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Cordless pole saw for sale, also seeking person(s) to stack wood

Cordless pole saw, by Black and Decker,...

Halloumi Tomato Salad with Herbs

by Susan Hanna This beautiful and delicious salad...

Homicide investigation launched after body found in burning car

A vehicle fire in Mississippi Mills last...

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Halloumi Tomato Salad with Herbs

by Susan Hanna This beautiful and delicious salad from Evergreen Kitchen is a great way to use the season’s tomatoes. Zest and juice a lemon and set the juice aside....

Learn about the Junior Civitans

Almonte Junior Civitan is looking for youth from grades 7 to 12 who are interested in developing leadership skills, giving back to the community through fun fundraising activities and...

New garden on the Alameda

This summer, a group of Almonte residents built a new garden to beautify the pathway that links the Alameda to Reserve and Albert Streets. Neighbours moved dozens of stones,...

Holy Name of Mary Catholic Parish -175 years of faith in Almonte

This year, 2017, marks 175 continuous years of service to our community by the Holy Name of Mary Parish in Almonte. What a remarkable...

Successful “Vallentyne Bake” raised $1,575

Another successful "Vallentyne Bake" was held February 14th in honor of two brothers Gord and Bill Vallentyne who passed away months apart from each other...

Gay Cook’s Roasted Chicken Fingers with Peanut Butter Dip

by Gay Cook I made my grandchildren these chicken fingers with the dipping sauce this past weekend. The fingers were very popular. They ate...

The rail bed should be developed as a recreational trail

by Brad Jones Imagine a new local attraction that will boost tourism, increase economic activity for downtown merchants and encourage greater community ties between Mississippi...

Check out the windows at Pakenham General Store

EDITOR'S NOTE: Margie Argue sent us this nice note and accompanying photos. For the romantics and historians among you, and those who are neither but...

Gardening in Almonte: A time to sow!

Seedy Saturday Once again Seedy Saturday in Almonte, held Saturday at the Civitan Club, was an unqualified success thanks to Johvi Leeck, a young entrepreneur...

Let’s assure our town’s digital future and prosperity

Last week, Scott aka "Tiny" (during sugar bush season) McLellan from our Community Economic Development Committee announced the creation of the citizen-led “Mississippi Mills...

Xplornet withdraws services from Appleton area

A number of residents of Appleton have had their internet service withdrawn due to the shutdown of Xplornet transmission towers. After months of poor...

Flattened Cumin-Grilled Chicken Breasts with Garlic Israeli Couscous

by Susan Hanna  This delicious recipe from Bonnie Stern’s More Heartsmart Cooking has lots of flavour from spices and roasted garlic but doesn’t have lot...

Gardening in Almonte: Planting a seed

I spent a week with family in Arizona in mid-December and had the chance to do some bird-watching with grandkids. Six-year old Joe was...

How to make small high schools work?

Small high schools require thinking outside the box (and perhaps removing some boxes altogether) by Maureen Dagg Canada has an aging population, which means that there...

Holy Name students get serious about the environment

Today is National Sweater Day. Holy Name of Mary Catholic School has turned down the heat by 2 degrees today and encouraged staff and students...

MM group sets up website to push for high-speed Internet

As we've reported, the "Mississippi Mills Broadband Working Group" was recently formed to help bring broadband Internet to all of Mississippi Mills. This coincided with...

Gay Cook’s Classic French Onion Soup 

by Gay Cook   Serves 4 - 5 This traditional French onion soup is a favourite any time of the year but especially the comfort it...

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