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  Annual address from Mayor Lowry
  
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  A review of the Service Delivery Review report
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- Diana’ Quiz – April 10, 2021
  
  Answers to Diana’s Quiz – April 3, 2021
  
  Diana’s Quiz – April 3, 2021
  
  Answers to Diana’s Quiz – March 27, 2021
  
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- Birdhouse auction opens on April 12
  
  “Clara’s Rib: A True Story of a Young Girl Growing up…
  
  Almonte in Concert seeks volunteer treasurer
  
  Art lessons with Blair Paul
  
  Last call for birdhouses
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  Margaret O’Keefe — obituary
  
  Els Geuer — obituary
  
  John Robitaille — obituary
  
  Donna MacDonald — obituary
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- All An Artist’s Notes Books John Dunn’s Stories Pick of the Past
  
  Seeking information on the Carroll Side Road
  
  Want to help pull a rabbit out of a hat? Or a…
  
  EXHIBIT: Sarah Anderson: Let’s Be Alone Together
  
  An Artist’s Notes | Twilight | Lanark County
Nature
- All Backyard Birds Environment For the Birds Green Talk Nature Shady Characters What is That?
  
  Students: Apply for the Cliff Bennett Nature Bursary Awards
  
  What is That … Gypsy Moth Predator?
  
  Naismith Men’s Shed selling the bat boxes
  
  Conservation in Scotland — online event, March 31
Living
- All Food and Drink Gardening Health Peaceful Pockets of Paradise
  
  33 new COVID cases in our part of Lanark County
  
  Sheet-Pan Sausages and Brussels Sprouts with Honey Mustard
  
  Seminar on advance care planning from Home Hospice North Lanark
  
  AGH seeks board members

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