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Naismith students visit the Almonte Lawn Bowling Club

By Maureen Dagg On June 17, teacher Joe...

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...

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Just wondering…

I wonder why the bunny and her baby insist on chewing on the pedals on my flowers in my garden. Despite the fact that I have sprinkled red pepper...

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...
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Reader questions MPP Hillier’s COVID views

Letter to the Editor ---- The errors and ignorance displayed in Mr. Hillier’s recent monologue “Upholding My Oath of Office” left me speechless. From Mr. Hillier’s Sept,...

A note of thanks to good neighbours

Gill and Chris Morris appreciate the support they are receiving from their friends and neighbours during a difficult time, and are grateful for the...

How’s that workin’ for you?

David Frisch, for the Residents for Safe Trails On October 5, 2018, the Ottawa Valley Rail Trail opened.  Many people in Almonte opposed making it a...

Mill Run residents concerned about proposed development

The Mill Run neighbourhood is rapidly changing and a proposed change to the Plaza where the Rexall Drug Store is causing concern for the...

A thank-you to Mill Street’s Tea and Cake

We were celebrating a 90th Birthday over the weekend and had few people in. They travelled from the Bruce Peninsula, Kingston and Toronto. We had...

Mill Street eyesore

Letter to the Editor I cannot help but glance with sadness each time I walk downtown to see the vacant lot across from Coady Car...

A Métis leader and Almonte resident speaks out

by Tony Belcourt I would first like to thank Edith Cody-Rice for her article to expose the ugly racist situation faced by the Doiley-LaVictoire...

Kindness during COVID

A reader sends me this lovely letter: This is a story of gratitude to share, about how a couple went out of their way to...

Health care workers near burnout?

The mental, physical and personal stresses that our health care providers have endured over the past 4 months has been tremendous. The constant of being...

Hats off to the Library

Hats off to the skeleton crew at the Mississippi Mills Public Library for establishing safe, no-contact curbside pick-up for library patrons a few weeks...

Covid-19: ‘Herd immunity’ misinformation

We have heard from certain groups and even other countries that, if we let people be infected with Covid-19, they will become ‘herd immune’. It...

To mask or not? Why is it even a question?

submitted by Sherryl Smith I am writing this as an appeal to Mississippi Mills residents when considering whether to wear a mask.  I am an...

Stuart McLean and Almonte

Barb and I used to listen to the weekly Vinyl Café with host Stuart McLean. Sundays at noon, we would be glued to CBC...

A suggestion to help rural Internet users

The other day, I tried to download eleven email messages. It took five and a half hours from 8 ish on Sunday evening till...
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