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Feature Article - May 11, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - May 11, 2006 Public meeting on GarrisonShores -- CFCouncilMay 8, 2006 by JeffGreen Central Frontenac Council continued their attempt to bring the ill-fated Garrison Shores waterfront development in line with their Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw at a public… READ MORE

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Feature Article - May 18, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - May 18, 2006 Trees for Peace OutreachProgram Hinchinbrooke students plant Trees for PeaceOn Friday, May 12, the grade 7 and 8 students from Hinchinbrooke Public School planted 500 seedlings at the Timpson property in Loughborough. Trees for Peace is… READ MORE

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Feature Article - May 11, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - May 11, 2006 Two halls are better than one by JeffGreen Central Frontenac Fire Chief Mark MacDonald said he is committed to building a new fire hall in Mountain Grove by the end of next year, adding that preliminary… READ MORE

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Feature Article - May 11, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - May 11, 2006 Get on theTeam:join Villages Beautiful in keeping our villages beautiful by Jule KochBrison The Villages Beautiful Committee is holding an Open House/ Community Meeting tonight, May 11, 7:30 pm at the Oso Community Hall in Sharbot… READ MORE

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Nature Reflections Back toHome Nature Reflections - May 4, 2006 TheGrebe Family by Jean Griffin Like all other living things, birds are classified by scientists and naturalists. A family of birds is a number of different species that have characteristics in common, and one family of birds is the Grebes.… READ MORE

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Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Snyder keeps fighting for OakFlatsRoad by Jeff Green Central Frontenac Councilor Bill Snyder has been trying for years to convince his council colleagues to pave a little over one kilometre of the Oak Flats Road at… READ MORE

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Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Some enchanted evening:NFLTpresents SouthPacific by Chava Field-Green The Sharbot Lake High School auditorium was crammed full of eager musical theatre fans last weekend, as the North Frontenac Little Theatre presented their rendition of Roger and Hammerstein’s… READ MORE

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Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - May 7, 2006 NFCSVolunteer of theYear by Jeff Green L to R:Wayne Bush, Audrey Tarasick, andBradFlear There was more than a touch of sadness in the voices of Audrey Tarasick and Brad Flear when they received the Volunteer of… READ MORE

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Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - May 7, 2006 AHflat lines their budget by Jeff Green It took only one meeting for Addington Highlands Council to work through their 2006 budget, approving a levy to taxpayers that is almost identical to the amount collected in… READ MORE

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Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - May 7, 2006 CamMather brings energy smart message to business breakfast by Jeff Green Cam Mather, who is a publisher with Aztext Press of Tamworth , brought a different kind of message about economic development to the latest Addington… READ MORE

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Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Draft budget calls for increased spendingin Central Frontenac by Jeff Green Central Frontenac Council has spent many hours pouring over their 2006 budget over the past two weeks. The draft budget which they have been considering… READ MORE

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Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - May 7, 2006 K/B fire department saves house from brush fire by Jeff Green Two and a half hectares of land near Hwy. 41 north of Cloyne were burned up by a brush fire on Monday afternoon. Fire crews… READ MORE

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Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - May 7, 2006 North FrontenacFireHall construction well underway by Jeff Green The foundation has been poured and the carpenters are hard at work trying to meet an early June target date for the completion of the new Clarendon and… READ MORE

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Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Why do humingbirds hum? by SusanRamsay,EarlyLiteracy SpecialistHFL&A What roosts but isn’t a rooster? What, when startled, sounds like a purring lion? What looks like a giant bumble bee when it begins flying 5 days after birth?… READ MORE

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Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Leaves and grass don't pass:SouthFrontenacTownship by Wilma Kenny An apparently low-key proposal to allow the Portland landfill site to accept leaves and grass clippings quickly turned into a heated discussion at a meeting of South Frontenac… READ MORE

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Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - May 7, 2006 Letters to theEditor Acts of kindness An amazing experience happened to me, and my two elderly companions, on April 29, which has endeared Sharbot Lake to me forever. After leaving Ottawa early that morning, we were… READ MORE