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Diana’s Quiz – June 13, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  What is the scientific...

Like New E-Bike

This is a GO-Trax EBE 3 electric...

‘The Taffetas’ July 30 – August 2

THE TAFFETAS is being presented by DFT...

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Calling all new residents to Mississippi Mills

Welcome. It’s so nice to meet you. It can be scary moving to a new town, but rest assured you have chosen wisely—your life is going to change for...

Reader comments on importance of volunteers

I was really pleased to see the News article published on the Mississippi Mills municipal website entitled From the Office of the Mayor – National Volunteer Week – April...

Reader supports heritage status for Pinehurst

I would like to add my support for the recent article advocating "heritage status” for the Pinehurst property. I had no idea this property had such a historic and...
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TYPS cleans up loose ends in preparation for renewed community commitment to youth services

by Maureen (Moe) Dagg It’s been a difficult few weeks since TYPS closed on Oct. 13th due to a lack of funding. Our Board has...

Municipal paintball drama moves to the courtroom

by Neil Carleton  Program Notes  Municipal drama is a genre of public performance consisting of a cast of elected officials, staff, and members of the general...

Can we engineer walking back into our lives?

by Jeff Mills With Mississippi Mills on the cusp of creating a “comprehensive” Transportation Master Plan and Active Transportation Master Plan we must ask this...

Almonte’s Veteran Memorial Walkway does veterans proud.

Today as I drove past the Veteran Memorial Walkway on Church street I noticed the addition of the Canadian maple leaf overlaid with a...

Comprehensive Transportation Master Plan

I note that 20 years is the time horizon for the forthcoming Comprehensive Transportation Master Plan of the Town of Mississippi Mills.  (See "Notice...

More of that good old Almonte customer service

Something rang a bell when I read Michael Dunn’s story about Blackburn’s garage picking up his snow tires to save him an extra trip...

Comment on the decision to preapprove comments

As difficult as it was for the Millstone to change and start “preapproving comments” I am one who feels it was necessary. As a...

Comments to be approved before posting

Reluctantly, the Millstone is moving to preapproval of comments. We recognize that this impedes the free flow of conversation to some degree but we...

A welcome instance of good customer service

Now...THAT"S customer service! Far too often, we hear complaints and horror stories about bad customer service. We rarely hear about exceptional customer service. I would...

Reader complains about use of e-mail addresses in on-line petition to Stop Enerdu

Editor's note The letter below raises an issue about the use of e-mail addresses that were provided by signers of  the Stop Enerdu Petition. Brent...

Rosalyn Stevens objects to MPP’s choice of cause to support

Dear Editor, The room was booked, the community was invited, and Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren was ready to tell those in attendance the news...

Bill Gomme provides his take on the Enerdu project

There has been rampant misinformation floating around about Enerdu’s proposed new generating station and its potential effect on the river. Through my past experience...

Heritage building owner thinks the HCD moratorium is a “necessary evil”

Hi All, I attended the two Heritage Conservation District (HCD) related meetings Thursday night (at the MVTM and Civitan). I thought the speaker Andrew Jeanes'...

Reader asks for an update on the Mississippi Mills River Run

I have not seen any update on the outcome from this run?  How much money was raised etc… There was some talk about doing it...
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