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• Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry forest network grows with donation

  23-07-2026 23:16 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  The United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry council approved a staff recommendation on Monday to acquire a woodlot near North Lancaster in South Glengarry.The forest and property have remained in the same family for over a century. The property is being donated by owner Charles McDonald through a partial donation agreement.Under the agreement approved by council, the municipality will pay $80,000 outright, with the remainder of the property’s appraised value issued to McDonald a
  
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• Ingleside community garden takes root through volunteer support

  23-07-2026 23:07 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  INGLESIDE — A new community garden is quickly coming together in the Village of Ingleside.After the Township of South Stormont council initially approved the community garden initiative for Memorial Square this March, the Township’s Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) recommended the garden be established in the village’s Maple Street park . Volunteers and EAC members broke ground at the Maple Street park site in late June and the project has been flourishing since.On Tuesd
  
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• South Stormont's first official conservation area dubbed Limestone Ridge

  23-07-2026 20:17 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  South Stormont’s first official conservation area has a name.Following an online survey that saw approximately 1,800 participants chime in, the 105-acre property now in the stewardship of the Raisin Region Conservation Authority (RRCA) will be known as the Limestone Ridge Conservation Area .On June 15, South Stormont launched an online poll. Voters were not limited to only residents of South Stormont, as the conservation area will be open to anyone. The Limestone Ridge name won out over L
  
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• Cornwall police charge man with harassing ex-spouse

  23-07-2026 16:31 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  A 40-year-old man from Cornwall is facing two charges after police responded to an intimate-partner violence complaint on Tuesday.Police alleged the man repeatedly communicated with his ex-spouse to the point of harassing her and causing her to fear for her safety. He was taken into custody at police headquarters on Wednesday.The man was charged with criminal harassment — repeatedly communicate, and harassing communications.He was released from police custody to appear in Cornwall court o
  
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