ADDINGTON HIGHLANDS

Legion wants canteen: Robert Wood, the vice-president of the Northbrook Legion, brought a proposal to Council that the Legion take over operation of the now unused canteen building beside the old skating rink in Northbrook. The canteen has seen...

The planter box program of the Land O’ Lakes Garden Club has had 39 boxes placed from Kaladar to Flinton and north to Denbigh for the last four years. This year the club would like to give special recognition to the wonderful job done by Bishop...

MPAC - Cecilia Buelow of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) updated council on the property assessment increases that will be phased in over the next four years. On average, residences not on waterfront will see an increase of just...

The students of North Addington Education Centre will be suiting up again on Oct. 31 and knocking on your door! They will be asking for non-perishable food items, which will be donated to the local food bank. About a dozen secondary students will be...

2100 litres of fuel stolen from AH works yard “This was not just someone taking a few jerry cans with fuel,” Addington Highlands Roads Superintendent Royce Rosenblath told members of the township's council at their meeting on Monday, Oct. 1....

Possible changes to municipal fire building plans Council reviewed possible changes to plans for a new fire hall / municipal office building in Northbrook. The changes included moving the mezzanine area to above the training room, which would open...

Photo: original oil painting by Don Wise commemorating the five United Churches of Harlowe, Flinton, Kaladar, Northbrook and Cloyne In a special third anniversary service for the Land O'Lakes Emmanuel United Church on Sept. 9 at the Cloyne United...

Three delegations came to Council looking for roadwork to be done on the roads near their homes. Derek Mendham and Jim Ferguson, Sheldrake Lake Road residents, came to talk about the condition of the Hughes Landing Road. Mr. Ruth came to talk about...

Photo: Cole Bolton getting  ready to fire one in. Cole Bolton of Flinton, along with Taylor Brown of Centerville, who both play for the Napanee Midget Express, were among 17 players selected for the National Under 19 Softball team. The team will...

Photo: Photo Barry Wilson On August 7, the Conservationists of Frontenac Addington took five kids fishing on Deerrock Lake as part of their annual "Take Kids Fishing Week".  The conservationists consider this to be one of the most important things...

Ralph Seamons, of Tanglewood Marina on the north shore of Weslemkoon Lake, appeared before Council He brought Jim Reynolds along with him. Reynolds is a seasonal resident on Weslemkoon, and a client of Ralph Seamons' garbage delivery business....

Mark Saturday August 11 on your calendars! The LOL Quilters are having a Quilt Show beginning at 10 a.m. at the Northbrook Lions Hall (on Highway 41); there will be quilts, vendors, demos, refreshments, and stuff for sale. Come to the show and check...

  Photo: l-r: NF Mayor Bud Clayton, Pine Meadow Administrator Bonnie George, Bob Taylor of AFAR and AH Reeve Henry Hogg were on hand as the Pine Meadow reconstruction project received the $4,200 cheque marking the dissolution of AFAR. With the...

Members of the Pine Meadow Management Team and the Pine Meadow Redevelopment Committee have spent the better part of 10 years pleading and coaxing government officials for approvals and funding to refurbish the long-term care home and bring up to...

Photo: Betty Walker, first president of the Denbigh Area Volunteer Ambulance Service, Beverly Snider, secretary, original mebers Bill Snider and Ruby Malcolm receiving a plaque from Blake Forsythe athe 30th anniversary celebration. Many of the...

Editorial by Jeff Green There was a time when Denbigh was a pilot project for volunteer ambulance service in Eastern Ontario and the province as a whole. The distances were as great then as they are now, and it was recognised by the Ministry of...

Policing Update Staff Sgt. Greg McClellan of the Napanee detachment and Sgt. Bernie Leblanc of the Kaladar detachment paid a visit to Addington Highlands Council on Tuesday. The visit is the first in some time from the OPP, and Staff Sgt. McClelland...

Photo: L-r: Lillian Clayton, Sharon Sproule, Pearl Olmstead and Sarah Stanton at the Sharbot Lake Pentecostal Church's recent yard sale for missions. With the help of one local church congregation, former Sydenham High School student and Tichborne...

Addington Highlands Community Centre - Denbigh: Councilor Tony Fritsch said that the gym could be used now for events that do not require tables and chairs (the center does not have any) and that queries have already been made to use it for a sports...

Addington Highlands Council opts to build fire hall first, office later Councilors did not agree about when they should build what, but at their meeting in Flinton on Monday, June 4, they still set in motion a spending plan that will impact taxes...

Photo: Courtney  Johnson with her art. On May 8, Haily Whitelock and Courtney Johnson of North Addington Education Centre attended the Grand Opening of the Lennox and Addington Hospital Art Gallery’s spring exhibition of students’ work in...

Addington Highlands brings in 2012 budget Increase of 7% in total levy to ratepayers offset by 1% in real growth It will cost Addington Highlands Township $2.15 million to carry out their local operations in 2012 - just over $220,000 or 11% more...

Dallas Arney auditioned in Peterborough on May 6 at 2 p.m. in the “Search 4 a Star” competition. Dallas sang “Jesus and Gravity” by Dolly Parton, which demonstrated her vocal range. Chosen performers are then expected to perform in a...

A beautiful 100-acre upland wilderness area has been donated to the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust Conservancy (MMLTC) by the family of Charlie Armstrong and his daughters, Charlene and Bethany. On Friday, May 4, the public is invited to visit...

