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Frontenac Farmers Market Moves Outdoors For The Season

Vendors at the Frontenac Farmers Market, which runs from 9am-1pm every Saturday until October at the Lions Hall in Verona, held their first outdoor market day of the season on May 4. The market has been running since 2005 and attracts many local vendors, including farmers,…

Mike Deans Super Food Store Opens In Sharbot

It was more of a whirlwind at the end that anything else, as crews have transformed an ageing Sharbot Lake Freshmart into a shiny Mike Deans Superstore in 23 days. On Friday morning, May 3rd, the superstore opens its doors. Shoppers will be greeted with a full produce section…

Coming Through For Drew

Over 450 supporters filled the Frontenac Community Arena on May 4 for a special fundraising event in support of Drew Cumpson and his family. Drew who became a quadriplegic after a surfing mishap in Lima, Peru and who now uses a wheelchair will soon be moving with his parents…

Jer’s Vision Visits NAEC

On April 17, Jeremy Diaz, founder of Jer’s Vision, visited NAEC to talk to the students and staff. Jeremy is the force behind the International Day of Pink, a day which NAEC has embraced with growing enthusiasm since they started observing it three years ago. Students sported…

Frontenac Outfitters Team Up With Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre

Larry and Christine Showler, owners of Frontenac Outfitters, the paddlers’ paradise located at 6674 Bedford Road, kitty corner to Frontenac Provincial Park, decided to bring something new to their 29th annual spring sale and open house, which took place from May 3-5. Not only…

Addington Highlands Council - May 9/13

Local budget up by 3% in Addington Highlands With little muss or fuss, Addington Highlands Council approved their 2013 budget at a council meeting in Flinton on Monday afternoon. With no members of the public in attendance, council passed a motion to adopt a levy of $2.27…

Barf, Booze And Bountiful F-Bombs: NFLT's “God Of Carnage”

The North Frontenac Little Theatre's "God of Carnage" is not for everyone. But for those wishing to delve beneath the surface of couple-dom, marriage and parenthood to find what dirt might be lurking there, the NFLT's production of Yasmina Reza's play was the ticket. While some…

Charities Win At Snowmobile Club Spring Breakfasts

The Snow Road Snowmobile Club is well-known for its fundraising breakfasts and other events. The funds raised are used to maintain the clubhouse, pay utilities and taxes, etc. as the club does not receive any money from the sale of snowmobile permits. However, as the snowmobile…

Frontenac County Budget Debate Ends Quietly With Recriminations

If the Frontenac County budget process were a play (it would likely be a melodrama) then the first thing that would strike the audience about the final scene, was that one of the major players was missing. Choosing instead to preside over Business over Breakfast meeting in…

Matson Insurance: Grand Opening Of New Office

Matson Insurance Brokers (MIB), now a division of Insurance Specialty Brokers (ISB) of Kingston, will be celebrating the opening of their office in Sharbot Lake on Wednesday, May 15, between 12 noon and 4 p.m. The office has, in fact, been up and running since the beginning of…