ADDINGTON HIGHLANDS

For the third straight year, there were more than 90 entries for the Conservationists of Frontenac Addington Deer Contest. This was the 19th annual event which is co-sponsored by the Bishop Lake Outdoor Centre (weigh-in hosts) and the Frontenac and...

“For 34 years, the Legion was responsible for ceremonies on Nov. 11,” Land O’Lakes Lions Past President and Zone Chair Red Emond said Sunday night in Northbrook. “This year, we’re just assisting them.” The Northbrook observances were a...

One aspect of last week’s story on the new bus service from Land O’Lakes Community Services is the role the Township played, said community bus coordinator Katie Turl. “LOLCS approached Addington Highlands and the Township approached MTO and...

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. About ten secondary students were spread out between Flinton, Northbrook, and Cloyne to collect...

On May 28, 2019 URCA Housing Corp marked the 25th anniversary of the first tenants moving into our 16 not for profit housing units. Eight families and six senior tenants moved into our row housing units. Four weeks later the last two seniors’...

Word came early on Monday that the two women who died in a car accident on Highway 7 near Innisville (between Perth and Carleton Place), were D’Thea Webster and Maureen O’Neill, who were travelling to the Ottawa area that day for their...

Word came early on Monday that the two women who died in a car accident on Highway 7 near Innisville (between Perth and Carleton Place), were D’Thea Webster and Maureen O’Neill, who were travelling to the Ottawa area that day for their...

Addington Highlands Council approved $7,250 plus HST to begin a Cultural Heritage Evaluation Report (CHER) for the Trepanier’s Bridge over the Skootamatta River on Clark Line Road. The CHER is required to determine if a Heritage Impact Assessment...

Land O’Lakes Community Services’ new Community Bus service is set to roll out Nov. 28 with a Belleville trip taking in the Quinte Mall and the Walmart Supercentre/Giant Tiger. That will be followed up Dec. 5 with a trip to Renfrew (Walmart...

Addington Highlands Council authorized upping the amount of money it will be asking the Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation to finance to $750,000 from the $696,500 it had originally planned to ask for, following a report from its chief...

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,...

The Kaladar Community Club will be shuttering the Kaladar Community Centre at the end of October. And after doing some due diligence, cleaning out some of the contents of the hall, shutting off the water and shutting down the furnace, they will be...

by Sonja Alcock Thinking back over the years of running this program I cannot help but smile at the people who are willing to keep this going after all this time.  Let me explain……. When the Free Clothes Giveaway first began, it was the brain...

Friday Oct 18th at the Lions Hall in Northbrook, is the place you’ll want to be! A group of like-minded people from several agencies and organizations have come together to support the women in our Community. The Event : “She Rocks” a wellness...

The rain Saturday morning meant that there probably weren’t as many people at the official opening of Lennox & Addington’s new Forest Trails, but it wasn’t really about the opening, it was about the future, said Warden Eric Smith. “I know...

As the world moves towards an even more wired state, readying for 5G technology that will make driverless cars a reality in some locations, “fibre is king” said Grahame Soley from Cogeco, in a presentation to Addington Highlands Council on...

The L&A Forest Trails Grand Opening Ride is on Saturday, September 28th at 10am in Flinton, Ontario The L&A Forest Trails are now open to mountain bike riders in the Lennox & Addington County Forest. On Saturday, September 28th at 10am the Grand...

An Addington Highlands resort owner who had been selected for a Lennox & Addington Tourism Activation Fund grant of $2,500 to hold a music event celebrating The Tragically Hip, is now facing a court date for holding a modified version of the event....

Rosie’s Café and General Store grand opening Rosie’s Café and General Store held its grand opening last Saturday (August 31), and the overwhelming response from the public, which included a line-up all the way to Hwy. 41 at one point,...

The North Addington Soccer Association hosted their Kick-Off event for the 2019 season on Monday, August 19th. There was a spectacular turnout with over 90 participants in attendance, ranging from ages 3 – 12. There are 105 children registered,...

Addington Highlands Council approved the plans for an addition to the Township Office/Community Hall in Flinton at its regular meeting Tuesday in Flinton. The addition, which will be located directly in front of the current main entrance, includes...

A thunderstorm may have cancelled the geocaching event and forced the barbecue indoors, but it didn’t dampen the spirits of the Lions Club of Land O’Lakes, as they gathered in their Northbrook Lions Hall Saturday to celebrate 50 years since...

The 5th annual Sail Mazinaw was held Saturday August 10.  This year's event included the Sandpiper 565 Rendezvous and drew 18 boats.  One came from Michigan, and another from Sault Ste. Marie.  Saturday was gusty with intermittent sprinkles of...

Depending on the entrance to NAEC you used for this year’s Cloyne Showcase Art & Craft Sale, you may have been greeted by a pastel (chalk-based) portrait of Keith Richards. A little further in the display, there was a similar treatment of Willie...

If you’ve ever been to the Flinton Community Jamboree, chances are you’ve seen Bill White perform. He’s played at every one, sometimes with The White Brothers Classic Country, sometimes with White Pines, his bluegrass band. For the 2019...

Lennox and Addington Ontario Provincial Police received a report of an erratic driver on Highway 7 near Kaladar on July 13, 2019 near 4 PM. A driver was located at a local business. As a result of an investigation, A Peterborough area driver has...

