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The mayor of Arnprior has declared a turf war on long grass and neglected lawns. Nothing runs like a fear — of Walter Stack, our new hero.

“I think it shows disrespect for your community, as well as your neighbours,” said Stack, admitting he was just about to go outside and cut the grass on Tierney Street South, where generations of his family has lived for 130 years.

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At a council meeting a few days ago, the first-time mayor issued a rather impassioned plea for town residents to keep their yards in good trim, their edges neat and their junk out of sight.

Or else.

The mayor, on council for 13 years, said he took a little tour of one section of town a few days ago and found 31 addresses, both residential and commercial, where the grass was way too long or the weeds completely out of control.

Where o’ where, Arnprior, is your pride? He’s also annoyed that some residents cut their lawns and blow the trimmings along the sidewalk or roadway. “It doesn’t take that much more effort to clean it up.”