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Annual parade rolled down Perth's streets on Dec. 7.

Annual Christmas in Merrickville event celebrated under sunny winter skies.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Mississippi Mills!

The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (R.O.P.E.) Squad is requesting the public's assistance in locating a federal offender wanted on a Canada Wide Warrant as a result of her breach of Statutory Release.

Students in Breanna Bedor’s Grade 12 English class hosted their sixth semi-annual Project Kids In Tough and Extraordinary Situations (KITES) Awareness show on Dec. 5.

That message resonated with about 100 people who gathered at the Perth women’s monument on Dec. 6 to remember the 14 women who died in the Montreal Massacre, and those who lost their lives locally in domestic violence situations.

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Terry Atsma of Smiths Falls got way into the game to win $180,857 with POOLS.

Cornerstone Landing is working to prevent, reduce and ultimately end youth homelessness in Lanark County.

Perth Mayor John Fenik says he feels a lot more productive in the mornings and is hoping his Lanark County council counterparts agree with his proposal to switch to daytime meetings.