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Lawn bowls for sale

Own your own Taylor lawn bowls. One...

Pinehurst: Jane Jacobs and the positive side of Nimbyism

I attended the December 2, 2025 public...

Gingery Pork and Snap Pea Stir Fry

by Susan Hanna This recipe from Bon Appetit...

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Flooding closes Highway 29 at Pakenham

Heavy rain overnight has flooded a stretch of Highway 29 on the way into Pakenham, by the train bridge. A tweet from the OPP says the road's reopening time...

Council appoints Rickey Minnille deputy mayor

by Edith Cody-Rice In a council meeting lasting only twenty minutes, including the singing of O Canada, Rickey Minnille was chosen as the deputy mayor of Mississippi Mills to hoots...

ADHS students excel across the board

ADHS — a provincial powerhouse by Pippa Norman Are you seeking a spark of inspiration to ward off your winter blues? Look no further than the students of Almonte District High...
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Almonte one of ‘Top Small Towns to Visit for a Canada Day Getaway’

by Brent Eades The top-ranked travel site Expedia has just advised us that Almonte has made the list of small towns people should visit for...

Reader recalls Almonte of eight decades ago

Remembrances of “Days Gone By” by Murray Stewart Guthrie, born July 1, 1923 As I recall, during Prohibition, the only non-alcoholic drink that was available...

Christmas comes to Almonte – in February

by Edith Cody-Rice  The Los Angeles Hallmark Channel has descended upon Almonte for a second time to produce a feel good Christmas movie titled A...

Extras needed for another Almonte Christmas movie

Editor's Note: We've received the following notice from the Town: Message shared with us from www.extrawork.ca: We have exciting news! Another movie of the week is...

Group drops OMB appeal of Heritage Conservation District

Appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board dropped An appeal by The Concerned Property Owners Group in the proposed Heritage Conservation District (HCD) of downtown Almonte,...

Almonte’s Elgin Street, circa 1890

by Brent Eades Looking through Michael Dunn's collection of historic Almonte photos that I share on Almonte.com, I came across this marvellous postcard view of the top...

Ron Caron passes away

Ron Caron, a remarkable citizen of Mississippi Mills, died last night. Since his retirement from the CBC, where he served as a skilled machinist, Ron...

Power outage in Mississippi Mills last night

by Edith Cody-Rice  Almonte, Blakeney, Appleton, Clayton,  Ramsay, Lanark Lang, Huntley, Fitzroy and Dar Lake all suffered a lengthy power outage last night. Hydro One states that...

Winter traffic jam on Bay Hill, circa 1900

by Brent Eades The past few weeks have been more wintery than usual, at least compared to recent years. So I decided to look back...

2016 around town: It was quite a year

by Brent Eades The past 12 months in Mississippi Mills have been memorable, in ways both good and bad. We've been through both wonderful moments and...

Storyteller Jan Andrews named to Order of Canada

by Brent Eades Lanark resident Jan Andrews has been appointed to the Order of Canada "for her contributions to Canadian culture as a children’s book author...

A community spirit for MM Youth Centre

By Jane Torrance The Mississippi Mills Youth Centre is now officially open thanks to our community! What I love is that folks seem genuinely happy to...

Have you misplaced your pig?

(Township of Lanark Highlands, ON) – On the afternoon of Friday 25th November 2016, officers from the Lanark County Detachment of The Ontario Provincial...

Abandoned kittens find good home

A follow-up from the reader who found two abandoned kittens on a rural roadside last week: I want to thank you for posting the ad...
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