Grand Opening Cavan Monaghan Community Centre

The Grand Opening of the Cavan Monaghan Community Centre, featuring breakfast served by the Millbrook Lions’ Club, ice cream treats, a free skate, tours of the facility, an open practice by OHL’s Peterborough Petes’ Team, followed by an exhibition game on the new ice pad. The facility boasts an NHL… Continue reading

Construction of Millbrook Christian Assembly’s Harvest Community Park Begins

Since receiving word that they had secured $10,000 from the insurance giant Aviva late last fall for their accessible playground, the congregation of Millbrook Christian Assembly has been busy.  With a fundraising goal of $185,000, they have been completing grant applications and hosting fundraising events to ensure they can complete… Continue reading

Zucchini Festival Boat Decorating Contest

These young artists are focused on creating masterpieces, thanks to a handful of volunteers who used their own creativity to build a popular community event celebrating an underappreciated vegetable.  There are plenty of opportunities for young and old to show their stuff in this township, whether it means swirling around… Continue reading

Zucchini Festival Returns!

After a year’s hiatus due to the dam reconstruction, the popular Zucchini Festival returned to Millpond last month, bringing out the creative as well as the competing spirit in participants. Zucchini specimens were transformed into colourful boats with wine corks secured to their sides to provide buoyancy required for the… Continue reading

Volunteers Plant Trees along Millpond Through TD Tree Days Program

On the morning if Saturday, September 14th, while many were attending the Grand Opening celebrations at the new Cavan Monaghan Community Centre, a group of more than fifty volunteers were down the hill participating with Otonabee Conservation Regional Authority (ORCA) staff planting native trees and shrubs as part of the… Continue reading

Kids Clothing Swap Fundraiser for the Old Millbrook School Family Centre

As the season changes, so do the wardrobes.  Do you have gently used clothing that will no longer be useful next year?  Are you looking to beef up your children’s closet with some new-to-them items?   If so, you may be able to help the local family centre while you address… Continue reading

Join the Library as it Celebrates 125 Years

2019 marks the 125th anniversary of the Cavan Monaghan Libraries’ Millbrook Branch. Things have changed quite markedly for the library from its humble start October 1st, 1984 as a Mechanics Institute, to our 2 bustling branches that cater to our diverse and growing patronage. We invite you to join us… Continue reading

Volunteer Actors needed for 4th Line Theatre’s 2019 Christmas Show

Have you always wanted to act onstage? Want to be part of an epic outdoor production in your community?  Have you ever wondered how 4th Line productions come to life? Interested in learning new skills and working alongside professional actors, directors and choreographers?  4th Line Theatre is looking for volunteers… Continue reading