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Carleton Place gets roadmap for cutting greenhouse gas emissions

Hometown News - September 12, 2026

Responding to rising costs and a changing climate, Carleton Place has a new roadmap for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and some of the biggest opportunities may be hiding in...

LATEST NEWS

With a little help from friends, Perth moves forward with regional recreation facility feasibility study

Heddy Sorour - September 10, 2026

Smiths Falls council backs original $10M public works design after furniture estimate drops

Laurie Weir - September 10, 2026

Hometown Happenings: Between the fair, the festivals and the food, you’re going to need comfortable shoes

Linda Seccaspina - September 9, 2026

2026 Municipal Election

Regional News

OPINION: Please, get out and vote

Heddy Sorour - September 7, 2026

Regional News

OPINION: My 1974 rotary phone still works. It just can’t vote.

Laurie Weir - September 7, 2026

Rideau Lakes

5 candidates seek Rideau Lakes mayor’s chair

Hometown News - August 23, 2026

Tay Valley

New reeve assured in Tay Valley Township as election race takes shape

Hometown News - August 23, 2026

Merrickville

Barr challenges Cameron for mayor of Merrickville-Wolford

Hometown News - August 23, 2026

Elizabethtown-Kitley

2 sitting councillors enter race for Elizabethtown-Kitley mayor

Hometown News - August 23, 2026

Montague

Jennings headed for acclamation as Montague reeve

Hometown News - August 23, 2026

Smiths Falls

3-way race for mayor’s chair in Smiths Falls

Hometown News - August 23, 2026

Perth

4 candidates enter race for mayor of Perth

Hometown News - August 23, 2026

Beckwith

Kidd faces Zwicker in race for Beckwith reeve

Hometown News - August 23, 2026

COMMUNITY

Carleton Place gets roadmap for cutting greenhouse gas emissions

September 12, 2026

With a little help from friends, Perth moves forward with regional recreation facility feasibility study

September 10, 2026

Four-unit Lorne Street development moves ahead

September 7, 2026

Smiths Falls retains lawyer as responsibility for Chambers Street underpass remains unclear

September 9, 2026

AROUND THE REGION
Local News

Regional News

Free cycle tourism workshops planned across Eastern Ontario

Hometown News - September 9, 2026

Local business owners, tourism operators and community organizations are invited to a series of free workshops focused on the development of the Eastern Ontario...

Carleton Place

Carleton Place first North American stop for Ukraine’s 160-metre Rushnyk of Unity

Heddy Sorour - September 9, 2026

A piece of Ukrainian history stretching longer than a football field is crossing the Atlantic for the first time, and its first Canadian destination...

Regional News

Ontario increases ambulance funding for Frontenac, Lanark counties

Hometown News - September 9, 2026

Frontenac County will receive $14.3 million, while Lanark County’s funding will rise to $7.3 million The Ontario government is increasing land ambulance funding for Frontenac...

Regional News

Lanark County Harvest Festival returns Sept. 13

Hometown News - September 9, 2026

The Lanark County Harvest Festival will return to Beckwith Park on Sunday, Sept. 13, highlighting the region’s farmers, food producers, artisans and rural traditions. The...

Smiths Falls

Smiths Falls retains lawyer as responsibility for Chambers Street underpass remains unclear

Laurie Weir - September 9, 2026

The Town of Smiths Falls has retained a lawyer to help determine who is responsible for maintaining different parts of the Chambers Street railway...

Obituaries & Memorials

Police news

Two Ottawa residents face nine charges after Lanark County drug investigation

September 4, 2026

OPP charge Smiths Falls man with second-degree murder in Spencerville death

September 3, 2026

More police news

Hometown
Spotlight

Ottawa Valley storyteller Mary Cook honoured on Carleton Place Local Author Walk

Linda Seccaspina - August 18, 2026

Pat Phillips awarded the Ontario Senior of the Year Award

Laurie Weir - July 30, 2026

Four young entrepreneurs launch summer businesses in Lanark County

Hometown News - July 8, 2026

Ottawa 67’s Spencer Bowes drafted by New York Rangers in 4th round

Laurie Weir - June 28, 2026

Mississippi Mills celebrates 9 outstanding residents at 2026 Community Awards

Hometown News - June 19, 2026

Culture

Carleton Place first North American stop for Ukraine’s 160-metre Rushnyk of Unity

Heddy Sorour - September 9, 2026

Lanark County Harvest Festival returns Sept. 13

Hometown News - September 9, 2026

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Hometown Happenings

Hometown Happenings: Between the fair, the festivals and the food, you’re going to need comfortable shoes

Linda Seccaspina - September 9, 2026

Fear not, dearest readers—we have officially taken on the very important job this week of keeping you from becoming one with the couch. Hometown Happenings has come to the...

Regional News

Free cycle tourism workshops planned across Eastern Ontario

Hometown News - September 9, 2026

Local business owners, tourism operators and community organizations are invited to a series of free workshops focused on the development of the Eastern Ontario...

Regional News

Ontario increases ambulance funding for Frontenac, Lanark counties

Hometown News - September 9, 2026

Frontenac County will receive $14.3 million, while Lanark County’s funding will rise to $7.3 million The Ontario government is increasing land ambulance funding for Frontenac...

Hometown Happenings