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For rent: Spacious 3-BR heritage charm in downtown Almonte

Private Parking/ Entrance Recently renovated 3- bedroom apartment...

Pop-up market, August 8

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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 pleased 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...

Operators are NOT standing by: The Millstone’s occasional fundraising drive

I’m pretty sure I’ve used this gag before, playing off the catchphrase heard in countless infomercials and telethons. Anyway: The Millstone isn't holding a telethon. But you may have read...
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Grandmothers to grandmothers

by Marnie Bruce Mix a three-day bike ride by the Grassroot Grannies with a delicious lunch provided by the Mississippi Grannies and you have only...

MIssissippi Mills' new fire engine – $900,000 value for $10,000

Fire truck worth $900,000 acquired by Mississippi Mills for $10,000.

OPP long weekend results

 The Ontario Provincial Police Eastern Region Headquarters, in coordination with the OPP ERHET - (East Region Highway Enforcement Team), HSD-Long Sault (Highway Safety Division)...

16 year old tumbles from rockface across from Brian J. Gallagher Generating Station.

 Employees at the Brian J. Gallagher Generating Station assisted in the rescue of a 16 year old youth who tumbled 15 feet into the...

Brian Gallagher Generating Station is a prodigious income producer

 The Brian Gallagher Generating Station, owned by the Mississippi River Power Corporation, which is itself wholly owned by the Town of Mississippi Mills, has turned...

Home buyer alert

 by Trish Dyer If you own a home at the edge of a subdivision or plan to, you might want to consider the ongoing experiences...

Mississippi Mills and Carleton Place waste recycling a good news story.

In partnership with waste partners Drummond North Elmsley and Montague,  Mississippi Mills and Carleton Place are completing a Municipal Waste Recycling Strategy. A Waste Characterization...

Protesting the Protesters

by Trish DyerRosemary Connell, a resident of the Coboconk-area north of Peterborough, has been protesting legalized abortion in Canada for thirty years. Ms. Connell is...

Damage to the Appleton Wetland Forest confirmed

By John T. Fowler In July Trish Dyer published a Tales of a Riverbank here in The Millstone reporting on a local controversy concerning damage...

Almonte’s Mill Street Books makes Canada’s top ten list

  Mill Street Books Those who nominated this "small, community minded shop" in Almonte, Ontario, repeatedly sang the praises of owners Mary and Terry. A keen,...

The Pakenham Fall Fair

The outdoor portion fit perfectly with this  year's theme "the Village Green" as young people competed with their heifers, calves and horses.  While it...

Dramatic event at the Brian J. Gallagher Generating Station on August 15

On Monday, August 15th the huge underground penstocks of the hydro generation station will be blocked at both ends and the water drained to...

The Boonies

  Being ensconced as I have for over three decades in virtually the same place and routine day after day, one tends to lose sight...

Almonte Beach is closed for health reasons

The Almonte Beach has been closed temporarily by the Health Unit due to high levels of bacteria. The beach will remain closed until further...
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