After working for ten years in Bethany, Brian Harris decided it was time to boost his home improvement firm’s visibility with a store front. His business, Bremkin Home Improvements, is currently renovating a new location on King Street in Mill-brook where he will welcome customers looking to renovate their kitchens,… Continue reading
It’s only been a few weeks since Zach Washburn opened his pizza trailer in the parking lot of the cannabis shop at the four corners of Cavan, but he says that the community response has been astounding, and not just from customers. Last week Moody’s Bar & Grill showed some… Continue reading
Last month more than a dozen community members dropped in to the Millbrook branch of Library to join Helen Bajorek and her husband Jean-Michel Komarnicki in a postcard- writing session for defenders in Ukraine. Helen and Jean-Michel are behind the Canadian branch of an organization known as Postcards to the… Continue reading
Jerry Ouellette has quite a resume. Before launching Chaga Health and Wellness which is a regular vendor at the Millbrook Farmers’ Market, he was the former Ontario Minister of Natural Resources, Junior Minister of Northern Development and Mines, Junior Minister of Transportation, and a recipient of Chief and Queen Scout… Continue reading
For the record, they’ve been here before. Dusk to Dawn Brewing Company were vendors at last year’s Fall Festival and were quite taken by our lovely town. They had been invited to participate in the event by BIA President Kathie Lycett who had met them at a craft beef festival… Continue reading
It’s not that he’s retiring completely: Don Waters has too much energy to sit back and swing on the porch, no matter how good the view. However, he is slowing down, at least in the appliance repair work, handing over the reins to his daughter Lillian Waters Wood, who has… Continue reading
Saira Knowles arrived in Millbrook with years of experience as an artist and art educator in the UK and Canada. She brings years of experience as an art educator in museums and galleries including Station Gallery in Whitby and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa and a gallery in Manchester,… Continue reading
The family farm located on the east side of County Rd. 28 just south of the roundabout was purchased by David Retallick’s parents in 1940’s. His father the late Edwin Reid Retallick was well known in the area, working at Masterfeeds in Cavan after an extensive military service that is… Continue reading
Last month, Community Futures Loans Manager Brayden Clark came to the CMCC to discuss the various financing options for fledgling new businesses in the community. A dozen entrepreneurs came to the presentation to learn about the wide range of flexible financing options from this local expert who was an entrepreneur… Continue reading
