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Sydenham paddlers medal at Ontario Trillium Provincial Championships

Sydenham Lake Canoe Club may be small, but its young paddlers have succeeded at putting Sydenham on Ontario’s map. The club’s five competitive U13 athletes all qualified for the Ontario Trillium Provincial Championships in at least two K1, K2, C1, and C2 events. Sydenham Lake…

Foodies tuck in at Habitat for Humanity fundraiser

One local guest, who paid the $125 ticket price for a fundraiser to assist with the funding of the first Habitat for Humanity build in Central Frontenac, said that the fundraiser dinner that took place at Seed to Sausage on August 16 offered up some of the best food she has ever…

History Of The Arden Legion

The original Royal Canadian Legion was formed in 1945 by returning veterans from World War 2 and was called the North Frontenac Legion. Between 1945 and 1983 Legion meetings were held at available homes, halls and the Kennebec Community Centre, just down the road from the…

Central Frontenac Council - Aug 13/13

Toilets at Sharbot Lake Beach need immediate attention The Sharbot Lake Farmers Market is a major user group at the Sharbot Lake Beach. Over the last three weeks the market has drawn over 1,500 people to the beach. The market also partnered with Central Frontenac township in a…

North Frontenac Council - Aug 12/13

Once again this week North Frontenac Council found itself looking with concern to Norcan Lake, in the north-east corner of the township. At their late July meeting Council heard from trailer owners at Frank's Park, who have been ordered to remove add-on rooms and move their…

Letters: August 15/13

Sydenham: from History to Mystery Occasionally I will give a brief read through one of the local “regional” newspapers to get an idea of what’s “going on” in and around the vast Frontenac area. The community reporting section gives quite a good run-down of the local events,…

Something For Everyone At Verona Cattail Festival

Organizers of the annual Verona Cattail Festival, which took place in and around Verona on August 10 and 11, do their utmost to make sure that festival goers of all ages are kept busy and entertained at the popular local festival, which continues to draw visitors from near and…

Blues Skies: Looking Back After 40 Years

In the early 1970s, what we now call urban refugees were starting to land in Frontenac and Western Lanark County. They were young, they wore their hair long, and the local community probably didn’t know what exactly to make of them. But the newcomers proved more resilient than…

“Double Diggin' It” At Elm Tree Farm

wo local farmers are jumping on the band wagon and are following the latest trend of bringing urban foodies from the big cities of Ottawa and Toronto to enjoy a unique culinary experience right in their own rural farm yards. Allaine Nordin and Tom Waller, owners of Elm Tree Farm…

Climate Change In Bon Echo Region

In a talk at the amphitheater in Bon Echo Provincial park on August 10, Dr. Robert McLeman, Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo and partner at the Environmental Research Laboratory at Ottawa University, spoke on…