On April 11, students and staff at NAEC once again put on pink as a demonstration against bullying. A larger number than last year sported pink shirts, hats and shoes. Those who didn’t own pink clothes wore Day of Pink stickers. The International...

Addington Highlands Reeve Henry Hogg and Deputy Reeve Bill Cox had a decision to make at the Lennox and Addington County Council meeting on April 11. Should they wait to hear their fellow councilors’ response to a staff report that called for...

Trenton mill closure will affect local logging industry The township received a letter from Wayne Snider and Shawn & Patricia Gray asking council to send a letter to the LFL&A MP and MPP informing them of the impact of the impending closure of the...

NAEC students were very evident at the Limestone District Skills Competition at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, on April 4. 15 students competed in a variety of competitions, and a packed bus of 48 spectators and supporters turned out to cheer...

Township will pick up garbage A messy issue that has been discussed at the Addington highlands Council several times now is about to be resolved. Garbage has been dumped on the roadway and on private property on the Old Addington Highlands Road that...

A meeting in Northbrook on Monday night, March 19, which was set up to talk about new Walleye and Bass regulations, turned into a broader discussion about the fishery and the limitations of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Ed Giffin is the...

Photo: Ruby and Gary Malcolm (seated) cut the ribbon at Denbigh's Community Food Bank opening. Members of the Denbigh Griffith Lions Club, the Lakelands Family Health Team, Addington Highlands Council and the community at large joined in...

On January 23, Pine Meadow Nursing Home celebrated a very special birthday. Elsie Snider, whose birthday was the next day, January 24, turned 100 years old! The residents were very excited to shower her with Happy Birthdays and a big card they made...

Photo: Eythel Grant with the deer, he and his daughter Shawna, had rescued moments earlier. Growing up in the Grant household, you soon found out that our father, Eythel, is an outdoors person. He loves to fish, hunt and trap. This is well known to...

Photo: Sierra's dad, Sean Baldacchin assists in her Locks for Love donation at NAEC At the NAEC's final Pride Assembly for 2011, which took place on December 16, four young students were invited by the school's vice principal Mr. John Mooney to...

Received for Information When a township council wants to reject a request for money or support, or ignore the recommendation of a consultant, government body or even a member of their own staff, they have a polite way of doing so. They simply...

Photo: Wilf Heggart shows off his completed snowflake. On November 28, students from the Grade 11/12 Art class traveled to The Glass House in Kingston to learn how to make stained glass sun-catchers.  Profits from the November 16 “Northern...

After serving as Lennox and Addington County Warden for two years, Addington Highlands Reeve Henry Hogg will be stepping down next week. “The warden’s position is a one-year appointment, and there is another member of council who has expressed...

Project manager to help kick-start AH township office/fire hall project. Members of Addington Highlands Council spent almost 30 minutes at their Dec. 5 meeting talking their way to a decision about how to get a major building project underway. Thus...

Project manager to help kick-start AH township office/fire hall project. Members of Addington Highlands Council spent almost 30 minutes at their Dec. 5 meeting talking their way to a decision about how to get a major building project underway. Thus...

For almost two years now, Land O’ Lakes Community Services (LOLCS) has operated a Child and Youth Transportation Program. A Trillium Foundation grant, as well as the combined effort of various agencies in Lennox and Addington, made the program...

For almost two years now, Land O’ Lakes Community Services (LOLCS) has operated a Child and Youth Transportation Program. A Trillium Foundation grant, as well as the combined effort of various agencies in Lennox and Addington, made the program...

Photo: Jeremy, Josiah, Chloe, Naomi, Chloe and Gracie at the Kaladar parade There’s nothing in my opinion that beats a marching band at a parade and that’s how the Kaladar parade opened on Nov. 26. The RCSCC Quinte Cadets Marching Band of...

Waste management report may be based on inaccurate numbers: A final report from Cambium Environmental on Addington Highlands’ Waste Recycling Strategy, which was presented to council two weeks earlier, was the subject of criticism at this week’s...

Hook's Rona was the winner of a major hardware association award last month, and this month it was named the small business of the year in Lennox and Addington County. In presenting Sandy and Tracy Hook with their award at a ceremony at the...

Photo: Garry Rosenblath, Jean MacLean and Mallory Wionzek On November 4 the residents at Pine Meadow Nursing Home were very excited to open up their new coffee shop, Top-Up! The residents purchased a Tassimo Coffee Maker in October and turned our...

Recycling rates average, cost through the roof in AH Addington Highlands Council received a presentation by Cambium Environmental of Peterborough concerning their recycling program. Dave Bucholtz from Cambium said that the diversion rate at...

On October 31, 11 students from North Addington Education Centre canvassed the community in their costumes; not for candy or treats, but for non-perishable food items. At least two students were stationed in each community: Flinton, Northbrook, and...

In 1965 Gwen Leroux started working in the administration office at North Addington High School. She was still there when the school was renovated and opened up as North Addington Education Centre. A couple of years later she had a child and quit...

Two years ago the Kaladar Community Club celebrated their 45th Santa Claus parade, but in 2010 there were not enough floats entering the parade for the club to carry on, and it was cancelled. Earlier this fall, one of the members of the Land O'Lakes...

Photo: Tracy and Sandi Hook of Hook's Rona Store in Northbrook Students at NAEC are working together to run an Empty Bowls Project on Nov. 16 at the Northern Highlights craft show at the school. Students from the Grade 11/12 Art classes have...