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Pine Meadow Redevelopment Gets Final Nod

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 Meadow most needed was an…

North Frontenac Council Sept 23/13

North Frontenac to request community paramedicine As part of a push to make more use of the skills of paramedics while they are between calls, North Frontenac Council is making a formal request to include community paramedicine as an added service at the new Robertsville base,…

New LFK Riding Expected To Replace LFL&A

Scott Reid, who is likely to be the only person to ever serve as MP for the Lanark Frontenac Lennox and Addington riding, appeared before Frontenac County Council last week with an update on the riding redistribution process and its impact in the region. “I had expected the…

Central Frontenac Council - Sep 24/13

Although the township is loathe to take on the maintenance or ownership of any private lanes for fear that it will open the floodgates for similar requests from every private lane owner in the township, staff and council have looked favourably on a portion of Fanning Lane, which…

Cost For Robertsville Ambulance Base Balloons To $670,000

Frontenac County Council agreed last week to proceed with a contract for the construction of an ambulance base in North Frontenac Township. The contract was awarded to Argue Construction for $503,650. However additional costs, including professional costs of $81,363 and an item…

A Zucchini Too Far … Not!

Let’s start with an old country gardener’s joke. An urban hipster (we used to call them City Slickers but times have changed) is visiting his country cousin. “Do you ever lock the door on your pickup?” the hipster asks. “Only during Zucchini season” answers the country cousin.…

Gutowski To Step Down As Warden At The End Of The Year

In the heat of debate on a motion that was directed at her, Frontenac County Warden Janet Gutowski announced that she will step down as warden at the end of this year. She said that she will be doing so “mostly because being the warden of a county is a large responsibility. To…

Flavours Of Fall Cooking Workshop

On Sept. 24, Central Frontenac's own celebrity chef extraordinaire, Andrea Dickinson, gave the last of a three-workshop series on cooking with local food. The free workshops, which were all held at Oso Hall, were sponsored by the Sharbot Lake Farmers Market and funded by the…

Crashing Guitars At Centre Stage Season Opener

Tom Revell, of Little Betty and Bauder Road infamy, has a penchant for playing heavy rock and blues, guitar-based music. When he teamed up last week with the Centre Stage band, which has just added Denis Larocque, a second electric guitarist along with stalwart Terry Reynolds,…

Frontenac Old Time Music Championships Move To Verona

The 6th Annual Frontenac Old Time Music Championships took place in a new venue last weekend, Sept. 21 & 22, the Verona Lions Hall. In their first year, the championships were held at the Piccadilly Hall, which proved to be too small. They then found a home at the Bedford Hall.…