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Frank Davis and Murray Guthrie at the Legion open house
94 year old Frank Davis (left) and 90 year old Murray Guthrie, Legion members for over 67 years, catch up on memories at the Legion Branch 240 Almonte Open House on September 22.The event featured...
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Water tower paint job completed
by Brent Eades I see that the crew renovating the water tower on Paterson Street has completed the ‘re-branding’ of the structure, with the new slogan “Friendly Almonte – Mississippi Mills” now painted...
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Local photographer Sherry Galey submitted these autumn photos to the Milltone
red leaf Mississippi River Clayton Almonte town clock orange dahlia misty drive light at the end of the bridge leaves in Almonte dying cosmos Charles
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Almonte resident Kathleen Fry is a talented pumpkin artist
by Edith Cody-Rice A very talented Almonte resident Kathleen Fry is justly famous for her intricately carved Halloween pumpkins. So talented, that parents bring their children to Shepherd Street in...
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Mill Street Books has Almonte postcards
by Brent Eades I was pleased to hear from Mary and Terry Lumsden a while back, asking if they could turn some of my Almonte photos into postcards they could sell in their excellent Mill Street Books...
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James Naismith in winter apparel
by Brent Eades A request from some local merchants for a ‘wintry’ Almonte photo reminded me of shots I’ve taken of James Naismith’s statue on Mill Street, outside Baker Bob’s. I’ve noticed that during...
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Mill Street balcony gets the Christmas treatment
by Brent Eades This morning I joined Lea-Anne and Art Solomonian from the Beautification Committee in decorating Stephen Brathwaite’s restored 19th-century balcony on Mill Street, above Kentfield Kids...
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Construction on Clyde Street: now and then
Reader Michael Dunn made an interesting comparison concerning construction on Clyde Street. Below is the current construction site. At the bottom of the page is a photo of the same site taken about...
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Our beautiful river…one of the last images?
While looking at the photographs I took at the June demonstration to Stop Enerdu, I couldn’t help wondering: Will this be the last summer that we ever see this glorious view and have the use of our...
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Sunflowers on the Springbank Trail in Almonte
Reader Kevin Casey sent in these photos of sunflowers on the Springbank Trail off Carss Street in Almonte Photos © Kevin Casey 2014
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Steele family photo celebrating Grandpa Doug’s 70th birthday
From September 6th, 2014: Except for the pair in the canoe taking the photo, this is our family celebrating Grandpa Doug Steele’s 70th birthday, with a canoe and kayaking excursion on the lower...
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Kevin Casey sends fall photos from the Mill of Kintail
Local photographer Kevin Casey has provided these lovely photos taken at the Mill of Kintail recently. He says: I have been on the trails at the Mill of Kintail and making the most of the autumn...
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Marilyn Snedden photos: Spiderwebs and wagons
Marilyn Snedden sent these interesting photos of spiders spinning complex webs around her property; she also photographed a fellow in a covered wagon with a team of horses, who is apparently crossing...
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Hockey rink photo by Almonte resident Bram Karp featured on CTV
Hockey rink on the Mississippi River in winter 2013-2014 © Bram Karp This stunning photo above of a hockey rink created on the ice of the upper arm of the Mississippi River above Coleman’s Island was...
View ArticleA video about Almonte
by Brent Eades My Facebook friends will have seen this before — a video I made from photos I’ve taken around Almonte over the past few years. I thought I’d share it with Millstone readers. Readers of...
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Mississippi Mills via satellite photos
by Brent Eades I borrowed this idea from a recent article in the Atlantic Magazine — using Google Maps satellite photos to view the intersection of human activity and the natural world across Canada....
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Jackie Brunelle – obituary
BRUNELLE, JACQUELINE ANN “Jackie” Peacefully at the Almonte General Hospital, Almonte, Ontario on Thursday, March 26, 2015. “Jackie” (nee LeMaistre) of Almonte, In her 80th year. Beloved wife of the...
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Spring is here for sure
Reader Marilyn Snedden sent in pictures of these kayakers on the Mississippi River at Blakney on April 12.
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Photographer Louise Shane brings her photos to the Millstone
Local photographer Louise Shane took these photos on her farm on the Clayton Road
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Costa Rica – Paradise in Central America
by Louise Shane Costa Rica is a photographer’s paradise and since our first visit in 2006 my husband Mike and I have returned again and again looking for more remote locations to enjoy its abundant...
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