Tag: Feb 2017
Revised Dam Design Revealed at ORCA Open House
ORCA and Hatch design engineers were on hand last week to connect back with the community about the changes to the Millbrook Dam rehabilitation project scheduled to start this fall. The presentation revealed several…
ORCA Announces Remedial Work to Protect Millbrook Dam
The Otonabee Region Conservation Authority (ORCA) will be undertaking remedial actions at the Millbrook Dam to ensure the structural integrity of the dam. The work will involve the construction of a cofferdam in the…
Local Guitar Craftsman Has International Reputation
Five kilometers west of Cavan you will see a sign with a large guitar on it on the south side of 7A. There is the home and workshop of Roger Stuckless (Roger Stuckless Custom…
“Now is the Winter of our Discontent”
I’m sure many have heard or read this line from Shakespeare’s play, Richard III? They are the opening lines of the play that lay the groundwork for the portrait of Richard, the king, as…
Real Estate Market Update
Residential real estate values in the Peterborough area in 2016 rose 10%, a rate which began to escalate at the end of the year. Competition for residential properties is heating up, and the practice…
Real Estate Market Update
Residential real estate values in the Peterborough area in 2016 rose 10%, a rate which began to escalate at the end of the year. Competition for residential properties is heating up, and the practice…
Math Strategy Focuses on Words Before Numbers
In Ontario schools, the focus has shifted from literacy to numeracy, and students are knuckling down on math through a new strategy aimed at all student levels from kindergarten to Grade 12. The Renewed…
All Gluten, All the Time
When I found myself newly single, I started spending a lot of time baking. I love not only the taste and the smell of it, but its underlying message: that no matter how bad…
Crazy Sock Day at MSC
See any cool socks lately? Many of the students at MSC have! Just recently Millbrook South Cavan Public School had another schooltastic spirt day, on Friday 27th many students at MSC participated and showed…