Local News

The following are highlights from the regular Lanark County Council meeting held Wednesday, Nov. 13 as submitted by the county.

The public needs to be aware that police do not call and ask for personal information relating to banking information or your social insurance number nor do they collect money on behalf of the Canada Revenue Agency.

The Build a Mountain of Food campaign rolled into Perth and Lanark Highlands this weekend in support of the Perth Good Food Bank and the Lanark Highlands Food Pantry.

The annual local Salvation Army Kettle Campaign is underway, and bells are now ringing alongside kettles in Perth, Smiths Falls, Carleton Place and Almonte.

At Wednesday’s Lanark County Community Services Committee meeting, councilors and staff heard from Bill Janes of Lanark County Mental Health. 

A pair of wanted individuals were arrested in Smiths Falls with assistance from the province’s ROPE squad.