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EARTHFEST, April 20 in Carleton Place

Second Annual EARTHFEST, April 20 in Carleton...

An Almonte baby boom

Springtime is often busy in the Almonte...

Brenda Edgerton — obituary

Edgerton, Brenda Pauline Brenda passed peacefully after fighting a...

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The ROCK

Robbie Brady One never knows how something starts but it always amazes everyone just how many legs a story gets especially in a small town. We are not talking about...

Canada: Where are we?

by John Clinton Recent discourse has revealed some millennials asking the question: "How do I identify as Canadian?" Does this questioning have a reply? Surely not a simple one. Identity implies...

Heads up Baby Boomers! 

That’s anyone born between 1946 - 1964. If you’re a late Boomer, you’re 55 Plus; early Boomers, like me, are hitting our stride at 78. These generations have been responsible...
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Daniel Coates responds to the Enerdu Project

I suggested at the public meeting at the Old Town Hall on Wednesday night, that the two individuals representing Enerdu were very skilled and...

Reaction to public meeting re Enerdu Dam Project at Almonte Old Town Hall on April 11

First, I would like to thank the organizers of the evening and I especially would thank them for not allowing the passions of the...

A hero from A Tale of Two Heroes comments

Mr. Sears, Let me begin by thanking you and all those involved with The Millstone for the excellent work you do in spreading the news...

Orleans resident praises Pat Vetter for raising the Enerdu dam story in the Ottawa Citizen

Almonte resident and B&B owner Pat Vetter received this e-mail today after the publication of the Ottawa Citizen article on the Enerdy dam project....

An open letter to Ottawa Police Chief Bevan

Some of us in Mississippi Mills are wondering why you find it  necessary to have speed traps on the highway just outside our  community...

Liberal candidate signs torn down.

by Edith Cody-Rice Reader Arnie Francis noted during a trip to Arnprior yesterday that all Liberal election  signs along Highway #29 had been hacked in...

The end of the line

By: Lyle Dillabough (the "Ottawa Valley Troubadour")"He stares again, down the railroad tracks,Lookin for something, that's never coming backAnd like his old friends, and...

Talks on the home children at the MVTM enlighten descendants

My husband and I visited the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum on the evening of August 25th to see the British Home Children Memorial Quilt...

Good wishes for the Millstone

As a former resident of Carleton Place, and a former colleague of Val Sears at the Toronto Star, I am delighted by the reappearance...

Not everyone is sad to see the trains depart

It's hard to describe how happy I am now that Canadian Pacific is officially tearing up the rail line between Smith's Falls and Mattawa....

Shocking photos in pro life protest upset local residents

Hi, I hope that your paper will be soon featuring an article discussing the pro-life protest that took place in town today. I was...

Praise for Puppets Up from Baker Bob

Another Puppets Up Festival has come and gone. From where I sit at the junction of Mill and Little Bridge Streets I have the...

Oops – wrong track

Dear editor: Your recent article about the old CPR through town was very interesting. Unfortunately you accompanied it with a photo of the parallel CNR...

Typo raises a legal issue

Hello, From your August 2, 2011 about trains through town: Almonte and Carleton Place residents were surprised to hear the plaintiff sound of a train whistle...
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