Recent discussions around the Council table, around kitchen tables and through online commentary have certainly confirmed that safe roads for residents and children are important to us in Mississippi...
Mayor’s Annual Address
Tonight is the last meeting for many of those around this table. Those departing have 109 years of combined service. They take with them a wealth of...
Thank you, Mississippi Mills! Your overwhelming support is truly humbling and I am thrilled to have been voted your new Mayor! My heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who...
Councillor Alex Gillis
The mayor stated rather graciously in his article that "First-time candidates — and reruns trying to make a mark—always make alarmist statements...
by Shaun McLaughlin
This campaign has eighteen candidates running for positions of mayor, deputy-mayor or ward councillor in Mississippi Mills. Seven of them are current...
by Shaun McLaughlin
According to brochures from nine of the current slate of candidates, the municipality’s finances are a mess. Their statements at candidate meetings...
by Jill McCubbin (Councillor Almonte ward, Mississippi Mills)
I want to share an inspiring, articulate and thoughtful passage from a troubling news release that came...
From my seat on council, looking around the table, we are unanimous in realizing how critical up to date communication infrastructure is for the social...
Council’s recent vote on Mississippi Mills’ recommendations for use of the OVRT was a difficult decision. It followed a much-anticipated meeting with the Lanark...
Shaun McLaughlin
Our local resident advocate, PRATAC, is a disappointment. Such groups can be positive forces in a community. Sadly, PRATAC continually focuses on fear...
by Councillor John Edwards
On Aug. 28thth, the Perth OPP detachment published the information that the vehicle driver involved in the death of a Perth cyclist...
Councillor John Edwards sends this letter in reply to Bill Chapman's latest column, Canada Day.
Dear Bill,
Thanks for your letter to the Millstone on the occasion...
For those interested...
Contrary to some posts elsewhere on Facebook: the Gemmill Park upgrade, including the new skateboard park and splash pad, are being funded...
This past week marks my one-year anniversary as a Mississippi Mills Councillor.
April 19th, 2016, was the day that Mississippi Mills Council appointed this new...
by Mayor Shaun McLaughlin (written on Thursday March 23)
Today, it was my thrill and privilege to host Her Honour, the Honourable Lieutenant Governor of...
by Mayor Shaun McLaughlin
As mayor, I sit on the Community Policing Advisory Committee. The committee meets quarterly with the head of the OPP Lanark...