Christmas at our Libraries

Is it December already?!  Are you ready to get in the Christmas spirit? Join us at the Bruce Johnston Branch Saturday, Dec 1st, 11:00 am, where we will be decorating for the holidays. We will also be making felt Christmas trees and decorations at the Bruce Johnston Branch, Saturday Dec… Continue reading

The EarlyOn Centre’s Christmas Events

The Old Millbrook School EarlyON Child and Family Centre will be at Christmas in the Village selling popcorn and helping to spread holiday cheer, with a crafty table for the children! Stop by and see us! The following week the centre will host a Holiday Potluck Event on Tuesday December… Continue reading

Centennial Places Hosts the Last Garden Club Meeting of the Year

The Millbrook & Area Garden Club is wrapping up the year on Wednesday December 5th at 7:30 pm with an interesting and fun social evening entitled “The Agony and The Ecstasy of Gardening” –  a discussion of the ups and downs of the past gardening season in some of our… Continue reading

Remembrance Day 2018 – Millbrook

Remembrance Day events ensured all generations had the opportunity to recognize and appreciate our armed forces. The Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph was well attended, and members of the 33rd Scout Group including Beavers, Cubs and Scouts joined residents at Centennial Place to pay their respects.

Film to Document Butterfly Migration from Peterborough to Mexico

A team of film-makers, runners, and pollinator advocates are working on a new documentary to tell the story of the flight of the monarch butterfly seen through the eyes of ultra-runners who will follow a similar path of 4,200 km from Peterborough to Mexico next fall.  Entitled The Monarch Ultra,… Continue reading

The Millbrook Reporter: an Earlier Incarnation of our Local Paper

Before there was the Millbrook Times, there was the Millbrook Reporter which published every Thursday in the late 1800’s. In 1905 it merged with an Omemee publication and for a few years operated as the Millbrook and Omemee Reporter, but was simplified again to the Millbrook Reporter under the ownership… Continue reading