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Upcoming Events
Feb10Mon20257:00 pm Millbrook Community Choir @ Centreville-Harmony ChurchMillbrook Community Choir @ Centreville-Harmony ChurchFeb 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pmPractices every Monday evening, 7:00-9:00, at Centreville-Harmony Church, one concession south of the roundabout, County Rd. 28 at Zion Line. If you love to sing, come! For information, contact Annette, fallisa@hotmail.com or Beryl, bcablewilliams@gmail.com.Feb12Wed2025Feb13Thu20255:45 pm Take Off Pounds Sensibly @ St. Thomas Anglican ChurchTake Off Pounds Sensibly @ St. Thomas Anglican ChurchFeb 13 @ 5:45 pmTake Off Pounds Sensibly: Every Thursday at St. Thomas Anglican Church in Millbrook. Weigh in at 5:45pm, meeting begins at 6pm. Parking is available behind the church off Manor Drive. For more information, call Lou at 705-944-5422 or email bluemoons@nexicom.netFeb17Mon20257:00 pm Millbrook Community Choir @ Centreville-Harmony ChurchMillbrook Community Choir @ Centreville-Harmony ChurchFeb 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pmPractices every Monday evening, 7:00-9:00, at Centreville-Harmony Church, one concession south of the roundabout, County Rd. 28 at Zion Line. If you love to sing, come! For information, contact Annette, fallisa@hotmail.com or Beryl, bcablewilliams@gmail.com.Feb19Wed2025Feb20Thu20255:45 pm Take Off Pounds Sensibly @ St. Thomas Anglican ChurchTake Off Pounds Sensibly @ St. Thomas Anglican ChurchFeb 20 @ 5:45 pmTake Off Pounds Sensibly: Every Thursday at St. Thomas Anglican Church in Millbrook. Weigh in at 5:45pm, meeting begins at 6pm. Parking is available behind the church off Manor Drive. For more information, call Lou at 705-944-5422 or email bluemoons@nexicom.netFeb21Fri20257:00 pm Celebrating Our Own – Millbrook-... @ Millbrook’s Legion HallCelebrating Our Own – Millbrook-... @ Millbrook’s Legion HallFeb 21 @ 7:00 pmA community celebration of a few of our own movers and shakers as we mark Heritage Week, Friday, February 21, 7:00 pm at Millbrook’s Legion Hall. All welcome. Members free, guests by donation. Cash bar, tea, coffee and cake. Questions? Check out our website or email us.Feb23Sun20258:30 am Lions’ Breakfast – February 23 @ Lions’ DenLions’ Breakfast – February 23 @ Lions’ DenFeb 23 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pmFeaturing eggs, bacon, toast, fruit, coffee and tea.
Tag Archives: farming
Hench-zukes Discovered on Zion Line

In a rare statement issued just days ago, the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) disclosed troubling details about a potential threat to public safety. Even more unusual is the very precise local nature of this warning. During a tense press conference held at the Millbrook Legion, CSIS Agent Zelda… Continue reading
Young Beekeepers Headed to International Meeting in Dubai

We need bees. They are one of the world’s most important pollinators of food crops, contributing to the production of roughly one third of the world’s food supply. They also help provide half of the world’s fibres, oils and other raw materials, contribute to the development of medicine, provide food… Continue reading
Millbrook Farmers’ Market Welcomes Circle Organic

Circle Organic is a family farm established in 2007 by Julie Fleming and Andrew Flaman. It produces a wide range certified organic produce, fruit, herbs and flowers on an 85 acre farm just south of Millbrook. in the fields and in a greenhouse on the property. Crops are grown in… Continue reading
Irish Stewardship Concept Adopted by Millbrook Farm

In 2021, Burrenbeo Trust of Ireland launched The Hare’s Corner Project – an initiative to help farmers and landowners make more space for nature. he term comes from an old farming expression describing an unused corner of a field or a piece of rough ground that is left to nature,… Continue reading
Woodleigh Farms Uses Traditional and Leading Edge Techniques to Find Sustainability

Woodleigh Farms is a sixth generation family farm operation with 500 acres on and around the homestead on Sharpe Line producing crops, maple syrup, flowers, fruit and vegetables. While the business may have historic roots, it continues to survive and thrive through hard work and by anticipating and adapting to… Continue reading
Peterborough Business Hall of Fame Recognizes Local Entrepreneurs

The Winslow and Gerolamy families will be recognized next month in the Peterborough Business Hall of Fame, along with Bob and Jill Staples of Staples Maple Syrup of Cavan. All of these local families have a proud history of building family business that have stood the test of time for… Continue reading
Grow Your Own Produce at the Community Garden

Finally spring weather is here and we can start work in the Millbrook community garden. The garden is located next to the Old Millbrook School (where the library is) with a beautiful center flower garden looked after beautifully by some local volunteers. There are 12 individual plots that can be… Continue reading
Take It Easy on the Road

On Tuesday afternoon the sun was shining, and many kids had taken to the streets- on bikes, rollerblades and scoot- ers. Shrieks of laughter from a nearby playground filled the air as children came out to get reacquainted with the pleasures of playing outdoors in their shirt sleeves. They aren’t… Continue reading