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“Flat Gary” unveiled at Railway Heritage Park

Photo: Gary Cooke with his “flat Gary" counterpart, a life sized cut out of him as conductor of the Railway Heritage Park's caboose. Appearing a bit flatter than usual was Gary Cooke, the visionary and instigator behind the Sharbot Lake Railway Heritage Park. Cooke, a retired…

Eh?! Concert & Workshop Oct 19 & 20 at MERA

Photo: Emilyn Stam, Anne Lederman and James Stephens form the trio Eh?!, who will perform at MERA in McDonalds Corners. Two master Canadian fiddlers/multi-instrumentalists with eclectic tastes team up with a brilliant young musician (piano/5-string violinFour and five-string…

Natural Heritage Study public meetings

Photo: Alex Zeller, Michael Enright, Rory Baksh and Peter Young present County's Natural Heritage Study at a public meeting in Sydenham on Oct. 4. Frontenac County presented their newly minted Natural Heritage Study at two public meetings last week. The study’s aim is to…

Farmers market regulars invited to “Come in Out of the Cold”

Photo: regular market vendors celebrate the last and final day of the Sharbot Lake Farmers Market at the beach on October 6, l-r Craig Pittman, Peggy Green, Tom Waller, Janet Ducharme, Kathy Martin and Mary de Bassecourt Vendors at the Sharbot Lake Farmers Market wrapped up…

Central Frontenac Council - Oct 9/12

by Julie Druker and Jeff Green Council commits to consider the purchase of Hinchinbrooke PS, maybe Central Frontenac Council heard from Sue Leslie and Bob Teal, a delegation from a group called the Central Recreation Center Committee about plans for the soon to be vacated…

Conditional building permit issued for new Sharbot Lake School

Central Frontenac Chief Building Official Jeremy Neven confirmed last week that the township has issued a building permit for the new school at the Sharbot Lake High School site. The township has not received a septic permit for the project from the Ontario Ministry of the…

North Frontenac Council - Oct 9/12

Fire hall task force gets its marching orders North Frontenac Mayor Bud Clayton saved some time by directly appointing Councilor Gerry Martin to chair a task force to come up with a design and costing for a solution to the Ompah fire hall conundrum. Martin will come up with a…

Frontenac County a loser if stewardship council fades away

Editorial by Jeff Green It was several years ago now that Brett Colman, who was then working as a stewardship coordinator with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, appeared before North Frontenac Council. He was there on a recruitment drive. Colman had just transferred to…

South Frontenac Council - Oct 9/12

David Townsend, Director of Southern Frontenac Community Services, presented Council with an annual report on the agency. He described the upgrading of the current facilities at Grace Centre (formerly Grace United Church), and outlined plans for future expansion that would see a…

What's Up in the Night Sky - October

By Fred Barrett The Mars rover Curiosity is living up to its name and discovering fascinating info on the red planet – stream beds and maybe life millions of years ago! Watch for the latest NASA updates and keep track of what is being discovered on a daily basis. Another…