Tag: August 2024
Another Winter Ice Sport for Participants of All Ages
Members of the Peterborough Curling Club have been participating in the great sport of curling since 1876. Located at 2195 Lansdowne St. West, the club boasts more than 500 members ages eight to 91.…
Is There Any Hope? YES!!!!
The world news media these days is a constant diet of war, violence, cruelty and greed. For dessert, the menu offers environmental disaster, flood or wildfires caused by weather. All of it is based…
Outdoor Classroom
MSC Kindergarten teacher Wilma Armstrong worked with the school administration and School Board project manager to meet the requirements for the installation of the first phase of natural play equipment in the forested area…
Exciting Summer Programming Continues
What an excellent start to the summer! We have been busier than ever this July with our children’s programming and outreach activities. Thank you to everyone who has come out to either of our…
Common Ground – August 2024
“August’s harvest is rich…” Bob Thomson The New Victory Garden Well let’s deal with first things first: in August a big issue for a lot of gardeners is what to do with all that…
Canada Day Rubber Duck Race Tradition Continues
Once again the Millbrook Legion celebrated Canada Day by hosting their popular Rubber Duck race. At 3pm, 300 ducks were launched into the creek behind the old arena and were carried along by the…
St. John’s Ida Welcomes Rev. Susan Spicer
The people of St. John’s Church in Ida are excited to welcome Rev. Susan Spicer as their new Priest-in-Charge. Following the retirement of Rev. Peter Mills at the end of 2023 after sixteen and…
Millbrook Sets the Scene in Two Recent Film Projects
Last month, two film productions featured Millbrook as the backdrop, but their presentation of the village is worlds apart. On July 10th, the production of “Tall Pines” took over the main commercial area for…
Ontario Cheese Union Brings a Variety of Hand-crafted Cheese to the Millbrook Market
Heily Teasdale got the idea for the name of her business from a Swiss firm called the Swiss Cheese Union. The business acts as a distributor of hand-crafted cheese produced in Ontario by small…