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Students and staff at NAEC rose to a challenge this past week. The school learned in September that the shelves were nearly empty at the food bank. The Grade 10 Careers and Civics classes responded by organizing and promoting an elementary and...
As usual, the phone keeps ringing; truck and car sales to customers from across the province continue to happen; and questions about repairs and parts keep being handled. The only difference is that years and years of files are being moved, and...
Back after a one-year hiatus, the Flinton Relay For Life, which took place at the Flinton Rec Centre on June 7 and 8, proved that a blast of cold, wet weather could not dampen the spirits of the many dedicated organizers and participants who took...
Letter from Weslemkoon Association re land claim Council received for information a letter from the Weslemkoon Association, which asserts that the Canada and Ontario negotiating teams have failed to consult with non-Algonquin residents regarding the...
County Transportation Master Plan The County of Lennox and Addington will be holding a Public Information Centre on their Transportation Master Plan. The purpose of the meeting is to present and gain public input on the master plan and...
NAEC grad Misty Meeks has been chosen for Marketing Magazine’s prestigious 30 under Thirty list for 2013. Every year the national magazine names “the 30 smartest young thinkers in marketing today” When Meeks graduated from North Addington...
Twelve years ago, Ernest Lapchinski, a member of the Pine Meadow Nursing Home management committee, asked Kim Harvey, who was then the administrator of the home, what kind of project would be beneficial to the home. Kim Harvey said that what Pine...
Conflict of Interest - At the beginning of the meeting, Councilor Adam Snider said that he should have declared a pecuniary interest on an invoice in the accounts at the previous council meeting. Donation Request - Council agreed to a request...
Sometimes it is only through the fresh eyes, open hearts and keen minds of younger folk that any kind of sense at all can be made of decades-old global conflicts that have consumed thousands of lives, negatively affected ordinary people over many...
In a special service held on September 15, members of the Land O' Lakes Emmanuel United Church remembered and celebrated the many decades they shared together at the Cloyne United Church. The church represents the last of the four properties to be...
The Conservationists of Frontenac Addington (COFA) renewed one of their time-honoured traditions at Deer Rock Lake last week. Five children between the ages of 9 and 12, who might otherwise not have an opportunity to fish, were taken out by COFA...
On Sat. Aug. 17, the 640 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps held a pre-registration/information session at the Northbrook Foodland parking lot. The army cadet program in Addington Highlands and North Frontenac was established in 1998. It was successful...
The Conservationists of Frontenac Addington (COFA) renewed one of their time-honoured traditions at Deer Rock Lake last week. Five children between the ages of 9 and 12, who might otherwise not have an opportunity to fish, were taken out by COFA...
On Sat. Aug. 17, the 640 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps held a pre-registration/information session at the Northbrook Foodland parking lot. The army cadet program in Addington Highlands and North Frontenac was established in 1998. It was successful...
Meanwhile in Flinton it was the lovers of bluegrass who packed the ball field at the Flinton Recreation Centre for another installment of the ever popular Flinton Country Bluegrass Jamboree. Over 300 trailers were parked on site to take in this...
The Relay for Life events are held each year in the month of June. Although they were originally held in urban centres, they have migrated to rural locations, and normally that means from about 8:30 until 10:30 many of the participants find...
Back in late January this year, Bob Taylor of Northbrook was surprised to receive a telephone call from a gentleman in England, Neil Trotter, stating that they were planning a memorial in honour of the crew of the Lancaster Bomber, who were killed...
Addington Highlands resident Paul Isaacs brought a proposal to council that the township hire him for a nominal fee of $1 to investigate the costs to the municipality of monitoring ground and surface water at its waste sites. Isaacs pointed out to...
The Relay for Life fundraising event returns to Flinton after a one-year absence, and in spite of forecasts of rain, organizers are hoping the event lives up to the standard that was set in previous years. Twenty-one teams will share in the 2013...
Addington Highlands Council had to move from their normal meeting room into a room that is usually used for bingo in order to accommodate a number of Flinton residents who were concerned about a proposal to sell off part of a road allowance that...
Fred Schueler knows a thing or two about mussels in Eastern Ontario and he is hoping to learn a lot more, specifically about those in and around the Salmon River. For that reason he is enlisting the help of area residents for his 2013 Salmon River...
On April 27 a small but capacity crowd filled the main hall at Wintergreen Studios, first dining and then listening to a reading by award-winning Canadian author Lawrence Hill. The reading wrapped up a three-day writers' workshop Hill led at...
The temperature outside is finally warming and that means that it is time to think about summer. Swimming lessons will be happening again this summer at Bon Echo. For over 40 years youth have learned how to swim and how to be safe around water...
Local budget up by 3% in Addington Highlands With little muss or fuss, Addington Highlands Council approved their 2013 budget at a council meeting in Flinton on Monday afternoon. With no members of the public in attendance, council passed a motion...
When is a well not a well? When the water is not potable water intended for human consumption, is it a well? This question was debated at the Addington Highlands Council meeting in a discussion of a well that serves the washrooms at the Flinton...
Next Wednesday, April 17, the kick-off event for the 2013 Flinton Relay for Life will take place at the Flinton Recreation Centre. The Relay for Life Committee and other local organizers of the event will all be on hand to talk about plans for this...
