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Diana’s Quiz – April 20, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  When did Nobel Prizes...

EARTHFEST, April 20 in Carleton Place

Second Annual EARTHFEST, April 20 in Carleton...

An Almonte baby boom

Springtime is often busy in the Almonte...

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Note to readers of the daily email version of the Millstone: Duplicate images

We are aware of an issue with the daily email which leads to some images being duplicated. This is proving to be a fairly difficult problem to solve. Nothing has...

Correction to article about heritage award

CORRECTION:  In a previous article about the heritage award given to Fran Kronstal for renovations to the building at 58-60 Mill Street, Fran was quoted as saying that the...

Did you send us a submission about artificial intelligence?

Last week a reader sent us an article about artificial intelligence and its implications. Upon a quick read, it seemed very interesting, but when I went back to the...
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Technical glitches delay Millstone postings

In recent days we've had recurring problems posting new items to the Millstone. We suspect we're becoming 'victims of our own success', as they say:...

SCAM: Don’t reply to Millstone ‘dementia caregiver’ ad

We recently posted an ad from a person looking for a caregiver for his "mother in law suffering dementia." It seemed legitimate, like ads we've...

Readers of email Millstone: Do our daily crossword

Karen Thompson reminds us that many of our +1,000 readers of the daily email version may not know we offer a new online crossword...

Daily crossword: Reminder to email readers

It occurs to me that many of the +1,000 people who read the daily email version of the Millstone may not not know that...

Millstone Commenting Policy

The Millstone lets readers comment on articles via the Disqus system. To use Disqus you must first sign up for an account with them. We welcome your...

Millstone has 1,000 readers of daily email edition

We were delighted to see our 1,000th subscriber to the email edition of the Millstone we send out each evening. This is in addition to the...

Menzies great-great grandson searches for Almonte roots

by Edith Cody-Rice Victor Menzies, the great-great grandson of  John Menzies of Almonte, was recently in town researching his family history. Victor was born in Prince...

UK student of Jack Elgood seeks video of him at antique store

We've heard from a fellow from the UK who was taught by Jack in Worcester back in the 1960s, before Jack emigrated to Canada and eventually...

Glitch takes Millstone offline

A hardware failure at our hosting company early Friday morning knocked us offline for several hours. The issue has been resolved and we're up and...

Unwanted cottagers result in arrest

EDITOR'S NOTE: We sometimes receive rather odd press releases from the local OPP detachment. This one is odder than most. There are just so many...

Live webcast of Tuesday’s Council meeting planned

by Brent Eades Given the considerable public interest in the proposal before Council regarding the development of parks in Mississippi Mills, and the status of...

Another belated Millstone birthday

Once again we've forgotten to celebrate the launch of The Millstone, back in June of 2011. From modest beginnings as an online blog -- meant to fill the large...

Millstone submissions: file formats and response times

As more and more people submit articles, ads and Billboard items to the Millstone, we receive those in more and more file formats. Here...

Millstone supports the Heritage Conservation District

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Millstone has advocated the creation of a Heritage Conservation District in the heart of Almonte for over three years now. We were critical...
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