By – Law Changes Proposed for St. Paul’s Cemetery
By Ruth Roberts, St Paul’s Cemetery Board Trustee St Paul’s Anglican Cemetery and Chapel at 1304 Zion Line, Millbrook was established in 1819and is one of the oldest cemeteries in Ontario. The care and continuation of the cemetery and grounds are overseen by St. Thomas Anglican Church in Millbrook. The cemetery is managed by…
Today’s Faith – Celebrating Mothers
By Rev. Janet Stobie Celebrating Mothers is a special privilege for me because I was blessed with two wonderful mothers. Today I want to tell you something special about my mother who adopted me at age fifteen months. She gave me many things. The most important, though, was an introduction to, and an example…
New Gym Comes To Town
Deanna Earle and David Lundrigan are the entrepreneurs behind a new fitness club coming to Millbrook they are calling Millbrook Fit. They are taking over the location vacated by the cannabis shop where they will offer fitness memberships, personal training, group classes and fitness support which they hope will make people feel stronger, inside…
Common Ground – May 2025
By Jill Williams ”The promise of May is the joy of renewal, a time when nature paints with its brightest colours.” John Burroughs Spring has finally come to the valley arriving about three weeks later than last year. The grouse are drumming at all hours and the phoebes have returned to the porch. The…
Common Ground – April 2025
“All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair- The bees are stirring- birds are on the wing- And Winter, slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!” Coleridge It’s hard to imagine that the groundhog could possibly be right about early spring this year with so much…
Now & Then – May 2025
By Dan Bourgeois Tid or tyd, from the Old English word for fanciful/fond and bit, a small piece/bite. A little while ago, the Millbrook Cavan Historical Society began a project to digitize our archives, the plan being to ultimately make them available online. Currently we are scanning our collection of old newspapers. This can…