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Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Back toHome Feature Article - April 12, 2007 South Frontenac starts moving on amalgamation by Jeff Green At the end of this year, South Frontenac will be 10 years old, and by that time its council may have come to some agreement as to… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Back toHome Feature Article - April 12, 2007 NorthFrontenac mining group plannedby Jeff Green It was a full house at the Snow Road Snowmobile clubhouse on Good Friday morning as a group of local residents and municipal politicians from Lanark and Frontenac Counties gathered… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 5, 2007 Back toHome Feature Article - April 5, 2007 Letters to the Editor Save a life – know the warning signs of a stroke Last Saturday evening after a happy family Easter celebration, my 83-year-old mother suddenly had difficulty speaking – her speech momentarily became… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Back toHome Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Lions '50s and '60s night in Verona by Jeff Green The fun-loving folks at the Verona Lions Club are at it again; this time they are targeting the early Rock n’ Roll years in their 6th… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Back toHome Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Lions volunteers screen area school children The thing we all see about service clubs is their fundraising activities. What we don’t always see is what they do with the money they raise. The Lions Vision Screening… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Back toHome Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Central Frontenac dumps dump passes, adopts system of listsby Jule KochBrison At Tuesday night’s council meeting, Central Frontenac Council voted to replace their current system of mailing free dump passes to all residents with a procedure… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Back toHome Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Editor's Note:If you play with fire... by Jeff Green In last week’s paper, we published a letter by Norm Guntensperger called “That’s the Law, Jeff Green”. The letter feigned outrage at the previous week’s April Fool’s… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Back toHome Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Electoral reform:easier said than doneby Jeff Green For the past eight months, a Citizens’ Assembly made up of 103 people, one from each current Ontario electoral riding, has been meeting periodically to consider two related questions:… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Back toHome Feature Article - April 12, 2007 KateWeekes at MERAby JeffGreen For singer-songwriter Kate Weekes, appearances at MERA in McDonalds Corners on April 26, and a house concert at the Platenius’ home north of Verona on April 27th will be homecomings of sorts.… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 5, 2007 Back toHome Legalese - April 5, 2007 12 Tax Tips: Part 1 byHarry Beatty, Barrister & Solicitor, Baker Law Legalese is a column of general information and opinion on legal topics by the lawyers of Rural Legal Services, Box 359, Sharbot Lake, ON, K0H2P0,… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Back toHome Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Ardoch Algonquins finalise building plansby Jeff Green In a press statement released last week, the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation (AAFN), formerly known as Ardoch Algonquin First Nation and Allies (AAFNA), has announced final plans for the… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Back toHome Feature Article - April 12, 2007 Addington Highlands BusinessBreakfast The Addington Highlands Economic Advisors for Development (AHEAD) will be having a Business Breakfast on Wednesday, April 25 at 8 a.m. in the Flinton Recreation Centre. Guest speakers Lynn McEvoy and Nancy Fradenburgh… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 5, 2007 Back toHome Feature Article - April 5, 2007 Victory at Vimy:April 9-12, 1917 by DonAntoine It is expected that between seven and ten thousand Canadians -- teachers, students and descendents of WWI veterans who gave their lives at Vimy -- will commemorate on Easter… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 5, 2007 Back toHome Feature Article - April 5, 2007 Is uranium mining a threat to our properties?by JohnKittle Last year, you may have noticed disturbing news reports in the media about uranium prospecting in Eastern Ontario. As prospectors moved in and “staked” claims on both… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 5, 2007 Back toHome Feature Article - April 5, 2007 Verona's doctor meeting by Inie Platenius At the public information night about the future of the Verona Medical Clinic, Doctor Laurel Dempsey began her remarks with the following request, “Repeat after me: Doctor Dempsey is not… READ MORE

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Feature Article - April 5, 2007 Back toHome Feature Article - April 5, 2007 A night with Stephen Lewisby SusanStopford Last week quite a number of local people traveled by car and bus to LaSalle Secondary School in Kingston in order to hear Stephen Lewis speak. Stephen Lewis is an… READ MORE