ADDINGTON HIGHLANDS

The 2022 Mazinaw Cup has been awarded to a pair of solo sailors, one from the keelboat fleet and one from the dinghy fleet.  This year's recipients are Ab Bertrand and Murray Russell. Ab hails from the Ottawa River and had trailered his Sandpiper...

Well, a lot of toes were tapping and moving at our dance on August 20th. Our DJ, Nate Whitelock, provided great music, especially as requests could be made. The lighting, laminated wrist bands and balloons just added to the fun. There were many new...

Aralyne Gomez was already planning to travel from her home in Napanee on Sunday (August 28) to visit her grandfather, Robert Lloyd, who lives on Kennebec Road, near Northbrook. But when she got a call telling her that his ATV had been stolen from...

The latest publication from the Cloyne and District Historical Society (CDHS) is a book that was put together by Marcella Neely, a long-time board member and active member of the CDHS and a current member of the communications committee It is called...

A dozen sailboats took to the water on Saturday August 20 for the 8th annual Sail Mazinaw.  The boats sailed against a horizon of broken and upended trees just 3 months after the derecho swept through Addington Highlands.  A powerboat loaded with...

Welcome to our column. Here you will be invited to know more about our club and the events that are coming up. The Lions Club of Land O’ Lakes was formed in 1969. Currently, we have 60 active members. At our Hall, which is located in Northbrook,...

On August 12, 2022, just before 11:00 a.m., officers responded to a business on County Road 41 in Northbrook for a report of a robbery that had just occurred. Officers with L&A County OPP along with OPP Aviation Services responded to the scene. The...

Addington Highlands Council is sympathetic to a proposal from the Mazinaw Powerline Snowmobile Club (MPLSC) to use Hunt Road to access their trails and passed an approval in principle to that effect at its regular meeting last week in Denbigh (which...

Dude, where’s my TV? – a Documentary Steven May is a Denbigh based researcher who has been looking at the question of how the digital transformation of television delivery has left an entire segment of the population behind. “Seven per cent of...

The Flinton Jamboree is making its triumphant return, with a stellar lineup of acts. The Jamboree runs Friday until Sunday, from 11am-11pm on Friday and Saturday, and 10am – 12pm on Sunday. Friday kicks off with an Open Mic at 11am, followed by...

In response to changes made at the provincial level, Brad McNevin, the Chief Administrator of Quinte Conservation, and Sally McIntyre, General Manager of Mississippi Valley Conservation, brought a presentation and proposed budget to the July meeting...

Fifty years have passed since the original Pioneer Club members joined to record and celebrate the rich history of their ancestors in the communities of Addington Highlands and North Frontenac. On Saturday June 24, 2022, about 60 museum supporters...

Because of the extensive damage from the May 24 Derecho, Mazinaw Lakeside Resort will not be able to run their annual summer music night in July, but the owners are hoping to be able to do so in September, and asked the township to defer the noise...

Addington Highlands Township needs about $104 million in cost spending over the next 30 years for tax-supported assets, Andrew Mirabella of Hemson Consulting told Council at its regular meeting June 7 in Flinton. Hemson was contracted to identify...

On June 9, at approximately 8:30 p.m., officers responded to a report of a traffic complaint on County Road 41 in Addington Highlands. Officers located the vehicle and spoke to the driver who was subsequently arrested. Stephen PASCOE, 51 years old,...

Hit and miss at local businesses as storm hits on the first major weekend of the season When the storm hit, Mayor Higgins and his wife Wendy happened to be out, with dozens of others, playing golf at Hunter's Creek, near Cloyne. “When I saw the...

Addington Highlands is in a “strong cash position,” Katie Mahon of KPMG told Council during the audit results portion of its regular Council meeting May 17. Other highlights included a decline in taxes received as collections have increased in...

Dr. Piotr Oglaza, the Medical Officer of Health in Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, brought some muted good news to a media briefing last week. Detection of Omicron in municipal wastewater, which Dr. Oglaza said has been providing...

Addington Highlands Council passed the Township’s 2022 budget at its regular meeting May 3 but before it did that, it took advantage of Ontario Regulation 284/09, which allows a municipality to exclude from its annual budget estimated expenses for...

In an effort to add an extra layer of protection against COVID-19, clinics are being set up across the region in the coming weeks. While the vaccination rate in KFL&A is one of the highest in the province, there is still room to grow. About 30% of...

Things are getting pretty heated in what the Limestone Disrtrict School Board calls “the north”. It all started with a friendly conversation. Katherine Reynolds from Granite Ridge Education Centre in Sharbot Lake was talking with Jamie...

Putting a halt to renovations at the hall in Denbigh wouldn’t have an impact on the 2022 levy, as the funds are all coming from grants and reserves especially for that purpose, CAO/Clerk-Treasurer Christine Reed told Council at its regular...

With case rates at historically high levels in the region, medical officer of Health, Dr. Piotr Oglaza, said late last week that the number of people requiring hospitalisation has risen, moderately, as well. “However, we have found that the...

The April 5 Addington Highlands (online) Council meeting was unique for a couple of reasons. First, Dep. Mayor Tony Fritsch and Coun. David Miles were both absent, leaving Council with the absolute minimum needed for a quorum with Reeve Henry Hogg...

When COVID-19 struck and restrictions were introduced in Ontario, Jenelle Rosenblath and her husband, Joseph, knew that they needed to act in order to save their business, Rosie’s Café & General Store. The Rosenblaths turned to the Ontario’s...

