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Local Artist's Quilt To Travel The World

One of Beth Abbott's goals this year was to enter a work in an international juried show. Beth, a local fibre artist based out of Godfrey, entered her quilt titled "Spirit Rising", in an international juried quilt show, “Metaphors on Aging”, which was sponsored by the US-based…

The Big Three Who Shaped Bon Echo Park

Long before it officially became a provincial park in 1965, the flavor of Bon Echo Park had begun to take shape decades earlier, thanks to the influence of three distinct personalities. In a presentation titled "The Dentist, the Feminist and The Writer", local historian Margaret…

Harkening Back To The 1960s At The Center Stage Café

The Center Stage Café house band sparked off a lively second installment of the Centre Stage Café on February 21. The house band has made the Sharbot Legion a popular draw for their new music series, whose aim is to showcase local musical talent. Interspersed throughout the…

Addington Highlands Council - Feb. 19/13

Conflict of Interest - At the beginning of the meeting, Councilor Adam Snider said that he should have declared a pecuniary interest on an invoice in the accounts at the previous council meeting. Donation Request - Council agreed to a request from Land o’Lakes Community Services…

Frontenac County Council Feb 20/13

Frontenac County levy increase at 1.2%, and falling About an hour into a budget meeting last week (February 20), it was looking like Frontenac County Council would never finalise their 2013 budget. In an attempt to go line by line through the budget, Council was mired on page 11…

Granite Ridge Naming Debate Persists

As construction continues on the new school in Sharbot Lake, a protest against the name chosen for it, Granite Ridge Education Centre, is bubbling along on Facebook. It is clear, at least in the minds of the Facebook group, Granite Ridge Education Centre/This is a protest group,…

MNR Meets With Crotch Lake Park Neighbours

In an invitation-only meeting, property owners whose lands border the proposed 30,000 acre provincial park surrounding Crotch (locally pronounced as Crutch) Lake in North Frontenac were received by officials from the Ontario Ministries of Natural Resources and Aboriginal Affairs…

Local Duo And Trio Entertain Music Lovers At MERA Fundraiser

The MERA schoolhouse in McDonalds Corners was the place to be on February 10 for music lovers wanting to sample the talents of two groups, both of whom are no strangers to the local music scene. Listeners were first treated to the sounds of the sibling duo “Charlie in the…

MERA Bets On A Bassoonist...And Wins

Tom Shoebridge, who organized the Blue Jeans Classical Concert series at the MERA Schoolhouse, recalled that the idea to book a bassoonist for the final concert of the series was greeted with hesitation. “Some said that if we booked a bassoonist - no one would come...”. However…

Opportunities Can Be Homegrown Too!

Arlene and her twin sister were born at Long Lake, near Parham, in her Grandma Stinchcombe’s farm house. She immediately recognized a good place when she saw it and she’s lived in the area ever since. She went to school near Wagarville, graduated from Sharbot Lake High School,…