On 18 June, the 41 members of the Lions Club of Land O’Lakes donated $10,000.00 to Pine Meadow Nursing Home and $500.00 to the local Scouts/Guide Club during their last General Meeting and dinner of their fiscal year (July/June). PMNH has received...

On July 5, 2019 at 8:41 p.m., a member of the Central Hastings Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment was conducting radar patrol on Highway 7, west of Highway 37 when they observed an eastbound motor vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed....

Addington Highlands’s accumulated surplus was up about a half a million dollars in 2018 over 2017, auditor Adam Young of Secker, Ross & Perry LLP told Council at its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon in Flinton. The actual accumulated surplus at...

On June 25, 2019 at 3:31 p.m. the Lennox and Addington County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of an assault at Bon Echo Park off County Rd 41 in Cloyne.  Investigation revealed that a person was acting in an...

Looking for something different in the artsy-craftsy-curiosity vein? There’s a new kid in town in Northbrook for that. “We try for the unusual, even if it’s only the people,” said owner Karen Anderson at the opening of her new...

The Cloyne Pioneer Museum and Archives opened its doors for the 2019 summer season Saturday and it was an occasion, in part, to say good-bye to the one person many credit with its success. Margaret Axford, has stepped down after 10 years as curator....

The 17th annual Pine Meadow Charity Golf Tournament took place on June 22nd at Hunter's Creek Golf Course on Hwy. 506 near Cloyne. As in previous years, this year's tournament was generously sponsored by numerous businesses and community members,...

Rodger Holden, a resident of Kaladar, has been working day and night to get his showroom in Cloyne (next to Grand’s store across from the Pioneer Museum) ready for his grand opening this week. The renovated showroom is filled with free standing...

Based on preliminary cost estimates, anticipated revenues and assumed contributions, a five-unit seniors apartment building (four one-bedroom, one two-bedroom plus amenity space) would be viable, Ken Foulds of Re-Fact Consulting told North Frontenac...

Ever wonder what the Oddfellows and Rebekahs are all about? The roots of the International Order of Oddfellows go back to the medieval ages. In the days before the advent of social services guilds organised to take care of their members who fell ill...

It was a beautiful day Saturday in Northbrook for the 1st annual Alzheimer walk at Pine Meadows Nursing Home. And program manager Mallory Wionzek was only too happy to take credit for it. “I ordered this nice weather,” she said. This was the...

Addington Highlands is prepared to work with a local beef farmer but wants a little more information before deciding how to proceed, Council decided at its regular meeting Tuesday in Flinton. Area farmer Glenn Davison wrote a letter to the Township...

Lennox and Addington owns approximately 1,150 acres of managed forest lands in five locations in the Township of Addington Highlands. Certified according to the Forest Stewardship Council’s standards for sustainable forestry, the land has...

Addington Highlands Township passed its 2019 budget at its regular meeting in Flinton Tuesday afternoon and the net result is that it will be asking its ratepayers for $2,937,616.22, in taxes an increase of 5.6 per cent over 2018’s 42,781,829.30....

In health care, as in all human interactions, people hold ideas and feelings about others that may involve judgement, demonstrate stigmas and reflect bias, which is harmful for all people. And more so for those who are most vulnerable in our society...

Author of "The Hard Road Ahead: The Addington Colonization Road of Early Ontario", Linda Corupe, visited The Cloyne & District Historical Society last week.     She shared her research about Road Agent Aylesworth Bowen Perry and his supervision...

Tickets for the annual Pine Meadow Special Needs Fund raffle are now on sale at various locations. The proceeds from the raffle sales go towards monthly excursions for the residents at Pine Meadow Nursing Home in Northbrook. This year, the prizes...

Library services are primarily funded and managed by local municipalities and that buffers them from impacts resulting from provincial budget cuts. But they are not immune. As part of their 2019 budget, the Progressive Conservative government under...

A beaver dam failure washed out part of Hughes Landing Road in Addington Highlands Monday night but as of 10am Tuesday morning, the Township roads department had it back in action, said Reeve Henry Hogg. “I just talked to the roads supervisor...

Addington Highlands event organizers and businesses in tourism related sectors are invited to attend a special "Naturally L&A” Tourism Stakeholder Breakfast at Addison's Restaurant, 11893 Highway 41 in Northbrook on Thursday, April 25th at 8am...

The North Addington Soccer Association is a community initiative based in Cloyne, which provides an affordable sports opportunity for local children. The goals of the Association are to promote healthy active living and encourage teamwork, while...

For the first time, the Frontrenac region joins seven other Ontario regions to offer a Passport to Nature, a selection of free outdoor nature events for all ages. The Passport to Nature for Frontenac and Lennox & Addington counties lists more than...

The GREC gym somewhat resembled a mediaeval competition last Thursday as the Gryphons hosted teams from Holy Cross Secondary in Kingston, the North Addington Education Centre in Cloyne and Percy Centennial Public School in Warkworth for a National...

Addington Highlands Council approved a request to bend the rules on how waste is delivered to one of its waste sites at its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon in Flinton. The request came from Jenelle and Joseph Rosenblath, who are renovating the 41...