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Mississippi Mills All My Relations seeks volunteer treasurer

MMAMR is an interesting, vibrant community organization...

Hey North Lanark! We have trees left!

For nine years now, generous people in...

Margaret Spriggs — obituary

Spriggs, Margaret Mary August 26, 1930 - April...

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An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

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John Dunn's Stories

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Civitan Club gift to the community finds a home at the Pakenham library

During Pakenham’s 2023 bicentennial year, the Pakenham and District Civitan Club produced a poster that featured the village of Pakenham. The original art, created by local artist James Hrkach, was...

Almonte Readers and Writers hosts award winning poets

by Edith Cody-Rice Last Thursday evening, April 11, Almonte Readers and Writers hosted an enthusiastic audience of poetry lovers at Equator Coffee in celebration of National Poetry Month. In a...

A pair of poems for spring

Editor's note: Chris Cavan sends these reflections on the arrival of spring in our area: discomposed overture   it’s been a slow dry creeping equinox though no hiding was possible under cover of snow absent patter of rain low flow river reluctant slow awakening threat of snow and rain is...
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An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

Books

John Dunn's Stories

Pick of the Past

Do you have an unfinished screenplay? Can you commit to writing 10 pages every 2 weeks?

Three Ottawa-area screenwriters are resuming their screenwriting group and seek 3-4 new members. Our goals are to:1. have regular deadlines, thereby propelling the script...

Concert, Literary Event, and Book Launch of Thomas D’Arcy McGee Volume 2: The Extreme Moderate

An Almonte Celtfest 2012 fund-raiser, The McGee Band and Prof. David Wilson presents a superb show that uniquely combines powerful emotion, creativity in music...

David A. Wilson and the McGee Band: Concert, Literary Event, and Book Launch of Thomas D’Arcy McGee Volume 2: The Extreme Moderate – Sunday...

An Almonte Celtfest 2012 fund-raiser, The McGee Band and Prof. David Wilson presents a superb show that uniquely combines powerful emotion, creativity in music...

The Mississippi Mills Ladies’ Relaxed Reading Club

by Noreen Young   The Mississippi Mills Ladies’ Relaxed Reading Club is only one of many book clubs in Almonte. The Relaxed Ladies don’t take themselves...

First Annual Taste of the Arts Potluck a modest success

 by Edith Cody-Rice   Almonte's first annual Taste of the Arts Potluck, held at the Old Town Hall on Saturday evening was a modest success....

Book Club at Mill Street Books September 28

Mill Street Books invites you to join its  “once in a while book club for people who can’t commit” at the store on September 28 at...

Poem In Memory of Elsie Caroline Tosh, a Coleman Island resident

Mississippi Mills receives $26,000 grant to fund first phase of cultural assessment.

by Edith Cody-Rice The Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture has granted $26,000 to Mississippi Mills to help fund a cultural assessment. The funds were...

Stompin’ Tom Connors launched his career in Carleton Place

by Lyle Dillabough The year was 1967. Canada's Centennial Year. A time to celebrate the past. A time for new beginnings. And it was also...

Aaron Francis' summer Soulpepper experience

by Noreen Young  For a talented young person whose passion is acting and the theatre, what could be sweeter than to be chosen one of...

Aaron Francis’ summer Soulpepper experience

by Noreen Young  For a talented young person whose passion is acting and the theatre, what could be sweeter than to be chosen one of...

Happily retired – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice This book, first published in 2009, is a practical little guide and would be a good gift for anyone about to retire...

Exhibit of British Home Child Memorial Quilt at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum ends August 31

 by Edith Cody-Rice   In 2009, the Canadian Parliament passed a motion declaring 2010 the year of the British Home Child in Canada. The Home...

Almonte St. George Street party

By Neil Carleton  When it was sunny, Saturday, and summer, a family street party was bound to happen yesterday. After a creative force of...
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