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MP Scott Reid Speaks To Granite Ridge Students On Democracy & Marijuana

MP Scott Reid has a bit more time available these days than he normally would at this time of year because Parliament has been prorogued. In what might seem an odd coincidence to some, he is using some of that time to work on what he describes as his major political passion,…

Bidding Farewell At The Cloyne United Church

In a special service held on September 15, members of the Land O' Lakes Emmanuel United Church remembered and celebrated the many decades they shared together at the Cloyne United Church. The church represents the last of the four properties to be sold by the Land O’ Lakes…

Jory Views The “Human Side” Of The Middle East Conflict

Sometimes it is only through the fresh eyes, open hearts and keen minds of younger folk that any kind of sense at all can be made of decades-old global conflicts that have consumed thousands of lives, negatively affected ordinary people over many generations, and which have yet…

Pre-Construction Students Gussy Up Central Frontenac

Students of the Skills Link Blossoms Pre- Construction Program, an eight-week program offered through the St. Lawrence College Employment Centre in Sharbot Lake through Services Canada, have strapped on their tool belts and hard hats and have been bettering the local community…

Addington Highlands Council - Sep 16/13

County Transportation Master Plan The County of Lennox and Addington will be holding a Public Information Centre on their Transportation Master Plan. The purpose of the meeting is to present and gain public input on the master plan and consultation process; traffic data and…

“Country Quilter” At Art In The Sawmill

On Sept. 8, local quilter Judy Skeggs opened up her century-old sawmill in Verona to the art buying and viewing public in what was her first official art show. Judy has been producing high quality quilts for over 30 years. She has been sewing all her life and got into quilting…

In The Studio Of A Master Print Maker

There is nothing more inspiring than gaining access to the studio of a master artist and seeing first hand great art in the place where it is created. That was the case for those who visited studio #10 on the Inroads Studio Tour, the home and studio of Martina Field. Field is…

NAEC Grad Makes Her Digital Mark

NAEC grad Misty Meeks has been chosen for Marketing Magazine’s prestigious 30 under Thirty list for 2013. Every year the national magazine names “the 30 smartest young thinkers in marketing today” When Meeks graduated from North Addington Education Centre in 2000, there was…

South Frontenac Council - Sep 17/13

Council Slams County Official Plan In a five-page report that was received by South Frontenac Council on Tuesday night, Sept. 17, Mills praised the general layout of the County OP, which was authored by Joe Gallivan, the Manager of Sustainability Planning with Frontenac County.…

Looking Forward And Back At The Sydenham Legion

Though many Royal Canadian Legion branches across the country are finding it difficult to make ends meet due to declining memberships and lack of funds, the Sydenham Legion Branch 496 is one example of a rural Legion striving and finding success in its goal to offer Sydenham and…