Over the past month, we’ve seen vivid reminders that we all share the air, as smoke from distant blazes covered skies with an eerie glow. The air filled with a smell we would normally associate with cozy times spent with a book or around a campfire, but this time we… Continue reading
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
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
Peterborough MPP Smith is quoted in Saturday’s Peterborough Examiner as saying that Peterborough had to forgo the opportunity to welcome an employer which would have created 5,000 jobs each paying $100,000+ to the region because of a lack of available and serviced employment land in the city. The only solution,… Continue reading
Who are we? Census 2021 Explains The final piece of the 2021 Census was released last December providing citizenship and immigration, education and employment data. While our township website describes the local population as diverse, this is just beginning to be true, according to the statistics. More than three quarters… Continue reading
In this edition you will find stories of generosity. Gifts of time, money and even flowers, offered by local businesses, service organizations and individuals that make our community special. In the next few years, it will be more important than ever to think of others. We will be called to… Continue reading
Ten years ago, I became Publisher of the Millbrook Times. My husband thoughtfully “gave” the paper to me for Christmas in 2012. I call it the gift that keeps on giving. At the time, the paper was going to fold due because the owners were ill. My husband thought it… Continue reading
It’s a phrase that took prominence during the Black Lives Matter movement as a gesture to personalize black lives lost through racial injustice. The practice has earlier roots, however. For example, every year at the memorial event for the 9/11 disaster, the names of the almost 3,000 victims who died… Continue reading
This month we’ve seen the community come together in a variety of events organized primarily by volunteers – the Zucchini and Fall Festivals, Touch a Truck, an Open Studio for local artists, church events, candidate meetings and a few funerals. They have reminded us what “community” means: it’s intimate, local,… Continue reading
