Do You Like Basketball? Then Listen Up! By Newspaper club member Ryan P. and Meghan N. This Friday March 29the, Millbrook South Cavan public school will be holding our 3rd annual March Madness Free Throw Competition. The top 2 boys and top 2 girls from each division will win a… Continue reading
The new federal fuel surcharge comes into effect in Ontario next week. Also known as the “carbon tax”, it stems from the 2018 federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act that established a standard for reducing pollution for provinces and territories that didn’t have their own polluting pricing system. The new… Continue reading
There are those who can’t resist a live auction! Almost all of us own “collectibles”, and a few of us have valuable collections. The Historical Society invites you to bring one or two of your favourite “keepers” for a show and tell evening at the Fireside Lounge, Centennial Place in… Continue reading
When a serious car accident left a single young Millbrook mother in difficulty, staff at Compass Early Learning where her son spends his days in childcare felt they should do more than support the child–they wanted to support the family. They have organized a benefit dance scheduled for the evening… Continue reading
I have been writing this column since 2013 and I thought it might be worthwhile to re-publish some of the earlier columns from time to time. However, you may well remember that the publishing schedule was somewhat different several years ago. When The Millbrook Times was a weekly publication my… Continue reading
Who was Bradley John Chapman and why should we care? At the time of his death in Toronto in 2015, Chapman was 43 years old and homeless. He was the father of three children and was found in an alley suffering from an opioid overdose. He died in hospital eight… Continue reading
Diann Corfe, president of Branch 402, Royal Canadian Legion, kicked off the Historical Society’s March event held Friday, March 22 in the Legion Hall, with some colourful and entertaining memories of Frontier Days, a special event held in the early part of the 1970s in downtown Millbrook. Dr. Van Loon… Continue reading
Spring has arrived and so has a great selection of activities for all ages at the CM Libraries. On April 2nd we will be starting off the month with our ‘Toonie Tuesday’ feature film, “If Beale Street Could Talk”. The show starts at 6:30pm at the Millbrook Branch. For the… Continue reading