About FedDev Ontario For more than 12 years, FedDev Ontario has worked to advance and diversify the southern Ontario economy through funding opportunities and business services that support innovation and growth in Canada’s most populous region....

Addington Highlands Council held three meetings last week, the regular meeting (March 15) and two budget meetings (March 16). As the budget meetings kicked off, CAO/Clerk-Treasurer Christine Reed told Council that the 2022 draft budget contained...

Addington Highlands Council decided to get behind Mental Health Awareness Week (May 2-8) by supporting the Go Green campaign at its regular (streamed) meeting March 1. Responding to a campaign letter from Lori Snider (who lost her son to suicide),...

The Verona and District ATV Club (VDATVC) would like to use 16.5 km of trail (the old rail bed) running through Addington Highlands Township. As such, VDATVC president Marc Moeys was at the (online) Council Feb. 15 looking to arrange some sort of...

Addington Highlands insurance premium went up 19.34 per cent for 2022 over 2021 or to $109,424 from $93,328, Mike Airhart of McDougall insurance told Council at its regular (online) meeting Feb. 1. “In a round about way, it did go up a little bit...

Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to reports of a house on fire on Marble Lake Road in North Frontenac Township on January 20.   The Kaladar Barrie Fire Department attended to extinguish...

“It’s fun just sitting around talking about garbage, isn’t it?” Addington Highlands Dep. Reeve Tony Fritsch said while presenting the Waste Diversion Working Group report at the regular (online) Council meeting Jan. 18. The report contained...

The Cloyne and District Historical Society (CDHS) has created a new Flickr website devoted to our local cemeteries. The new website: https://flickr.com/photos/cdhscemeteries/ currently has over 1,100 highresolution gravestone photos. To date, photos...

In 2021, the Lions Club of Land O’Lakes received a $69,300 Resilient Communities Fund grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. These funds were used to extend and upgrade the bottle/can sorting and storage shed at the Lions Club Community Hall...

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health and Kingston, Frontenac, and Lennox & Addington Public Health have updated the information reported on their respective COVID-19 Dashboards, in response to changes in COVID-19 testing eligibility. As announced in...

The Land O’Lakes Garden Club wants to plant an Indigenous Commemorative and Healing Garden at Benny Lake Park in Cloyne near the museum and as such presented their case to Addington Highlands Council at its regular (online) meeting Dec. 7...

Corvus and Me – Solar Spark The fourth book in a series by Snow Road's Joelle Hubner-Mclean, Corvus and Me - Solar Spark, follows the adventures of Janine, who is now 12 years old.  The story starts when she falls from a tree being lured by some...

After a year of no parades, communities across the region have jumped at the chance to enjoy the Christmas Season in the safety of an outdoor setting this year. The parade in Northbrook, which is set for this Saturday (December 11) at 10am, outside...

For the past 18 years, the Pine Meadow Special Needs Committee has organized an Annual Golf Charity Event in support of Pine Meadow, which included a ticket raffle of 2-3 locally-donated items, one of which has always been a hand-made quilt by local...

Since 2019, daycare services for children in Addington Highlands and North Frontenac have been available at a centre that based our of North Addington Education Centre (NAEC) in Cloyne that is independently operated by Lennox and Addington Resources...

Addington Highlands Township received confirmation at its regular online meeting Nov. 16 from Quinte Conservation CAO Brad McNevin that water and erosion control projects are separate from QC’s 2022 preliminary budget. “The $3,947.77 would be...

The students of North Addington Education Centre suited up on October 31st in their Campbell’s Soup Costumes, to collect items for the food bank. Secondary students were spread out between Flinton and Cloyne to collect non-perishable food items,...

After a couple of minor amendments to what was presented at its previous meeting, Addington Highlands Council approved a covid-19 vaccination policy at its regular (online) meeting Nov. 2. Coun. David Miles abstained from the vote, recording the...

Instead of holding an in-person launch gala as they in the almost forgotten pre-COVID times, The Community Foundation for Kingston and Area (CFKA) announced their 2021 fall grant recipients on November 4 via a media release. The recipients of the...

With 73 active cases, a case rate of 28.6 per 100,000 population in the preceding 7 days, and a testing positivity rate of 1.68%, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington is in the throes of the highest rate of community spread it has seen throughout...

The students of North Addington Education Centre will be suiting up in their Campbell’s Soup costumes on October 31st and knocking on your door! They will be asking for non-perishable food items which will be donated to the local food bank, which...

Although he never really left, Dr. Piotr Iglaza has returned to Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLAPH) in a new role. Dr. Oglaza was living in Kingston when he was working in family practice at the Sharbot Lake Family Health...

Addington Highlands Council approved a new covid-19 vaccination policy in principle at its regular (online) meeting Oct. 20 but that approval wasn’t unanimous. The draft policy will now be circulated to staff and the unions for their input and...

As the last of Mazinaw Lake's sailboats were coming out of the water, The Mazinaw Cup was presented to the 2021 winners.  This year, the recipients are Rodger Cooper and Rod Brandon. Rodger was chosen for his continued support of Sail Mazinaw.  He...

Despite covid restrictions postponing an earlier attempt and various bouts of rain Saturday, the Hunter’s Creek Fall Fling Disc Golf began what the course owners hope will be the harbinger of things to come. “We will have an inaugural tournament...

When Darrell and Wendy Thompson decided to convert the old family furniture store in Northbrook last Sept. 18, like all new business owners, they were optimistic but also a little unsure of how things would go. “First year during covid,” Wendy...