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Tara Gesner

Carleton Place

Award-winning reporter and photographer with Metroland Media and Torstar Corporation. Opinions are mine. DM with story ideas or [email protected].

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  • Meet Wally Cook: Carleton Place’s last remaining Second World War veteran

    5 days ago | insideottawavalley.com | Tara Gesner

    Wally Cook, who turns 99 in September, is Carleton Place’s last remaining Second World War veteran. During an intimate gathering at Waterside Retirement Community last Thursday, May 29, Cook was the guest of honour, receiving his 65-year bar from his Capt. A. Roy Brown Branch 192 comrades — Kevin Francis, president, Peter Schaffer, past president, and George Wood, veterans’ services officer.

  • Meet Wally Cook: Carleton Place’s only Second World War veteran presented with 65-year bar

    5 days ago | simcoe.com | Tara Gesner

    Wally Cook, who turns 99 in September, is Carleton Place’s last remaining Second World War veteran. During an intimate gathering at Waterside Retirement Community last Thursday, May 29, Cook was the guest of honour, receiving his 65-year bar from his Capt. A. Roy Brown Branch 192 comrades — Kevin Francis, president, Peter Schaffer, past president, and George Wood, veterans’ services officer.

  • ‘Safe’: OPP says woman, 40, last seen in Merrickville has been located

    5 days ago | insideottawavalley.com | Tara Gesner

    A 40-year-old woman who was last seen on Thursday, May 29, in Merrickville has been located safe, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said Monday, June 2. Earlier in the day, OPP officers were visible in the area of Armstrong Road. “We do have officers looking around out that area — out in the woods — because she is missing and we do not know where she is,” Bill Dickson, media relations co-ordinator for OPP East Region told Inside Ottawa Valley.

  • Reducing waste and promoting reuse: Freecycle Weekend in Carleton Place May 30 to June 1

    1 week ago | insideottawavalley.com | Tara Gesner

    Participate in Carleton Place’s annual Freecycle Weekend to discover free treasures and encourage recycling. Running from Friday, May 30 to Sunday, June 1, the event, aims to reduce the quantity of items that ultimately find their way into landfills. Freecycle Weekend is organized by the Carleton Place Environmental Advisory Committee. To participate, label items you wish to give away with a FREE sign and place them at the curb in front of your home on Friday.

  • Carleton Place council approves historic $145M expansion of water and wastewater treatment plants

    1 week ago | insideottawavalley.com | Tara Gesner

    Motion carried!Upon the raising of seven hands May 20, Carleton Place council awarded the tender for the largest capital project in the town’s history — the expansion of the water and wastewater treatment plants — to ASCO Construction in the amount of $123,505,090. The project’s all-in cost of $145,868,367 includes net HST, contract administration and inspection, permitting and utility allowances and a contingency of $10 million to address any change orders due to unforeseen conditions.

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