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Community Home Support Lanark County: 35 years of serving the community

LAURIE WEIR Community Home Support Lanark County (CHSLC) has been a cornerstone of support for seniors, adults with physical disabilities, and individuals diagnosed with life-limiting...

Health Unit school suspension letters going out this week

SUBMITTED The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit conducted immunization record assessments for students in JK/SK, and for students ages 7 and 17 years...

Man charged with multiple violent, weapons-related offences following OPP investigation

SUBMITTED Lanark OPP has charged an individual with violent, weapons-related offences. On August 4, 2024, Lanark County OPP began an investigation regarding an ongoing dispute in...

‘We’ve made some mistakes’: Smiths Falls council apologizes following cancellation of this year’s pow wow

Town commits up to $65,000 to Spirit of the Drum Pow Wow for 2025 LAURIE WEIR After the cancellation of this year’s Spirit of the Drum...

Perth Garlic Festival celebrates 25 years

LAURIE WEIR What started as a few friends selling garlic out of the backs of their trucks has turned into a quarter-century of festival fun. For...

Horse in Lanark County tests positive for EEEV

SUBMITTED Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus (EEEV) is normally found in wild birds but can occasionally spread to horses and humans through the bite of infected...

Jill Heinerth and the discovery of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship ‘Quest’

BRIAN PRESTON Jill Heinerth, International Scuba Diving Hall of Famer, cave diver, author, scientist, broadcaster, and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s first Explorer-in-Residence. I first...

Smiths Falls Public Arts Master Plan gets green light to form advisory committee

Financial component to be nailed down at future meeting LAURIE WEIR Arts and culture took centre stage during a recent committee of the whole meeting of...

Local woman risks speeding ticket to deliver injured bird to rescue centre

SALLY SMITH When I called, he didn’t come. Unusual for him as he’s food activated and it was ‘that’ time. I called again. Still no dog…so...

Maggie’s Maid: More than just a manure cart

SALLY SMITH I used Maggie’s Maid yesterday. I remember mother trundling along the trails in the middle of Fairclough Island dragging the ‘maid’ behind her. She...

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