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Master Metal Artist Sets Up Shop In Godfrey

Stefan Duerst is living the dream. The artist, who hails from Munich, Germany, moved to the Godfrey area in the winter of 2011 and a relatively new sign on Road 38 at Godfrey is fast spreading the word that there is a talented new metal sculptor in town. Duerst studied his art…

New Addition Underway At Sydenham High School

Construction has begun on a new addition to Sydenham High School, a project that has been in the works for a number of years. The 14,000 square foot addition, which was designed by H.M. Sardinha Architect Inc. and is being built by David J. Cupido Construction Ltd., will be…

Birds Of Chicago & Oh Susanna Perform At The Crossing

The atmosphere may have been less raucous last Saturday night at the Crossing Pub in Sharbot Lake than it was during the Heritage Festival when Sherman Downey rocked the house. But another sold out house enjoyed an evening of new sounds from Birds of Chicago, a collaboration…

North Frontenac Council: March 7/13

North Frontenac to move towards smaller Council Faced with long-term financial challenges, which were highlighted in a recent Services Review by the auditing firm KPMG, North Frontenac Council is looking inward first. At a meeting last Thursday, Feb. 28, Council took the first…

Riding Redistribution – New Proposal Follows County Lines

Back in the fall of 2012, a proposal by the electoral commission of Canada called for significant changes to the federal and provincial ridings in Frontenac, Lanark, and Lennox and Addington County. In this region the commission focussed on an east-west axis even though the…

South Frontenac Council - Mar 5/13

Cemetery Contracts Awarded Council awarded the contracts for sales and administration ($10,200/yr) and grave excavation and maintenance ($22,100/yr estimated, based on a three-year average of demand,) to the firm of D.G. Young Concrete Burial Vaults. Only five of the nine…

Letters: Mar 7/13

Re: Algonquin Landclaim Re: "MNR Meets with Crotch Lake Park Neighbours" (Feb. 28, 2013). I served on the Committee of External Advisors and the preceding Citizens Committee for 21 years. We were always cautioned by negotiators that anything they shared with us was confidential…

MILLS, Emerson Hutson

At his home in Harlowe on Sunday March 3, 2013. Emerson Mills in his 68thyear. Son of the late Hutson & Louise (Black) Mills. Father of Dan, R.R.#2 Stirling and Susan Mills, Oshawa. Grandfather of Samantha Mills, Kingston. Brother of Alvin (Yvonne), Newcastle; Naida (Bill)…

Relay For Life 2013 Kick Off In Parham

Of the close to 60 guests who attended the official Kick Off for the North and Central Frontenac 2013 Relay For Life on March 2, none seemed more excited than Lesley Merrigan. Merrigan, who is chairing the event for her second consecutive year, was thrilled with the turn out.…

Jeremy Saunders Wins Humanitarian Award Aiding Local Food Banks

It is thanks to the efforts of Frontenac Auxiliary OPP Constable Jeremy Saunders that many residents in South and Central Frontenac have become regular supporters of the local food banks. Saunders began the Frontenac OPP “Stuff the Cruiser” food drives in South Frontenac in…