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Photo: the facilities at Sharbot Lake's Oliver Scott Park. Parents of Sharbot Lake-based teams in the Central Frontenac Softball Association are embarrassed when travelling teams come to their field because of the lack of facilities. There is no running water and no canteen. The…
By Fred Barrett What a great Venus transit! I hope you all saw the excellent article by Julie Druker on the front page of the June 7th Frontenac News. Check the Frontenac News website archives if you missed it. July and August are the glory days for observing. The Milky Way…
Photo: Front: John Gemmell, Janet Gutowski, Betty Hunter, Ruth Wark, Gordon Monroe, Morley Wark, Jack Elzinga, Karen Lindop-Beckwith, Brian Stewart, Ken Sinclair with some of the many SRSC volunteers in the background. Photograph by Doug Syme. It was a beautiful day and there…
Ever since Southern Frontenac Community Services took the plunge and began to build the former Grace United Church in Sydenham into the Grace Centre, the agencies’ staff and board have been working diligently. They have been building a home for their services, which focus on…
Representatives of Queen’s University’s biological station and the Nature Conservancy of Canada came to Council requesting closure of a section of road allowance crossing the developed portion of the former Hewlett-Packard property in Storrington Township. Presently, Queen’s is…
This week, North Frontenac Council made one large expenditure, $511,000 to Smith Construction for road paving (which was included in their 2012 budget) as well as a number of much smaller expenditures for other projects. One of those expenditures was for the Snow Road Hall,…
by Judy Wall, Lanark County master gardeners As we head into the upcoming gardening season, this is a good time to review many of the bugs in our gardens. So many of them are actually very beneficial in that they can actually help you eliminate or control the bad bugs. The…
O! for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene. All rabble and monarchs are herewith invited to behold a torchlight presentation of Shakespeare’s Henry V, at the MERA…
Photo: Students at Land O'Lakes PS learn about the beaver fur trade The Railway Heritage Park in Sharbot Lake was the setting for three days of intercultural festivities celebrating life in the area during the time of the War of 1812. The celebration, tilted "Living Our…
The era of buyer beware has largely passed when purchasing goods or services from a seller. While a healthy scepticism is always good for your own protection, strong legislation has been passed over the last few decades to regulate certain industries, and to protect the buyers…
