By Rev. Janet Stobie “We need someone to chair this committee, please.” All eyes turn to the floor. Silence echoes around the room. Many members are thinking, Not me. Not me. A number of years ago, I wrote a children’s book titled“ Elizabeth Gets Her Wings.” Elizabeth, a young angel, wanted her wings immediately,…
Inaugural Quilt Show Exceeds Expectations
When organizers were planning their Quilt show, they were unsure about how many visitors the event would draw, as they had never hosted an event like this. It was a big undertaking for this group of 60 quilters who meet monthly at Centreville-Harmony Church on County Rd. 28 in Bailieboro. They hoped attendance…
New Millbrook School Crosses Significant Hurdle
Negotiations are now underway between the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board and the Cortel Group for the transfer of the property upon which the new elementary school in Millbrook will be built. The plan of subdivision has been registered which is required before any lots can be sold. This has now occurred, so…
Electronic Voting to be Used in 2026 Municipal Election
Last month, Council voted to continue to use telephone and internet voting as the only means of casting a ballot in the 2026 Municipal and School Board Election. Paper ballots have not been used in Cavan Monaghan since 2010. In that year, voter turnout was 43%, rising to just over 47 in the 2014…
Stay Positive
I often hear that readers like the Millbrook Times because it tells only positive stories. That is intentional. It’s not that I am oblivious to the negative side of life- in fact my husband accuses me of having a half-empty perspective. In the paper I choose to focus on positive things and it’s never…