Long wait for a bathroom break: Paul Orser, who purchased the former United Church in Flinton and has been seeking leave to put in a septic system for nine months, will have to wait a few months longer. Orser intends to purchase part of a road...
The Township of Addington Highlands is requesting public nominations for the Ontario Senior of the Year Award. This award gives each municipality in Ontario the opportunity to honour one outstanding local Ontarian who after the age of 65 has...
Dawn Dietrich is a doctoral student at Guelph University who has spent the last six months in Addington Highlands working on a social and environmental history of the region. She has been looking in depth at the history and current state of logging...
Landclaim Meeting - The Township of South Algonquin is inviting members of other municipal councils and members of Parliament within the Algonquin Land Claim area to a public meeting in Madawaska on April 6. The meeting is being held to give other...
Pine Meadow receives another three-year accreditation award from CARF International. CARF ( Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) International is a private, non-profit organization that was founded in 1966. Its mission is to...
Five years ago Robert McLeman, a geographer from the University of Ottawa, presented the results of a small research project on the potential effects of climate change on Addington Highlands and North Frontenac Township. His research project did not...
Jory Bolton is an NAEC graduate from Flinton who is just finishing up a Bachelor of Arts at Trent University in International Development Studies and Spanish. Before heading off to teach in Spain next year she will be participating in a trip to...
It is not often that local students are presented with an opportunity to work alongside an astronaut - and even less often with an astronaut who happens to be on a special mission orbiting the earth in the International Space Station. But that is...
Cloyne and District Historical Society members and guests were treated to an uncommon slice of history at this month’s regular meeting. Musical history, that is. Joe Grant of Denbigh, who has dedicated much of his musical talents to both the...
Northbrook fire hall to go to design phase: At Tuesday night’s council meeting in Denbigh, Fire Chief Casey Cuddy presented the plans for a new fire hall in Northbrook, and several questions were raised. Councilor Helen Yanch asked if the plans...
Even as a cold snap was setting in at the Flinton Recreation Centre on Monday, Jan. 21, all thoughts were focused on a steamy June night as the committee organizing the return of the Flinton Relay held their first meeting of the year. The committee...
At their first meeting of 2013, Addington Highlands Council consider at least two items that could have a significant impact on this year's budget. Fire Chief Casey Cuddy presented the preliminary architectural plans for a new fire hall in...
Caring For Your Land: Denbigh Landowners’ Workshop
Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust Conservancy (MMLTC) invites local landowners and all nature lovers to a Landowners’ Workshop taking place in Denbigh on Tuesday evening, January 22. The catalyst for the workshop was the recent acquisition of the...
Fire hall plans to be fine tuned before seeking bids A proposed municipal complex on Hwy. 41 just south of Northbrook, which was originally slated to include a fire hall and municipal offices, has been scaled back. A draft plan for a fire hall only...
Fire hall plans to be fine tuned before seeking bids A proposed municipal complex on Hwy. 41 just south of Northbrook, which was originally slated to include a fire hall and municipal offices, has been scaled back. A draft plan for a fire hall only...
Jason Ronfeld got his start as a firefighter with the Kaladar/Barrie Fire Department, where he was a young recruit in the late 1990s, but even before that time he thought about becoming a professional firefighter. “Fire fighting has always been a...
Photo: Brittany and Landon enjoy activity time on the mat. On November 9 and 20, Mrs. Dunphy’s Grade 12 Issues in Human Growth and Development class at North Addington Education Centre in Cloyne planned and hosted playgroup sessions as part of...
Under a bright sky and a brisk, chilly wind parade goers lined Highway 41 in Northbrook for the annual Santa Claus parade on November 24. Sponsored by the Land O'Lakes Lions and the Kaladar Community Club, the parade began with a spritely and...
Jason Ronfeld got his start as a firefighter with the Kaladar/Barrie Fire Department, where he was a young recruit in the late 1990s, but even before that time he thought about becoming a professional firefighter. “Fire fighting has always been a...
Under a bright sky and a brisk, chilly wind parade goers lined Highway 41 in Northbrook for the annual Santa Claus parade on November 24. Sponsored by the Land O'Lakes Lions and the Kaladar Community Club, the parade began with a spritely and...
Unmaintained Road Request “My pick and shovel are wearing out,” said Erroll Ruth of Mallory Lake as he presented a petition to council asking for help with fixing some culverts on Addington Road 5, which is an un-maintained township road. Mr....
Photo: back row l-r,Councilor Tony Fritch with library board members Carol Lessard, Ann Ball, Carolyn Hasler and Mary McKinnon, front row l-r, MPP Randy Hillier, Reeve Henry Hogg, OTF district chair Nina Jenkins, Councilor Helen Yanch and...
Photo: l-r Dennis Black, Bob and Kale Yearwood, LOLSC president Fred Lafferton, COFA president Ron Pethick and winner Tammy Dobbs at the Bishop Lake Outdoor Centre in Cloyne Hunters in the north country had much to celebrate on the final day of the...
By Photo: Paratroopers from Mike Company visit Mrs. Cuddy's class to answer questions." Friday, November 9 saw a set of welcome guests at North Addington Education Centre (NAEC). Students, staff and community members gathered for the Remembrance...
