Common Ground – July 2025
By Jill Williams “I came to love my rows, my beans, though many more than I wanted. They attached me to the earth, and so I got strength like Antaeus.” -Henry David Thoreau At the end of June I planted bush beans to replace the sadly bolted spinach. A very cold spring it was…
Historical Society Welcomes Additions
By Celia Hunter The record of activities and achievements made by the families that trace their roots back to Cavan Monaghan continues to grow as the Millbrook Cavan Historical Society’s archivist, Kim McLeod, catalogues and stores donated materials at the Old Millbrook School. Recent additions include family histories from both Ivor and Joan Banks,…
August Production Tells Story Of Irish Migration to Peterborough
The second production in the 4th Line Theatre’s summer season is the world premiere of Megan Murphy’s Wild Irish Geese, directed by 4th Line’s Managing Artistic Director Kim Blackwell. Murphy’s play is highly anticipated and is part of the 200th commemoration of the arrival of the first of the Peter Robinson Irish settlers in…
Great News For The Millbrook Farmers’ Market!
We’re not moving after all! The Millbrook Farmers’ Market will continue to take place in the south parking lot of Cavan/Millbrook Public School every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 47Tupper Street (County Rd. 10).While the number of vendors may vary from week to week, we come together in full force at…