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A section of sidewalk along Moore Street in Carleton Place will close effective Friday, October 16, 2026, to accommodate construction at 60-66 Moore St., with the closure expected to remain in place well into next year.
Read MoreTurning 71 next month, the Almonte author, Life Transition Expert and founder of Power Up Your Life is preparing to take her gift of storytelling to one of North America’s largest inspirational speaking stages, where she hopes to turn decades of personal experience into a message that reaches people facing challenges of their own.
Read MoreA Carleton Place man is facing five child luring charges following an OPP investigation that included the execution of four search warrants. Lanark County OPP say on Monday, Oct. 5 that officers executed the warrants in Carleton Place on Thursday, Oct. 1, with assistance from the OPP Digital Forensics Unit.
Read MoreTwo Lanark County residents are facing impaired driving charges following separate incidents on Saturday, including one in which police say a driver was found asleep behind the wheel and another involving a vehicle found in a ditch. Lanark County OPP say officers received a complaint about a suspicious vehicle in
Read MoreOntario’s police watchdog is investigating after a 71-year-old Ottawa driver was seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision involving an OPP vehicle in Lanark County. The collision happened shortly before 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, on Highway 7 near Townline Road, according to an Oct. 2 media release from Lanark
Read MoreTwo Arnprior residents have been charged with second-degree murder after a man was found dead inside a burning vehicle in Mississippi Mills last month. Lanark County OPP say Lindsay Dolan, 37, and Dylan Zoobkoff, 33, were arrested in Regina, Sask., on Wednesday, Sept. 30. The arrests come nearly three weeks
Read MoreEditor’s note: To help voters to be better informed, Lanarkist will be asking the same five questions of all council candidates in Carleton Place, Smiths Falls, Perth and Mississippi Mills in advance of the municipal election, which will be held on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. Questions were sent to all
Read MoreA complaint of a possibly impaired driver on Highway 7 in Perth led to a Drummind-North Elmsley man being charged on Friday. Lanark OPP report that the complaint was received on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, just before 5:45 p.m. Officers located the vehicle and spoke with the driver, who was
Read MoreThis week, the Lanark County Paramedic Service (LCPS) will officially open its new Almonte base next week, more than three years after its former facility was destroyed by fire.
Read MoreEditor’s note: To help voters to be better informed, Lanarkist will be asking the same five questions of all council candidates in Carleton Place, Smiths Falls, Perth and Mississippi Mills in advance of the municipal election, which will be held on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. Questions were sent to all
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