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• Cornwall Mayor Justin Towndale reflects on his time at city hall

  25-08-2026 23:45 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  After four years in the mayor’s office at city hall, Justin Towndale said he is ready for a second term.If successful, Towndale would be the first two-term mayor of the city since Bob Kilger was re-elected in 2010.Since his first term as a city councillor began in 2014, Towndale has now spent 12 years at the council table.In 2022, he was elected mayor with 51 per cent of the vote. In 2018, he earned his second term on council with over six per cent of the vote, earning more votes than any
  
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• Cornwall police charge teen with distributing child sexual exploitation material

  25-08-2026 21:44 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  A 14-year-old girl is facing three charges following an investigation by the Cornwall police’s internet child exploitation unit.Police started the investigation after receiving a complaint on Feb. 23 about child abuse and child sexual exploitation material being distributed at a Cornwall high school. Police alleged the teen had distributed an image of a nude person under the age of 18 with other people. She was taken into custody at police headquarters on Monday.The teen, whose identity c
  
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• An enticing window into sustainability at Backyard Food Day near Newington

  25-08-2026 01:01 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  NEWINGTON — On Saturday, Bill and Karen Carriere opened up their homestead in South Stormont to the public for Transition Cornwall+’s Backyard Food Day.Guests were invited to see what was possible on the property they had spent decades crafting into a small sustainable farm and outdoor garden space.“My wife and I feel very privileged to live on the property and have the opportunity to grow as we do. We believe that we have some obligation to share that with others. We have bee
  
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• Capping off the 2026 Cornwall Public Library Summer Reading Club

  25-08-2026 00:31 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  The Cornwall Public Library celebrated the end of its Summer Reading Club program on Saturday.Each summer, the Cornwall Public Library holds a summer reading club for kids aged three to 13.All that was needed to join the club was a free Cornwall Public Library card. Membership in the Club allowed kids to ride Cornwall transit buses for free all summer.“Every summer, we have eight weeks of super fun programming. Every year we have a theme, this year it was ‘Down to Earth’. Kids
  
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