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We have a Sunny stationary bike for...

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This solid wood table, crafted from Old...

Home Hospice and Naismith Men’s Shed Partnership

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the...

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An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

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Celebrating creativity and community: Casey Gayton wins the 2026 Noreen Young Award for the Arts

Puppets Up! is thrilled to share some magical community news. On Friday, June 26, representatives from the festival attended the Almonte District High School graduation to present the second...

Tait McKenzie students curate book list for National Library Collection

Students at R. Tait McKenzie Public School are helping shape a future national library collection, curating a list of Canadian books for a new public space led by Library and Archives Canada...

Join the Almonte Legion Pipe Band — beginner lessons start this October

Have you always been captivated by the sound of bagpipes or the beat of drums? Now’s your chance to learn. The Almonte Legion Pipe Band is welcoming new members...
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An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

Books

John Dunn's Stories

Lanark Lit Writing Competition

Pick of the Past

Did Dalhousie Lake have a previous name?

EDITOR'S NOTE: The area in and around Dalhousie Lake shows evidence of indigenous peoples stopping there for possibly thousands of years. I'm interested in early...

Original Highways by Roy MacGregor

by Edith Cody-Rice  When I see a book about Canada or individual Canadians with Roy MacGregor's name on it, I feel compelled to pick it...

grist for the mill

by susan macaulay inspired by https://millstonenews.com/2018/03/an-artists-notes-mill-street.html it’s true it’s confusing maybe even inane to name a street mill when it should be called main how could it have happened? tourists wonder...

An Artist’s Notes: Mill Street

It’s not Main Street, it’s Mill Street. Main Street is up between Mary and Martin Streets. But Mill Street is our downtown main street. If...

No Time to Waste: a John Dunn story

Even though the calendar said it was Sunday, January 12th, the first day of the new week had shown very little charity to anyone....

Measureables

I didn’t want to be an artist.  Artists sat around waiting for inspiration. There were other reasons. But waiting for “inspiration” was lazy, and an annoying...

Noreen Young’s “Under the Umbrella Tree” now on YouTube

Gloria the Gopher, from CBC's vintage "Under the Umbrella Tree" children's series, is very happy to tell everybody that she and her friends Holly, Iggy the...

Bay Hill, circa 1880

by Brent Eades I find this photo of the Bay Hill area, from the collection Michael Dunn shares with me on Almonte.com, intriguing for various...

Let Darkness Bury the Dead: A Murdoch Mystery by Maureen Jennings

by Edith Cody-Rice  Maureen Jennings, author of the Murdoch Mystery series which has been made into a popular television series, has resurrected her detective, now...

Old-time music beats the February Blues

February 24 – Folkus presents Sussex with s/g Ali McCormick by Sandy Irvin Music evolves over time. And much as I enjoy listening to the latest...

Judi Simpson marks 25 years at CP library

We're sharing this news from the Carleton Place Public Library: One of our own is celebrating a huge milestone this week -- 25 years working...

An Artist’s Notes: Bay Hill

We’ve lived here long enough now that we aren’t referred to as being from "away”. It’s nice to feel we’re part of the town...

Spoon of Blueberries

by Rosemary Leach 38" x 18", this is a large Spoon of Blueberries. If I do a sketch first, all the juiciness is lost and...

‘Munich’ by Robert Harris

by Edith Cody-Rice  Most of our attention now, with respect to the second world war, is centred on the war itself and its atrocities, but...
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