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Three Local Sisters Complete Their 5th Annual “Swim Of Hope”

Becki, Theresa and Katie, the three Procter sisters who hail from Sharbot Lake, got a special surprise as they walked to the shore of Oso beach after successfully completing their fifth annual three kilometre Swim of Hope on July 27. Following the close to two-hour swim, the…

Habitat For Humanity Groundbreaking In Tichborne

Last Friday, July 26, on one of those rare Goldilocks summer afternoons, the Strong Women Drum kicked off a short ceremony to mark the spot where in the next few months the first Habitat for Humanity House in Frontenac County will be going up. The Kingston/Frontenac chapter of…

Donaldson Takes Over As Central Frontenac CAO

He’s not exactly new to municipal governance, or to Eastern Ontario, and experience is exactly what Central Frontenac Council was looking for when searching for a new CAO this past spring. After a revolving door scenario for 6½ years, Larry Donaldson’s regional experience and…

Landscape Lovers Get An Eyeful At Bon Echo Art Show

From epic to whimsical, the 2013 Bon Echo Art Show and Sale had something for everyone - especially for those who enjoy landscape painting. The annual show, which takes place under the towering pines of Bon Echo Provincial Park, continues to draw an eclectic mix of landscape…

Good Old-Fashioned Rock And Roll At McMullen Park In Verona

Not many top notch rock and rollers can claim to have been making music back when rock and roll was born close to six decades ago. But that is the case for the band The Monarchs, whose average band member age is roughly 68.5 years. Their age is no way a detriment to the sound…

North Frontenac Council - July 29/13

There were two items on the agenda at a special meeting of North Frontenac Council on Monday night (July 29). The first was relatively non-controversial, an amendment to the township's procurement bylaw. The bylaw currently calls for bidding contractors to purchase performance…

Letters: August 1/13

To North Frontenac taxpayers It is with great frustration that I write this letter to the editor. A meeting was held this past Monday night and a motion was passed to go ahead with a green energy program that will invest your property tax money into solar panels. At our July 2…

ABRAMS, Lyle Henry

(March 9, 1936 – July 25, 2013) It is with great sadness that the family announce the peaceful passing of Lyle Abrams at Rideaucrest Home in his 78th year. Beloved husband of 23 years to Norma (Barnes) and much loved father to Jan (William) MacPhail, Pat (Frank) Player, Pam…

CLOW, James Oliver

(March 3, 1928 - July 26, 2013) With saddened hearts, we announce the passing of Jim on Friday, July 26th, 2013. Jim’s final days were spent surrounded by love offered from family and friends whose lives he had touched so deeply. Beloved husband of the late Thelma Stinson. Much…

GOODFELLOW, William Arthur

WAG-RCAF (1942-1945); 3rd Generation Funeral Director; Founder Goodfellow’s Ambulance Service. Peacefully at his home on Eagle Lake on Saturday July 20, 2013 in his 89th year. Dear Son of the Late William Lambert Goodfellow and the late Julia McCumber. Beloved husband of the…