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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...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – June 27, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  The Norwegian Grand Master...

Diana’s Quiz – June 27, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  Who is the Number...

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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

Local memories offered in new book: Lanark County Kid

Last year, when Arlene Stafford-Wilson wrote her first book of reminiscences, the reaction in the community confirmed that people wanted local history. She realized,...

everybody has everything by Katrina Onstad – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice Katrina Onstad has a little of the Alice Munro in her, but it needs honing. everybody has everything, her second novel, deals, as...

PICK OF THE PAST: Almonte Gazette, November 22 1962

This is one of a new monthly series of excerpts from the Almonte Gazette, 1867-2009.  by Brent Eades In November 1962 the number one song was...

Nicole Guthrie to be Puppets Up! festival co-ordinator

At the recent November 20th Annual General Meeting of Puppets Up! International Puppet Festival, it was announced that Nicole Guthrie has been chosen for...

Goddesses transported! at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

     By Michael Rikley-Lancaster, Executive Director/Curator What a fabulous evening! On November 1st at 7pm, 170 guests were swept away: first to the South Pacific and finally...

Local sculptor Dale Dunning in Machines video at Ottawa Chinatown Remixed

by Neil Carleton Christine Mockett is an Ottawa artist who’s chosen ‘occupying a space’ as the theme for her Machine project.  With gaps, barriers, danger,...

Rod Trider is featured artist for November at the Corridor Gallery, Almonte Public Library

November 6 to December 4, 2012 Rod Trider is a photographic based artist and Master digital printer, who has combined his passion for life, travel...

Volunteer Ron Caron is honoured by Mississippi Mills arts community

Members of the arts community gathered on Monday evening, November 5that the Old Town Hall to pay tribute to Ron Caron, a unique and...

Finalists chosen for the My Town’s Got Talent contest

The five finalists have been chosen for My Town's Got Talent. They are First - Alexander Cox (from Carleton Place – attends CPHS) Second - Jovian...

The St. Zita Society by Ruth Rendell – book review

by Amelia Gordon If Tongue in Cheek were a genre, The Saint Zita Society would fit right in, but let us call it satire. The...

Hard work and dedication pay off for ADHS Link Crew students

by Julia M. Langlois The students of the ADHS Link Crew class held the first dance of the year September 28th. The students were responsible...

2 women productions presents the Wind and the Moon: Tales of Power and Passion

November 3 in Perth

Robert and Sharon Newton to make a documentary about Almonte

Documentary filmmakers Robert and Sharon Newton of Almonte are turning their camera on their beautiful home town. They are in production of a new...

The Emperor of Paris by C.S. Richardson – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice The key to The Emperor of Paris, which in the guise of a novel, presents the poetry of small lives lived, is...
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