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Liberal candidate Bill MacDonald opens campaign headquarters in Perth

Bill MacDonald, Liberal candidate for the provincial riding of Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington, celebrated the opening of his campaign office at 88 Gore Street East in downtown Perth on May 12. Numerous members from both the provincial and federal Liberal associations as…

Bon Echo Art Gallery

From May 17 to July 3 the Colin Edwards Memorial Art Gallery, located in Greystones Gift and Book Shop at Bon Echo park, will display and offer for the sale the work of two returning artists, Cloyne resident Carla Miedema and Chris Perry from Amherstview. Until June 19 the gift…

Living Well with Chronic Disease

Land O’Lakes Community Services, in conjunction with Kingston Community Health Centre and Stanford University, is holding educational workshops in Northbrook on "Living Well With Chronic Disease". This free, six-week workshop will help participants gain information and skills to…

Central Frontenac Council

5th Lake/Wagarville Road project underway A large road project linking Central Frontenac and Stone Mills Township will be getting underway in the coming weeks. Cruickshank Construction has been awarded a tender at a cost of $1.83 million. This portion of the multi-year project…

Local campaign slowly getting underway; and what is Hudak up to?

While local election campaigns have been slow to ramp up, Kathleen Wynne and Tim Hudak have already set up a polarizing debate that each hopes will lead to their own success. Wynne went first. She put out a left-leaning budget, fully expecting to campaign on it, and then began…

County wins GIS award

North Frontenac also unveils new mapping services Kevin Farrel, the Global Informations Systems (GIS) specialist for Frontenac County, attended the annual Urban and Regional Information Systems Association-Ontario (URISA) meeting that was held in Guelph in late April. It was…

Frontenac corridor plan a first step in a county roads network

A couple of years ago, the public works managers (PWM) from all four Frontenac townships came together to discuss common issues, and they found a lot to talk about. They decided that since they faced the same issues regarding road and bridge maintenance and waste management,…

Melodia Monday benefit concert

A capella choir, Melodia Monday, will perform a benefit concert on Sunday May 25, 3 p.m. at the Grace Centre in Sydenham. The concert will feature a wide variety of exciting spirituals and wonderful harmonies. Cost is $15 per person. Tickets are available at the Rural VISIONS…

Frontenac County Council parks $3.5 million

One of the concrete accomplishments of the four years of controversy that has been Frontenac County Council, has been finding $3.5 million that had been sitting dormant in various reserve funds that the county set up over its 15- year history. Last week, Council met as a…

Land O' Lakes Community Services - a gem in our community

by Sonja Alcock Being inquisitive often gets me into places I would otherwise never have gone into before. Like a cat, I like things that sparkle - like gems. And I found one in our community. In the winter of 2005 I asked a friend what she does with her time, and she gave me a…