Tag: local business
Craft Cider Brings New Beverage Options for Local Food Trend
Jana Crawford is a team player. When she began to see her partner Graham Smith, who was a brewer, she tried all kinds of brews, looking for one she enjoyed. She finally identified a…
Local Business Makes Anniversary Meaningful With Charitable Donations
March 31, 2021 marked the sixth anniversary of the day Kate Deklerck opened the doors of The Quilter’s Bolt at 30 King St in Downtown Millbrook. Last fall, the store began to operate “virtually”…
Talented Physiotherapists Set up Shop in Millbrook
Gary Trail and his life and work partner Laine Corp may not be from here, but they are embracing the village with enthusiasm. Laine had a sense of what lay ahead when the couple…
New Business Launches Online Auctions with More to Come
Ashley Chandler and her husband Chris Cook come from a family of entrepreneurs. The Chandlers have recently sold the family business in Oshawa, so the couple decided to start out on their own and…
What will the 2021 Census Reveal about our Changing Community?
Once every five years, Statistics Canada conducts a census of the population which provides insight into the changes in our population, illustrating how the makeup of our population is changing over time in terms…
COMMENT – March 2021
Our community is changing. For the most part, we might feel that we have little influence on most of the changes – the scale of a new development, public health measures that restrict our…
Millbrook Home Hardware Celebrates Ten Years
Before coming to Millbrook, Home Hardware Manager David Britton had worked at many other Home Hardware stores in the area, so he knew what he was getting into when he stepped into his…
Starter Company Winners King and Tupper
Dean and Amy Howley, of new venture King and Tupper, were one of the recipients of the grants from Peterborough and the Kawarthas Economic Development (PKED) fall Starter Company. They are pictured with son…
