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Hershey plant sold to specialized financial company
By Stacey RoyEMC Business - This week's announced purchase of the former Hershey plant in Smiths Falls is hoped to give the vacant facility new life on the open market. ICON International,...
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Town Council in Brief
By Stacey RoyThe following information came from the special Committee of the Whole and regular Council Monday May 7, 2012. Land sale The Town of Smiths Falls has accepted $50,000...
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Five per cent tax increase approved, road work challenge still to be tackled
By Stacey RoyEMC News - The roads within Smiths Falls are wrapping tighter rings around the community purse requiring a five per cent increase to taxes this year. Councillors opted...
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Rideau Canal too important to cut
By Stacey RoyAs I sit here today I'm struggling with how small our world really is. How is it that a decision a bean counter in the federal government makes in his office can affect my...
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Museum's history project pulls into station next weekend
By Stacey RoyEMC News - This Saturday the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its stately building by launching the much anticipated Smiths Falls...
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Growing manufacturing company marks 20 years in town
By Stacey RoyEMC Business - In the last 20 years GH Metal Stamping Corp in Smiths Falls has seen phenomenal growth and has survived through a recession, but the two kitchen stoves in...
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Retiring chief earns life membership in national policing organization
By Stacey RoyEMC News - Retiring police Chief Larry Hardy's 22 years at the helm of Smiths Falls' police department has earned the local man a lot of sleepless nights and fond memories,...
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Willowdale Retirement Home honours retiring administrator
By Stacey RoyEMC Business - She brought a lot of sunshine into Willowdale Retirement Centre so it was fitting on her last day before retiring herself the facility renamed the sunroom...
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Dance school recital has something for all
By Stacey RoyEMC Entertainment - Local dance students will be showing their flare for the stage during Flare Dance Studio's annual recital May 11 at the Gallipeau Centre. This year's...
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Hometown boy one of two players protected by Bears
By Stacey RoyEMC Sports - The golden moment of slipping on a Smiths Falls Bears jersey was the stuff of dreams when Smiths Falls native Neil Doef was young. More recently this dream came...
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Local ball hockey league challenges Ottawa foe at home Sunday, June 17
By Stacey RoyEMC Sports - The ice may be out, but hockey will still be played June 17 inside the Smiths Falls Youth Arena - ball hockey that is. The ball will drop that night around...
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Funding grant brings literacy to life for students
By Stacey RoyEMC News - The characters of the popular Star Wars franchise have the power to teleport at will and thanks to an Ottawa Citizen Raise a Reader program, these same characters...
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Volunteer spirit shines at awards presentation
By Stacey RoyEMC News - It takes many hands and a lot of work to make one community sensational. Mayor Dennis Staples took the opportunity recently to thank a selection of outstanding...
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Budget comes forward for first reading next Monday
By Stacey RoyEMC News - There will be a lot of projects taking place in Smiths Falls this year, but taxpayers will have to pay for it. After a lengthy discussion Monday, councillors...
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Kindergarten wing expansion positions St. James for fall enrolment
By Stacey RoyEMC News - St. James the Greater School is growing to accommodate the anticipated new faces that will make up its new full-day kindergarten program. A Site Plan Control...
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Television network asks town: Are you the next Million Dollar Neighbourhood?
By Stacey RoyEMC News - Smiths Falls looks like a million bucks, but now it has to prove it. The Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada) and Force Four Productions has extended an invitation...
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Two monumental moments for town on exhibit at Heritage House Museum
By Stacey RoyEMC Events - The stories of the rise and fall of a commercial giant and the evolution of the Smiths Falls Police Service will be celebrated in two separate exhibits at Heritage...
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Students translating French training into opportunity
By Stacey RoyEMC Business - Parlez-vous Français? A growing number of local students are saying "oui" to this question, including two local high school students who will be taking...
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Town to improve pedestrian traffic
By Stacey RoyEMC News - Smiths Falls is taking steps to ensure the town supports residents and visitors in healthy living by commissioning a study to improve the walkability of the community. A...
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Town's efforts in welcoming new immigrants to town moves into implementation phase
By Stacey RoyEMC News - From producing a welcome package for immigrant families to establishing a multicultural festival and new comer's support group Smiths Falls' Local Immigrant Partnership...
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