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Feature Article - April 6, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - April 6, 2006 Frontenac County budget lands with a 6%increase by Jeff Green Frontenac County staff took longer to put the county budget together this year because of financial software problems and some last-minute changes to provincial funding for… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 6, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - April 6, 2006 Addington Highlands Council report Official Plan approved Word has come down from the Province that Addington Highlands’ Official Plan has been approved. The consultant that worked on the plan is now ready to work on the… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 6, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - April 6, 2006 The return of the hootenanny byJeffGreen A couple of years ago, a group of musicians began holding Hootenannies in Kingston and at the Maberly Hall. The events have a high spirited energy and the music is… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 6, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - April 6, 2006 County mayors take a raise by Jeff Green As they struggled to find savings in the County budget, members of County Council took a break to ponder their own salaries last week. At the previous meeting,… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 6, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - April 6, 2006 Addington Highlands development plan by Jeff Green When the Economic Development Advisory Committee of Addington Highlands was looking for a consultant to prepare an economic development strategy for the next four years, they found they need… READ MORE

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Legalese - March 30, 2006 Back toHome Legalese - March 30, 2006 Twelve tax tips for your 2005 return Part Iby Heidi Lazar-Meyn, Lawyer, and HarryBeatty, Barrister and solicitor This article originally published in ARCH ALERT, the newsletter of ARCH: A Legal Resource Centre for Persons with Disabilities, a specialty… READ MORE

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NightSkies - April 2006 Back toHome Night Skies - April 2006 TheNightSkies ofApril, 2006:Bright planets and anApril meteor shower by Leo Enright At the beginning of April, sunset locally was at about 6:30 p.m. EST, and with from Standard Time to Daylight Saving Time, that time became 7:30 p.m. EDT.… READ MORE

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Feature Article - March 30, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - March 30, 2006 COMRIFon hold byJeffGreen Results from the second intake of the COMRIF program, (the Canada Ontario Municipal Rural Infrastructure Program) are in a state of limbo pending some the go-ahead from the new federal government. The COMRIF… READ MORE

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Feature Article - March 30, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - March 30, 2006 SLHSVariety Show byJeffGreen Mitch Barker A group of students approached Gary Giller earlier this year and asked that he help organise a variety show for the general public in addition to the Coffee House that takes… READ MORE

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Feature Article - March 30, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - March 30, 2006 CentralFrontenac might budge onSundayhunting byJeffGreen In response to a request from the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, Central Frontenac Council discussed Sunday gun hunting at their meeting in Sharbot Lake this Tuesday. Last May council… READ MORE

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Feature Article - March 30, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - March 30, 2006 Rollin' down the line to CafeMerea byLesRussett It was a packed house at Cafe Merea on Friday, March 24 as patrons came out to hear Randy Kay and pay tribute to Johnny Cash. Johnny Cash was… READ MORE

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Feature Article - March 30, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - March 30, 2006 Dinosaur bones discovered inFernleigh byJeffGreen Bernie Duhamel was out for a walk one day in early March when he made a startling discovery in a small cave near his home off road 506 near Fernleigh. A… READ MORE

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Feature Article - March 30, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - March 30, 2006 Ombudsman slams MPAC"Getting it Right" focuses on how MPACgets it wrong byJeffGreen A scathing report by the Provincial Ombudsman Andre Marin has confirmed what taxpayers have been saying for years: the Ontario Municipal Property Assessment Corporation… READ MORE

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Feature Article - March 30, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - March 30, 2006 CF Township dives into Web with InternetTechnology byJeffGreen According to Mayor Bill MacDonald, changes earlier this week to Central Frontenac Township ’s web site are about something more than just spring cleaning: “We’ve made some enormous… READ MORE

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Feature Article - March 30, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - March 30, 2006 Making a home for animals in need byJuleKoch Brison Donna and Larry Llama - he likes to chew on her braids when he gets nervous Donna Adams has always had the dream of being able to… READ MORE

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Feature Article - March 30, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - March 30, 2006 Townships get a slice of the budget pie byJeffGreen There were some goodies for municipalities in last week’s provincial budget. North Frontenac will receive $76,537, Central Frontenac will receive $193,659, and South Frontenac $697,590. The County… READ MORE