Staff at the Cavan Monaghan Transfer Station start their workweek Monday morning sorting through broken furniture, textiles and other unsuitable items left by residents in the Re-Use Centre over the weekend. It can be a discouraging start to the day. The Re-Use Centre is a valuable community resource that helps… Continue reading
Robyn Carter of Premiere Studio of Dance is extending the programs and services at the Millbrook dance studio through a new partnership with Millbrook resident Amanda Willett this fall as she invites Willett’s Healing Arts Collective to provide classes, workshops and other programs in the dance studio at 44 King… Continue reading
In 2022, Judy Buck-Clements decided to try her hand in a fresh flower business. She operates out of a large steel outbuilding near the back of her family property on Morton Line, calling it JC Farmhouse Flowers. It is an evolving business, as she expands her product offerings to… Continue reading
After getting their feet wet working at several local farms including Lunar Rhythm Gardens in Janetville, JP and his partner Cheslee have set up their own organic farm on Moore Dr. They are weekly participants in the Millbrook Farmers’ Market that operates on Sunday at the Millbrook South Cavan Public… Continue reading
Since the ice storm in late March, Bob Staples has spent most days working in the family’s sugar bush on Highway 7A, cleaning up logs and brush scattered throughout the forest. The work is exhausting, both physically and emotionally. Light streaming onto the forest floor is depressing rather than uplifting:… Continue reading
Alex Leroy has been running a property maintenance business for several years now. He had been in the business a few years ago, and then picked it up again during Covid when a commercial property owner asked him to take on the responsibility of maintaining the landscape around his business…. Continue reading
OLG Gaming Payments to Host Communities Decline as Online Betting Takes Off Last month, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) made its fourth quarter (January 1–March 31) payment of $51,438 to Cavan Monaghan for hosting Shorelines Slots at Kawartha Downs. This brings the revenue for OLG’s fiscal year to the… Continue reading
Deanna Earle and David Lundrigan are the entrepreneurs behind a new fitness club coming to Millbrook they are calling Millbrook Fit. They are taking over the location vacated by the cannabis shop where they will offer fitness memberships, personal training, group classes and fitness support which they hope will make… Continue reading
