Local News

With the closure of St. James School on Catherine Street in Smiths Falls and the opening of the new St. Francis De Sales School on Ross Street, Town Council has just passed a motion that will shift crossing guard locations around town.

Lanark County’s community services committee endorsed in principle a far reaching report which benefit all county municipalities in the future at their meeting held Wednesday, August 8th.

The new owners of the CCHL Tier 1 Smiths Falls Bears and Tier 2 Westport Rideaus, Ottawa brothers Nicholas and Joshua Filoso, have already made some major changes ahead of the upcoming season.

Whether wading through waist high streams during a heatwave, collecting mud samples from cold lakes or identifying bottom feeding insects, working as a monitoring student at Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority can be a tough job.

As the current council enters its lame duck phase ahead of the October election,  there are still a few important decisions this council can make.

One such is the question of council remunerations in the town of Perth.

There are new owners for two local junior hockey teams.

The CCHL Tier 1 Smiths Falls Bears and Tier 2 Westport Rideaus have been sold to Nicholas and Joshua Filoso of Ottawa.