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Feature Article - June 8, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - June 8, 2006 Hartington car wash saga continues by Jeff Green A report by South Frontenac Planning Co-ordinator Lindsay Mills placed the onus back on council to decide whether to approve a zoning bylaw amendment that would allow Scott… READ MORE

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Feature Article - June 8, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - June 8, 2006 Just Plain Bill is anything but Book review by JeffGreen The portrait that emerges from Just Plain Bill, the highly readable autobiography of Bill Robertson, a 78-year-old resident of 13 Island Lake, is of an ambitious,… READ MORE

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Feature Article - June 8, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - June 8, 2006 60 years in Scouting by JeffGreen Pack leader, or Akela, RJ Vermeulen had just finished handing out the awards and recognition plaques to the Cubs and Beavers at the year end ceremony for the Land o’… READ MORE

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Feature Article - June 8, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - June 8, 2006 LHINsroad show comes to Sharbot Lake,Sydenham by JeffGreen Wayne Marsh, a consultant and facilitator, has been one of the people travelling around the region over the past two weeks, gathering opinions and concerns about health care… READ MORE

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Feature Article - June 8, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - June 8, 2006 Student business plan winners by John Inglis The Frontenac CFDC has just chosen winners in its business plan competition. Two parallel competitions were open to all high school students, one for Sharbot Lake and North Addington… READ MORE

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Feature Article - June 8, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - June 8, 2006 Foul play not suspected in Gould death by Jeff Green The coroner from the City of Kingston has confirmed that Adam Gould, who died in June of 2005, was not murdered. When contacted last year, OPP… READ MORE

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Feature Article - June 8, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - June 8, 2006 SLPSraises $1,100 withRelay forLife Students and families associated with the Sharbot Lake Public School took on Cancer with a vengeance last week. Not only did they raise money through sponsors for the Relay for Life, they… READ MORE

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Feature Article - June 8, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - June 8, 2006 The $6 million road by Jeff Green As reported in this edition of the News, there were pats on the back all around last week to celebrate an agreement by three levels of government to bring… READ MORE

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Feature Article - June 8, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - June 8, 2006 AddingtonHighlands rejectsSunday gun hunting pressure by JeffGreen Representatives from the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) and the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) have been travelling around the region trying to convince township councils that… READ MORE

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Feature Article - June 1, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - June 1, 2006 Visions of aVillage:Ahistory ofSydenham by Wilma Kenny "Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice, and I’ll tell you a story..."(F. Scott Fitzgerald) In the 1790s, at a location one day’s ride (more… READ MORE

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Feature Article - June 1, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - June 1, 2006 Land o' LakesCommunityServices - MayNews Wanted! Hot Women: LOLCS is hosting The Hottest Women in Town a free information session that helps women deal with health issues surrounding menopause. Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington Public Health… READ MORE

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Feature Article - June 1, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - June 1, 2006 Sydenham WaterRelief grants by JeffGreen As the result of fundraising efforts, including the successful “Water Aid” concert from last July, low-income residents of Sydenham Village are now eligible for some relief from infrastructure and hook-up costs… READ MORE

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Feature Article - June 1, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - June 1, 2006 Politicians all smiles as they hand out road grant money by JeffGreen Leona Dombrowsky, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs for the Province of Ontario, and Scott Reid, the Deputy House Leader for the… READ MORE

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Feature Article - June 1, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - June 1, 2006 Store owners pulling up stakes Brett andJenHarvey have been familiar faces inSharbotLake as the proprietors of Harvey's ValuMart for the past 14 years. They have also been constant supporters of theSharbotLakePublicSchool. So, when they sold the… READ MORE

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Nature Reflections Back toHome Nature Reflections - June 1, 2006 The Rainbow by Jean Griffin Yesterday I went for a short walk, and heard, then saw two birds who seem to represent the full range of the colours of the rainbow. The first was the Indigo Bunting in its rich… READ MORE

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Night Skies - June 2006 Back toHome Night Skies - June 2006 TheNightSkies of June, 2006:Mars & Saturn Pass Though a Beehive by Leo Enright The arrival of June in this part of the world always means that we can expect to have the longest days and shortest nights of… READ MORE