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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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John Dunn's Stories

Lanark Lit Writing Competition

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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

Vulture’s Picnic by Greg Palast – book review

by Robin Samuel  Vulture's Picnic is about the oil business.  It is focused on BP's Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico and...

A Conspiracy of Friends – A Corduroy Mansions novel by Alexander McCall Smith – book review

 by Edith Cody-Rice  The third in the Corduroy Mansions series by Alexander McCall Smith has finally been distributed in Canada by Random House. A...

The Abundant Community by John McKnight and Peter Block – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice The Abundant Community is a book that addresses our current societal malaise. John McKnight, who visited Mississippi Mills, Brockville and Carleton Place...

Textile Museum begins restoration of windows thanks to “Adopt-a-Window” campaign

by Michael Rikley-Lancaster Repair of twenty-three windows and window sills will soon be under way at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum. The windows are...

Textile Museum begins restoration of windows thanks to

by Michael Rikley-Lancaster Repair of twenty-three windows and window sills will soon be under way at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum. The windows are...

Textile Museum begins restoration of windows thanks to “Adopt-a-Window” campaign

by Michael Rikley-Lancaster    Repair of twenty-three windows and window sills will soon be under way at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum. The windows...

Dolgoy collection among books that raised over $1000 for the library

Thank you to all the Almonte residents who came out to support the June 2nd Almonte Library book sale.  The Reva and Len Dolgoy...

Arts Carleton Place’s 2nd annual Youth Art Competition results

On Saturday, June 16 at the Lambs Down Festival, Arts Carleton Place presented the prizes to the winners in our 2nd annual Youth Art...

The Dog Who Came in From the Cold – A Corduroy Mansions Novel by Alexander McCall Smith – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice One imagines Alexander McCall-Smith writing with a gentle chuckle in a mahogany lined study, upon a sturdy and classically attractive desk...

Home – by Toni Morrison – book review

 To be black in America. An experience that most of us could not have and do not understand or imagine although we may live...

Passion Capital by Paul Alofs – book review

   We have heard it from motivational speakers - don't consider the money - do what  you love and what excites you and money...

2 Women Productions does The Odyssey at the NAC

by Jennifer Cayley    2 women production’s second core season has been successfully completed but ..... that doesn’t mean that you can’t see another fine...

Young awards 2012

The Young Awards Gala Dinner was held last night at the NLAS Hall and 200 people were there to help raise money in support...

Death comes to Pemberley – P.D. James – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice Jane Austen fans, take heart. Many of us who are Austen aficionados would consider any derivative of Jane Austen's perfectly crafted novels...
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