ADDINGTON HIGHLANDS

The redesigned edition of Village on the Skoot, by Wilfred Laurier Lessard–republished by the Cloyne and District Historical Society (CDHS)--has sold out its first two printings, setting sales records for the Society. The book is now in its 3rd...

More than 80 participants, ranging from two years old to their mid 70s, came together at NINE North golf course in Cloyne on October 10 for the first Colour the Course Walk/Run. The event raised over $2,300 through registration fees, raffle ticket...

Kashwakamak Lake Association hit an all time high for donation to the Land O’Lakes Food Bank in Cloyne!  Every fall, the Kashwakamak Lake Association holds a Fall Dinner and Charity Auction at Fernleigh Lodge to raise money for a worthy charity....

Bridge Street Culvert One year after the major culvert under Bridge Street in Denbigh failed, forcing the closure of the street for months before one lane was opened, Addington Highlands Council has engaged Crain's Construction to put in a new...

The Township of Addington Highlands is proud to announce that Fire Chief Casey Cuddy of the Kaladar/Barrie and Denbigh Fire Departments has been named the 2026 National Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year.    Chief Cuddy has been honored for 45 years...

Reeve Tony Fritsch, who was appointed to the position in February to serve out this term of council, is not seeking re-election. Ken Hook, who was elected to council in ward two in both 2018 and 2022, and also served as Deputy Reeve from 2002-2004...

What better way to celebrate 50 years of service to our community than with a wonderful day of fun, laughter, music, food and memories? On Saturday, September 12, Land O’ Lakes Community Services Inc. celebrated its 50th anniversary with an...

St. Paul's Lutheran Church Council received request for a fee waiver for a luncheon on October 4th to mark the closing of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Denbigh. A letter from Gail Fritsch on behalf of the church, said that the church has been...

There were smiles all around at Lakelands Family Health Team, in Northbrook, on Monday morning (September 14). Dr. Adewusi, North Frontenac Mayor Gerry Lichty, and Addington Highlands Reeve Tony Fritsch signed contracts which commits each township...

The Flinton Community Garden Project is now two years old, and in its second season the 36” high raised garden boxes that have been installed are, for the most part, full of vegetables as the harvest season has arrived. “We took an empty lot and...

Join us in Northbrook on September 19 as our community comes together for a short symbolic walk to remember, to support and raise awareness for Alzheimer’s. This year’s walk will also feature a special performance by the Toronto Signals Band,...

Ken Hook Acclaimed As Reeve Of Addington Highlands As Kirby Thompson Seeks To Return as Denbigh Councillor As the deadline for nominations for October’s election approached, Kirby Thompson changed his candidacy, and just like that, Ken Hook will...

In the waning days of the current mandate, Addington Highlands is putting the pieces in place for the next council to implement. At their meeting on August 4th, Council adopted an asset management plan. The plan, which calls for the maintenance of...

There is not much food available along the 40-kilometre stretch of road on Hwy. 41 between Cloyne and Denbigh. The exception is a restaurant on the west side of the road between Bon Echo Park and Brown’s Campground, at the very north end of...

The Flinton Rec Club is inviting everyone to join them for a day of family fun as they celebrate both the Village of Flinton and the 50th Anniversary of the Flinton Rec Club at the Flinton Festival on Saturday, August 1, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to...

The Flinton Rec Club is inviting everyone to join them for a day of family fun as they celebrate both the Village of Flinton and the 50th Anniversary of the Flinton Rec Club at the Flinton Festival on Saturday, August 1, from 11am -4pm at the...

Flinton resident and amateur radio operator Denis Rule took part in the annual Amateur Radio Field Day this past weekend, setting up a temporary emergency preparedness radio station at the Flinton Recreation Centre near the garden. Field Day, held...

Tony Fritsch, who has served 12 years on Addington Highlands Council as a councillor and as deputy reeve, and since January, as reeve, is stepping away from municipal politics. In an email to the Frontenac News on Sunday, June 28, he explained his...

Council decided to receive and file a report from Deputy Clerk Patricia Gray regarding a request for funding support from the “Corridor Train Alliance”, a group advocating for the Alto project to create a stop in Kingston, and to progress along...

Clean Audit Katie Mahon, from the Kingston office of the global accounting firm KPMG, presented the financial statements and audit findings report for 2025. It was a clean audit, according to Mahon. Among her findings were that at the end of 2025,...

A year ago, I submitted an article to Frontenac News about my trip to Juno Beach. It was not an easy article to write, so many feelings roamed my mind, and I was worried to fall short of explaining what I saw and how those scenes impacted me. After...

Rebecca Clark has been picking up litter from the roadsides & ditches in our community for over 20 years. Three years ago she approached the Garden Club and the Lions to see if they were interested partnering with her to broaden the scope of this...

Four students from North Addington Education Centre represented Limestone District School Board at the Ontario Skills Competition held at the Toronto Congress Centre from May 4th - 6th, 2026.  Parker Beeg, Quinn Sproule, Clark Lemke and Jasper...

Memorial Barn Quilt for Reeve Henry Hogg Pat Dubyk, the creator of the Addington Highlands Barn Quilt Trail, appeared before Council to present the township with another “Tree of Life” themed work of art. This one, of her making, was created as...

