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Feature Article - November 30, 2006 Back toHome Januay 11, 2007 McDonalds Corners Re-users celebrate their first yearby Ankaret Dean ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To celebrate their first year of staffing and organizing the re-use trailer at the McDonalds Corners landfill site, the volunteer group of ReUsers held a potluck lunch at the… READ MORE

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Feature Article - November 30, 2006 Back toHome Januay 11, 2007 Letters page ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Re - Sunday Hunting Just wanted to say THANK YOU to the new council of Addington Highlands for voting to allow the Sunday gun hunt in our township. The majority vote shows some forward thinking onthe… READ MORE

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Feature Article - November 30, 2006 Back toHome Januay 11, 2007 MNR must explain pits and quarry legislation, CF Council saysby Jeff Green ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A letter from an engineering firm asking Central Frontenac to forward the names of quarry owners sparked a discussion at the first Central Frontenac Council meeting… READ MORE

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Feature Article - November 30, 2006 Back toHome Januay 11, 2007 Nature reflections - Uninvited Guestby Jean Griffin ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- While visiting my daughter near Bourget, east of Ottawa, over the holidays she pointed out a strange beetle in her home. As she lives in a log house she was concerned… READ MORE

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Feature Article - November 30, 2006 Back toHome December 2006 Prince Charles students raise $4,200 for cancer research by Jeff Green ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last November, Madi Van Camp and Celina Gray decided to offer up their hair in order to issue a fundraising challenge. They were hoping to raise $500 for… READ MORE

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Feature Article - November 30, 2006 Back toHome Januay 11, 2007 Notes from South Frontenac Council by Wilma Kenny ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the absence of Mayor Davison, the meeting was chaired by Deputy Mayor Del Stowe. Zoning By-law Amendment Questioned Councillor Hicks questioned an amendment which would create a new waterfront… READ MORE

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Feature Article - November 30, 2006 Back toHome Januay 11, 2007 The Night Skies of January, 2007 :The Return of Hesperus to the January Sky----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- During the month of January our sunsets are still in the very early evening, in the late afternoon, in fact. The earliest sunset of the… READ MORE

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Feature Article - January 11, 2007 Back toHome Januay 11, 2007 Notes from Addington Highlands Councilby Jule Koch Brison ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Addington Highlands has notified the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) that council voted to reconsider the ban on Sunday gun hunting, but so far has not heard back from the… READ MORE

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Feature Article - November 30, 2006 Back toHome Januay 11, 2007 Could the line fences logjam be breakingby Jeff Green ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advocates for “Rails to Trails”, long stymied by Section 20 of the Provincial Line Fences Act, may have something to cheer about. Section 20 of the Act requires any… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 26, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - October 26, 2006 Flyers look for their first win by Tammy MacDonald The Flyers looked to earn their first win in regular season play while the Colborne Cobras looked to extend their winning streak to 6-0 when they faced… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 26, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - October 26, 2006 Wilson family left homeless by devastating flood by Jeff Green “It was like my own personal Tsunami.” That’s how Janice Wilson describes what happened late last Wednesday night at her home near Crow Lake . At… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 26, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - October 26, 2006 Central Frontenac Council by Jule Koch Brison Central Frontenac Council will be going right down to the wire next month with their Official Plan. As requested, Planner Glenn Tunnock had prepared several amendments to the plan… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 26, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - October 26, 2006 Backstage antics take center stage! by Brian Robertson North Frontenac Little Theatre is at it again. Since September the cast and crew have been meeting regularly at their new rehearsal hall in Tichborne. The play, Noises… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 26, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - October 26, 2006 Is amalgamation on the table in SouthFrontenac? by JeffGreen Gary Davison has placed amalgamation at the centre of his campaign to replace Bill Lake as mayor of South Frontenac. But even he says that any change… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 26, 2006 Back toHome Feature Article - October 26, 2006 VISIONSoup:News from Central Frontenac CommunityServices Some local women, including Josey Steel and Leslie Reade, are teaming up to raise funds for CFCSC in an event that should wet the community's appetite. Wilton Pottery has donated 40… READ MORE

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Night Skies - November 2006 Back toHome Night Skies - November 2006 TheNightSkies of November, 2006:Leonid Meteor Shower by Leo Enright In the month of November, weather permitting, we have more, and longer, chances to observe the autumn skies without having to “stay up too late”, as we did during… READ MORE