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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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An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

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John Dunn's Stories

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Civitan Club gift to the community finds a home at the Pakenham library

During Pakenham’s 2023 bicentennial year, the Pakenham and District Civitan Club produced a poster that featured the village of Pakenham. The original art, created by local artist James Hrkach, was...

Almonte Readers and Writers hosts award winning poets

by Edith Cody-Rice Last Thursday evening, April 11, Almonte Readers and Writers hosted an enthusiastic audience of poetry lovers at Equator Coffee in celebration of National Poetry Month. In a...

A pair of poems for spring

Editor's note: Chris Cavan sends these reflections on the arrival of spring in our area: discomposed overture   it’s been a slow dry creeping equinox though no hiding was possible under cover of snow absent patter of rain low flow river reluctant slow awakening threat of snow and rain is...
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An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

Books

John Dunn's Stories

Pick of the Past

ADHS impresses with Blithe Spirit in the ‘Cappies’ drama competition

ADHS students rendered a meticulous performance of Blithe Spirit in the Cappies, perfectly capturing 1940's English society with quick witted dialogue. Starring Tom Moses, Amanda...

Finding Our Way: From the Past to the Present in Personal Growth by George Reilly – book review

 by Jacob Berkowitz If you've ever visited a psychotherapist or other counselor, you might know the experience of seeing a fellow patient in the waiting...

Mount Pleasant by Don Gillmor – book review

by Amelia Gordon Mount Pleasant , the second novel by Don Gillmor (his first, Kanata, was critically acclaimed when published in 2010), takes its name from...

Update on Dale Dunning in machine video

 by Neil Carleton As reported in The Millstone News last fall, at https://millstonenews.com/2012/11/watch-for-local-sculptor-dale-dunning-in-machines-project-video-at-2013-ottawa-chinatown-remixed.html, Dale Dunning’s Lost & Foundry sculpture studio, at 209 Old Union Hall...

Company of Fools presents a Torchlight Shakespeare Festival

The  festival runs from July 3rd to August 17th at various locations in and around Ottawa. This year the company is  playing "Merry Wives of Windsor" directed...

Author Arlene Stafford-Wilson signs her Lanark County Chronicle at the Book Nook in Perth, April 27, 2013

The Andalucian Friend by Alexander Soderberg – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice Alexander Soderburg, a Swedish television screen writer, has turned his hand to penning a first novel, The Andalucian Friend. Predictably, non-Swedes will...

The Rosamonds: A woven family legacy at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum May 14 – July 20, 2013

Almonte has had many important families in its history who contributed to the town that we know and love today. One of those important...

Open House for “In the spirit of Norval Morrisseau” – Fairview Manor – April 18, 2013

The Scott Woods Band present Swingin’ Fiddles in Pakenham April 21, 2013

Almonte Lecturer receives prestigious fellowship – speaks in Almonte April 26, 2013

by Neil Carleton On Friday night, April 26th, Professor Sali Tagliamonte of the University of Toronto will be the guest speaker for the Almonte Lecture...

Beckwith Public School annual used book fair & BBQ May 9, 2013

Local Storytellers at Mill Street Books April 13, 2013

Valley Players Youth Initative presents Hamlet May 24-26 at the Almonte Civitan Club

  Three young actor/puppeteers (from left to right) Jasmine Coleman, Megan Syme, and Levi Albert prepare for “Hamlet”, a Valley Players Youth initiative, directed and...
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