Addington Highlands residents will see an increase in property taxes this year, mainly due to increases in costs to deliver township services. But an over 7.7% increase in the levy to ratepayers for local services, to $4.6 million, will be mitigated...

It was bit of odd timing. At a meeting of Norrth Frontenac Council last week, Frontenac County Manager for Economic came to the end of his annual update of his departments activities. He had focused on trail development, and working with the the...

Addington Highlands based business had an impressive showing at L&A Business Excellence Awards Gala last Thursday (April 16) in Napanee. Not only were there nominations, often multiple, in just about every category, when the first few awards were...

Hastings Lennox and Addington MPP Ric Bresee, joined with Lennox and Addington County Warden Nathan Townend, and Addington Highlands Reeve Tony Fritsch, for an announcement last Wednesday (March 18) The three men stood in the parking lot of the...

Movement on Social Housing Project The next phase of a Lennox and Addington County-led initiative to increase the stock of affordable housing throughout the county, involves securing land. Addington Highlands has a 3.9 acre triangular parcel on...

I remember standing facing the Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York back in 1996 and feeling tears running down my face. It was an emotional moment to see a painting that I was introduced to and asked to...

AH Definitive In Opposition To Alto Train Service At their previous meeting, Addington Highland's Council tasked Deputy Clerk Patricia Gray with drafting both a township response to the Alto request for input, and a motion about the High-Speed Rail...

A fourth season of the Land O’ Lakes Speaker’ Forum will commence on April 22nd, and spread over six months with the fourth Wednesday of the month, featuring a speaker on a wide array of topics. This is a project built jointly between the Cloyne...

The first Blades vs Badges Charity Hockey Classic at the Flinton rink, organised by Teri Woods and firefighter Nick SC, came off swimmingly last Saturday, thanks in part to the sunnier and warmer weather than we have seen this winter. “We are...

Chrystal Murray opened the Little Boutique Consignment Store last spring, with a few purposes in mind. One was to provide curated clothing, catering mostly to teen-aged and adult women, and to provide a better home for quality clothes that were...

Addington Highlands Council heard a presentation from Lindsay Nash from Quinte Conservation about an application Quinte is taking the lead on for a Growing Canada's Community Canopies Grant from the Green Municipal Fund. The grant will support...

Lions Clubs’ members often visit one another and attend meetings at clubs. There is a feeling of camaraderie, a familiarity that surpasses the boundaries of one club and reaches to all other clubs. In that respect we were recently, at our Lions...

Addington Highlands Council met on February 10, in a special meeting to choose a replacement in Denbigh Ward for Tony Fritsch, who took on the role of Reeve after Henry Hogg died in late October, 2025. There were two candidates for the position,...

In the blues of January, I write this Roar. A few months ago our Lions Club of Land O’ Lakes held a "no-money exchange" Casino Night; and everyone was in tears of laughter. So, we decided to bring laughter one more time to our community. For the...

At their last meeting on December 13, Addington Highlands Council gave the go-ahead for public works manager Brett Reavie, to try and tender for the installation of a culvert under Bridge Street, in Denbigh, before March 15. The reason for the...

Mississippi Valley Conservation on CA Amalgamation Sally McIntyrge, the General Manager of the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA), provided an overview of the changes that are coming as the result of Bill 68. Bill 68, already passed...

When Tony Fritsch was appointed Reeve in early December after the death of former Reeve Hogg in late October, his Ward 1 seat was left vacant. At their meeting on December 16, Addington Highlands Council declared the seat vacant. The Ontario...

One of the implications of the plan to close the Cloyne office of Southeast Public Health (SEPH), is that the Land of Lakes Food Bank will have to move. The food bank has been housed at the public health office, and in late November, food bank...

Lennox and Addington County Warden Nathan Townend paid a visit to Addington Highlands Council last week (December 2) on the occasion of the selection of Tony Fritsch as Reeve and Ken Hook as Deputy Reeve. He talked first about Henry Hogg. “Henry...

Josh Ashbaugh was out hunting last Saturday (December 6) on Crown Land near the Otter Creek Lakes, south of Kaladar. At about 4pm, he heard “a subtle noise” behind him. The following is his account of what happened then: “You could imagine my...

It took several weeks, and a ten-minute explanation of the selection process by Clerk-Treasurer Chrisine Reed, but only about a minute for the actual selection process to run its course. “I nominate Deputy Reeve Fritsch,” said Counciilor Ken...

Have you ever felt that no matter how many times you explained something you just fell short? I have been feeling that lately in explaining Santa’s Workshop. I keep receiving questions from the community about it. I find myself repeating same...

Addington Highlands Council made the first part of the decision about who will be the reeve of the township for the next 11 months before municipal elections take place, in late October of 2026. They decided not to hold a by-election to put the...

The Lions Club of Land O’Lakes is pleased to announce that their new hearing assistive system has been installed and is operational in the Lions Club Hall in Northbrook, Ontario. Sound from the existing sound system microphones is transmitted to...

An initiative that received a grant from the Lennox and Addington County Activation Fund, is now beginning to be seen in Addington Highlands. Pat Dubyk is an artist who specialises in Barn Quilts. Barn quilts are painted with quality weatherproofing...

On October 14, the major culvert on Bridge Street in Denbigh buckled, and Addington Highlands Road Crews and the Denbigh Fire Department worked to secure the street and close it off to traffic. The culvert must now be replaced, a process that could...