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Jeremy and Sara Mastrangelo, Saturday July 25, 2026, 730pm-9pm

Four Centuries of Violin Duos On Saturday...

Amateur radio emergency service reaches new heights  

Thoughts of old days' barn-raising came to...

Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust secures new Clyde Lake Nature Reserve

Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust secures new Clyde...

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An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

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Jeremy and Sara Mastrangelo, Saturday July 25, 2026, 730pm-9pm

Four Centuries of Violin Duos On Saturday July 25, 2026, Sivarulrasa Gallery is delighted to present an intimate evening of chamber music with violinists Jeremy and Sara Mastrangelo, performing...

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...

An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

Statue of Canada’s most decorated serviceman created in Mississippi Mills

by Neil Carleton As preparations were being finalized this past week for the 2013 Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph in Almonte, a memorial for...

Learning in Retirement courses in now in their 4th successful year.

Several Canadian Universities have been giving “Learning in Retirement” programs, consisting of lecture series lasting a few weeks.  These courses are not for University...

Mill Street Books: James Powell and Jill Moxley’s Faking It! – History of Counterfeiting in Canada – November 10

   FAKING IT! A HISTORY OF COUNTERFEITING IN CANADA  Counterfeiting is as old as money itself, and tales of the cunning criminals trying to outsmart the...

The Valley Players present Marion Bridge, a Canadian masterpiece by playwright Daniel MacIvor.

by Vanna Seeitt  Marion Bridge is a touching story about three sisters who reunite at their family home on Cape Breton Island to care for...

Susan Delacourt and Robin Sears engage a lively audience at Café Postino

Mill Street Books and The Millstone hosted a successful book launch for Susan Delacourt's new book Shopping for Votes. Susan, an award-winning journalist who...

Where’s the Rosamond Honor Roll? Museum needs your help

by Michael Rikley Lancaster In preparing the current Remembrance Day exhibit, “Almonte Mills at War,” volunteers and staff at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum combed...

Never Go Back by Lee Child – book review

by Amelia Gordon It is certainly easy to understand why readers become addicted to the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. Lee Child ( the...

Puppeteer Bence Sarkadi discusses Shakespeare and the puppet stage

by Bence Sarkadi  In an article submitted to the Millstone in August 2013, entitled “Puppeteering Shakespeare”, I talked about the possibilities of adapting Shakespeare to...

Puppets invade Almonte for a tenth year!

Puppets Up! International Puppet Festival returns for its tenth year October 29, 2013 (Mississippi Mills) - Its official, Puppet’s Up! International Puppet Festival will be...

Not your usual book signing: read the book/meet the author – November 13, 2013

The Silent Summer of Kyle McGInley with  Jan Andrews Mill Street Books' Book Club 52 Mill Street, Almonte, ON Wednesday, November 13, 7.00 p.m. Ask local author, Jan Andrews,...

Lanark County chooses the winners at My Town’s Got Talent Finale!

by Fraser Scantlebury The atmosphere was electric on Friday October 25th at the Finale of My Town’s Got Talent, held in the Cafetorium of the...

Shopping for Votes by Susan Delacourt – book review.

In her new book Shopping for Votes, veteran political reporter Susan Delacourt has brought to the fore a significant  and pivotal force in Canadian politics:...

Barb Cotterill exhibits mixed media at Fairview Manor – October 24 – December 10, 2013

Art in the Manor is pleased to present An Exhibition of  Mixed Media by Barbara Cotterill  October 25 to Dec. 10th, 2013 Vernissage,  Friday,  Nov. 1, 2013,...

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