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Upcoming Events
Dec2Tue2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthDec 2 all-dayEarlyON Family Centre Programs: offered at the Old Millbrook School, 1 Dufferin St., Millbrook Mondays: Music and Movement from 10 am to 11 am on the 2ndfloor offering songs, dances and instruments to get youngsters moving. Open Gym at 12:30pm for infants up to 18months. Tuesdays and Thursdays: Stay and... Continue reading →8:30 am Coffee Club @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookCoffee Club @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookDec 2 @ 8:30 am – 10:30 amTuesdays from 8:30 to 10:30. Come and enjoy a morning of comradeship. Coffee, tea and muffins, $2. Everyone welcome10:00 am Line Dancing @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchLine Dancing @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchDec 2 @ 10:00 amTuesdays at 10 am, pre-registration required – call 705-932-2011.Dec3Wed2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthDec 3 all-dayEarlyON Family Centre Programs: offered at the Old Millbrook School, 1 Dufferin St., Millbrook Mondays: Music and Movement from 10 am to 11 am on the 2ndfloor offering songs, dances and instruments to get youngsters moving. Open Gym at 12:30pm for infants up to 18months. Tuesdays and Thursdays: Stay and... Continue reading →
Celebrate Country at the Millbrook Fair!
Get ready, folks, the Fair is coming! Events kick off on Thursday June 8th with educational exhibits running from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm throughout the fairgrounds located on Frederick St. in Millbrook, and continue to Sunday 11th. This will be the 172nd version of the Millbrook Fair, each one… Continue reading
Comment – June 2023
This week I received what I would call “hate mail”. It’s taken me more than 10 years to attract this kind of attention. Does this mean I’ve arrived? The hand-written note asked why I didn’t cover issues of interest to them and quoted “facts” and accusations of wrongdoing they expected… Continue reading
Mysterious Donor Pays It Forward to Decorating Committee Volunteers
Last week the Decorating Committee was at it again, filling the downtown planters with fresh blooms for the summer season. After the job was done, nine of these volunteers met for lunch at the Pastry Peddler, where someone quietly paid for their meals as a gesture of thanks for their… Continue reading
Millbrook and District Lions Club Celebrates 75 Years of Service at Open House
On January 23, 1948 a group of civic-minded Millbrook area citizens joined together to form the Millbrook and District Lions Club in partnership with the Lions International Club. For the next 75 years the Millbrook Lions have been serving their community, helping those who need help, and raising money for countless… Continue reading
Correction for May 2023 Print Edition
Strong Community Interest Shown at Heritage Conservation District Forum
Diane Chin, President of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO), Cobourg and East Northumberland Region, joined the Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society (MCHS) and about 50 interested community members on May 25 at the Millbrook Legion Hall for an information session and lively Q&A. Diane, along with Meredith Kennedy from… Continue reading
New Food Truck Opens in Cavan
Myla’s Little Munchies is a family business that just opened up their truck in the parking lot of Lush Cannabis in Cavan on Mother’s Day weekend, planning to open just on weekends until June when they expected the business to pick up to a level that would justify opening during… Continue reading
Jennifer’s Jazz it Up Dance Studio
Jennifer Mercer has operated her very successful dance studio, Jennifer’s Jazz it Up, for more than 23 years. The business began in Port Hope, but during the pandemic she relocated to a private studio just south of Millbrook in Campbellcroft, to take more control of the studio’s environment. In the… Continue reading