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For Sale: Solid wood furniture/brass accents

From the 1970s. Tallboy. $75 Two bedside...

Local backhoe rentals available

Bcon is a local small business expanding...

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

Puppets Up! is thrilled to share some...

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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

What is Clara's Deadly Secret?

by Neil Carleton Although the film crew and cast members have made Almonte their home since early May, the details of the Clara's Deadly Secret TV...

Mississippi Mills mayor John Levi hosts six artists at the Young Awards Gala

Mississippi Mills Mayor John Levi and his wife Helen invited six area artists to join them at their table at the Young Awards Gala...

Mississippi Mills launches Vinyl Café story-writing contest

You’ve probably heard that the Almonte Old Town Hall will be the proud host of Vinyl Café featuring Stuart McLean July 12th and 13th?...

Mystery, mayhem and mirth presented by Mill Street Books at Palms, May 23, 2013

Expect mystery, mayhem and mirth at the joint readings of The Whisper of Legends by Barbara Fradkin and The Christie Curse: a book collector mystery by Victoria Abbott. This...

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

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