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Back to HomeFeature Article - March 12, 2009 Sydenham Students were “Dressed to Kill”By Julie Druker and Wilma Kenny Grade 11 student Emi Belliveau backstage showing and wearing her own "Dressed to Kill" creations. Photo: Julie Druker Shelley Brooks, an adolescent care worker at Sydenham High School, has co-ordinated the… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - March 12, 2009 A Sucessful DerbyBy Wilf Deline Savannah Parks shows off her catch of the day at the Big Gull Lake Fishing Derby, Saturday February. 28. Photo Kaitlyn BaloghA sunny but cool day on February 28 greeted anglers of all ages for the fifth… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - March 12, 2009 Water SkippingBy Jeff Green Fancy skipping of Louborough Lake. This rider eventually went into the lake. Photo Kelly Calthorpe The OPP don’t like it; township councils don’t like it; but snowmobile “water skipping” is a tradition that has endured on Loughborough Lake… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - March 12, 2009 Public welcome at LOLAG meetingsBy Julie Druker LOLAG members and guests with Sara Washbush of the Ontario Crafts Council Members of the Land O’Lakes Artisans’ Guild (LOLAG) have begun to hold regular meetings on the last Tuesday of every month at Oso… READ MORE

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Back to HomeLetters - March 12, 2009Letters: March 12Lessons of History, G BaloghCommunications Towers, Nancy MillerSydenham Safe Water Association, Don WiskinRe: Roots of Empathy, Sid AllcornRe: Driller Confirms 15 Drill Holes, Helen GomezRe: Limestone Hits Granite, Helen ForseyFly Your Flag, Hali FosterRespect Our Flag, J.P. PareRe: Driller Confirms 15 Drill… READ MORE

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Back to HomeLetters - March 5, 2009Letters: March 5Frontenac Ventures drilling at Robertsville site, Sheila KingFrontenac Ventures drilling at Robertsville site Mr. Alan Davidson, Ministry of Labour Inspector in his June 23, 2008 report, quoted the drilling contractor as saying, "drilling operations ceased on June 17, 2008 and the drilling… READ MORE

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Back to HomeOutdoors in the Land O'lakes - March 5, 2009 The Eastern White PineBy Lorraine Julien High above other trees in the forest tower the magnificent eastern white pines. The eastern white pine is native to North America growing across eastern Canada from Newfoundland to Manitoba. This is one… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - March 5, 2009 Two new names for Rural VisionsBy Jeff Green Central Frontenac Community Services, which serves the population of South Frontenac out of the Rural Visions Centre in Sydenham, will officially have a new name after their Annual General Meeting in June: Southern Frontenac… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - March 5, 2009 Limestone hits granite in PlevnaBy Jeff Green Parent’s, community members, and municipal politicians from North Frontenac came out in force to a public meeting of the Limestone District School Board’s Program and Accommodation Review Committee (PARC) on Tuesday night. The meeting took… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - March 5, 2009 Filling the gap with a new leaf linkBy Jeff Green People with developmental disabilities living in South Frontenac find that once they graduate from the School to Community class at Sydenham High School, they are left with no social supports and limited… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - March 5, 2009 South Frontenac CouncilBy Wilma Kenny Sydenham Water Report Kevin Riley of Utilities Kingston presented the 2008 annual Water Treatment Plant report to Council, and noted that it is available to the public at the Township offices, the water plant, and online at… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - March 5, 2009 Addington Highlands CouncilBy Jeff Green Monitoring of Kaladar Waste site – “Here we have our favourite topic, it seems, the Kaladar Waste site,” said Deputy Reeve Helen Yanch, sitting in for Henry Hogg to chair this week’s Council meeting (March 2). Council… READ MORE

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Back to HomeNight Skies - February Venus Gives A “Double Vision” Opportunityby Leo Enright With the coming of the month of March, as evening twilights advance, we can see the bright and now-familiar winter constellations come into view, no longer in the southern sky, but advancing into the southwestern part… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - March 5, 2009 Flyers out after a great seasonBy Julie Druker The Frontenac Flyers seemed to run out of gas during their last two playoff games against Amherstview losing 11-1 on Thursday and 10-3 on Saturday. Head coach Rob Lalonde, acknowledging that the scoring in… READ MORE

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Back to HomeLegalese - March 5, 2009 Rural Legal Services’ New Websiteby Peter Graham, Lawyer, Rural Legal ServicesWe are pleased to announce that Rural Legal Services is now online at www.rurallegalservices.org. The goal of the website is to provide information about our community legal clinic and the services we provide.… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - March 5, 2009 New eco-lodge offers nature and the lost artsBy Julie Druker Rena Upitis and one of the guest cabins Back in April 2007, Rena Upitis, artist and professor of art education at Queen’s University, was in downtown Chicago attending a conference when the… READ MORE