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Addington Highlands Council - Mar 18/13

Landclaim Meeting - The Township of South Algonquin is inviting members of other municipal councils and members of Parliament within the Algonquin Land Claim area to a public meeting in Madawaska on April 6. The meeting is being held to give other municipalities an opportunity…

Attention Private Woodlot Owners In Frontenac County

The Eastern Ontario Model Forest (EOMF) is pleased to announce a new project, supported by the Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation (FCFDC), entitled “Growing Forest Certification in Frontenac County and Beyond”. The focus of this project is to expand the EOMF’s…

“St. Mark Passion” Community Concert To Mark Good Friday In Sydenham

A special performance of the Saint Mark Passion by a community choir consisting of members of the Trinity United Choir in Verona, St. Paul's United in Harrowsmith, plus singers from the community and Kingston, will be performed at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Sydenham on Good…

Lanark County Municipal Drug Strategy

A couple of years ago members of Lanark County Council decided that in light of a number of high profile incidents in the local community and in the high schools, the County needed to take on more of a role in combating alcohol and drug problems in their communities. Since the…

North Frontenac Council - March 21/13

Ompah fire hall savings to be diverted? It was a proposal that did not sit too well with some of the Ompah residents attending Monday’s meeting of North Frontenac Council. Noting that the township has $250,000 put aside for a solution to the Ompah fire hall situation, and…

Researcher Seeks Input From Women Of Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington

Dawn Dietrich is a doctoral student at Guelph University who has spent the last six months in Addington Highlands working on a social and environmental history of the region. She has been looking in depth at the history and current state of logging on Crown land, and much of her…

The Sweet Water

This time of year when I walk through the woods I am always looking for maple trees. I know most of the maples around our property by now, and certainly the sweet trees from years gone by - the ones that run when others don't; the ones that are 3/4 full when others are just…

Letters: Mar 21/13

Central Frontenac Amnesty Loads Isn't it nice to know, as a property owning tax payer, that Public Works management no longer feels the need to provide a public service. Remember us Mr. Labbett. We are the people that have to travel over pee poor roads, 20, 40, 60 kilometres,…

Coywolves: Super Coyotes

By Lorraine Julien Have you seen the recent CBC Nature of Things documentary on coywolves, a hybrid breed of wolf and coyote? Needless to say, it was extremely interesting. The term coywolf is the unofficial name for a breed of Eastern coyote that has bred with wolves. The…

How To Choose Tomatoes From The Seed Catalogue

by Ankaret Dean, Lanark Master Gardeners Tomatoes, we are told, are the most favourite vegetable grown by gardeners in North America. This is partly because our climate is ideally suited for their growth, lots of warm sunshine and a long frost-free growing period. Because of…