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Noreen Young Award for the Arts by Puppets Up! achieves a major endowment milestone

Left to right – Jenny Sheffield, Artistic...

Christine Southwick — obituary

Christine Lesley Southwick (Mom, Sister, Friend) In her...

Leaves are falling: drop off yours

For each of the past four years,...

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Homicide investigation launched after body found in burning car

A vehicle fire in Mississippi Mills last Friday has turned into a homicide investigation. Emergency responders called to a wooded area near Ramsay Concession 12 on September 11 found 37-year-old...

R. Tait McKenzie and Naismith collections will stay at Kintail

Editor's Note: The future of the R. Tait McKenzie and Naismith collections at the Mill of Kintail has been uncertain for some time now. We are happy to share...

Thank you for your donations

The Millstone would like to heartily and gratefully thank all of the donors who came forward during our recent fundraising drive. You donated over $4000 to The Millstone, which...
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The Millstone and Almonte District High School collaborate to offer journalism skills to students

 The Millstone and Almonte District High School are collaborating to offer High School students short courses in journalism and photography. The students will then...

Vow of Silence in support of child workers

by Sarah Reside Special to the Millstone A century ago only a select few attended school beyond the age of 12. Children worked full time, 12...

"Coming Events" has become "Community Billboard"

The Millstone has changed the title of its "Coming Events" page to "Community Billboard" to extend the scope of this page to include announcements...

10 years ago Almonte students spoke with the commander of the international space station in orbit by amateur radio

 by Neil Carleton 10 years ago Almonte students spoke with the commander of the international space station in orbit by amateur radio "November-Alpha-1-Sierra-Sierra, this is R....

L'Union fait la force

Greetings! I am delighted to have the opportunity, thanks to the editors of the Millstone, to share my concerns and ideas about the environment....

Cedar Hill now a Christmas tree only farm.

Cedar Hill Farm will soon be very busy with its Christmas tree business, which it has decided to develop and  expand. The farm is...

Almonte Print Shop donating fax proceeds to medical equipment

by Susan Hanna Ron and Carmel Broughton, owners of the Almonte Print Shop, are donating the proceeds of all fax sales to the Almonte General...

Mills Community Support fall learning continues

First Link Learning Series date changes

Hello Everyone-  I was just talking with the Waterside and they have a flu outbreak….so just to be on the safe side I have rescheduled...

Clean Up of Almonte Ultramar gas station site

Some activity has finally found the Almonte Ultramar station. Closed for months, it sat with its grey painted building and blocked off asphalt property, a...

How you can make the Christmas season for Lanark County Interval House shelter

by Sarah Bingham It can be the best of times and it can be the worst of times. The Christmas season is full of opportunities...

Note from the Editor

The Millstone has now been publishing for just over 5 months and we hope that our readers enjoy it. We are still experimenting so...

Kindergarten class celebrates Naismith birthday

The children in Lucie  Carleton's kindergarten class at Naismith Memorial Public School in Almonte celebrated the anniversary of Dr. Naismith's birthday on November 9....

Canadian astronaut celebrated Naismith anniversary by amateur radio

 by Neil Carleton Sunday, November 6, was the 150th birth anniversary of Dr. James Naismith, Almonte native and inventor of basketball.  Although Canadian astronaut Dr....
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