Al Lunney

In August, the Federal and Provincial governments announced funding in the amount of $1.9 million towards three projects in Mississippi Mills.

• The first of these projects, the resurfacing of Concession 8 in Ramsay, is nearing completion and should be paved by mid-September.
• The Almonte Arena project is in the design stage at present and will be going to tender in late fall.
• The Spring Street reconstruction will commence in early 2009.

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Good news! The detour on Highway 29 at Pakenham has been removed and the road between Pakenham and Arnprior has been opened.

The bridge in Almonte is nearing completion with a scheduled opening of Labour Day weekend.

Water is scheduled to start flowing over the falls in Almonte by the end of September.

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I will be attending the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference in Ottawa from Sunday to Wednesday of this week. Over 1600 municipal politicians will be attending. This conference is a great opportunity to meet with provincial Cabinet Ministers to discuss areas of common concern and to bring individual issues to their attention. Our focus in Lanark County and Mississippi Mills will be on continued funding for infrastructure projects. Some of the sessions, among others, that I will be attending: Reinventing Local Economies, Progress on Waste Diversion and the Blue Box Plan, Policing Matters, Green Building Practices.

Premier McGuinty, as well as the Conservative and NDP leaders, will be addressing the delegates. I will be updating Council on the conference at our next Council meeting.

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Lots of things happening in our town with the 3 on 3 basketball tournament and another very successful Puppets Up! festival. However, although I was there, my thoughts were elsewhere. My eldest brother passed away on Friday night after suffering a horrendous fall on Wednesday. Peace be with you, Gerard.

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More news from Nathan Rudyk:
Watch both newcomers and existing residents explain why they chose to live in our community as vivid cinemaphotography makes their testimonials come to life.

The Chamber will formally promote the vid’s existence early this fall along with initial smARTown WIFI usage results, fundraising success from their (near-sold-out!) golf tournament, and plans for our 09/10 series of Mixers.

Nathan says thanks and high fives again to Will Richardson and June Veenstra for this latest vid. Two more to come promoting culture and recreation opportunities in our town!

OK, stop reading and start clicking!

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