Category Archives: Lake 88.1 News

Outgoing Lanark County warden John Fenik shared some advice to the new look council which he accrued over his lengthy political career. He boiled down a career's worth of advice into five key points. ...

Carleton Place is issuing a reminder that nominations for the town's Citizen of the Year are due tomorrow at noon. The nomination form is available in hard copy at the Carleton Place Arena or can be e...

We have another important update from the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Medical Officer of Health Dr. Linna Li on the current state or respiratory viruses in our listening area, and Jenny Vande...

Lanark Highlands Reeve Peter McLaren was handed the warden gavel by John Fenik Tuesday afternoon after being elected to serve in that capacity for 2023. McLaren considers county council as another fam...

For the first time in two years, our Health Unit has calculated the cost of their Nutritious Food Basket, where they look at the cost of providing proper nutrition to families per month. The Health Un...

Smiths Falls' Youth Group, We Are Kids (or WAK for short) will soon have a new spot to call home thanks in part to Carebridge/Community Living Lanark Alliance. The program put on by Big Brothers/Big S...

Mayor Judy Brown presented the 2022 Perth Medal last night to a surprised Jackie Hart, who works at Tayside Community Support Services with individuals with intellectual disabilities.   The award...

You can count Perth council among the others in the area and across the province that are opposed to Ontario's Build More Homes Faster legislation. Mayor Judy Brown has written Premier Doug Ford and M...

Carleton Place wants residents and visitors to know that three pedestrian crosswalks are now active on Bridge Street as part of the revitalization projects. They're all found between Lake Avenue and M...

The latest COVID-19 surveillance report from our health unit show the trend for new lab-confirmed high-risk cases continues to inch down. There were just 64 reported in the last week, compared to 89 t...