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There is still time to plant your...

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Building on the growth and success of...

My Body, the Earth ~ a 6-Week Writing Workshop

MY BODY, THE EARTH ~ A 6-WEEK...

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An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

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Reconciliation Through Art returns this fall

Building on the growth and success of the last two years, Reconciliation Through Art returns this fall bigger and better, at new family-friendly times: September 27 and October 2–4....

Carleton Place is the first in North America to host this 160-metre record

An embroidered cloth 160.5 metres long, stitched by communities across 14 European countries, will be shown outside Europe for the first time on September 13, at UA FEST in...

Almonte’s Fibrefest is back on September 12 and 13!

Almonte, ON- Come on out to the scenic town of Almonte on September 12 and 13 to celebrate the wonderful world of fibre arts at the 31st Fibrefest -...
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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

Pakenham Maple Run Tour now on

by Brent Eades The Maple Run Tour is always a welcome harbinger of spring, even though the temperatures currently may not agree. This is the...

The Ten Collective at the MVTM

by Edith Cody-Rice  If you have not yet seen the Ten Collective Show at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, rush over this afternoon. The show...

The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce

by Edith Cody-Rice Rachel Joyce's new novel The Music Shop is to dedicated readers what slow food is to foodies. You are meant to savour...

Two centuries of Almonte on the map

Editor's Note: I posted this item six years ago, when we had many fewer readers. I thought I'd repost it for folks who wouldn't...

Acclaimed Cape Breton musician Heather Rankin headlines at Celtfest

Almonte Celtfest 2018 is honoured and proud to announce Heather Rankin to the 2018 lineup this year! Heather Rankin is a songwriter, singer and a 2018 Juno...

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...
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