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Photo: North Frontenac Telephone, serving the 279 and 375 exchanges in Sharbot Lake. There are about 20 small phone companies still operating in Ontario, including North Frontenac Telephone Company, which serves the 279 and 375 phone exchanges (Sharbot Lake and…
CEO and Mayor Ignore Usual Process: Contractor Quits Councillor Ron Vandewal, Chair of the Loughborough Cemetery Board, told Council that he thought the appropriate procedure had not been followed when CAO Wayne Orr and Mayor Davison met directly with the cemetery caretaker,…
Editorial by Jeff Green Everybody is up in arms. Well not everybody, but some people - and those people are really up in arms - about the new clear bag garbage system in Central Frontenac. People have said a lot about the clear bags: they are unworkable; they are an invasion of…
Photo: Amateur astronomers in Maberly, Fred Barrett, Bob Hillier and Tom Ray offer passers-by an up close look at the 2012 Transit of Venus. Given that two local amateur astronomers have set up their own personal observatories in Maberly, it was not surprising to find three of…
In 1880, shortly after the railroad was built, the first church was constructed in the village of Sharbot Lake by the Presbyterians on the site of the present day Mason Lodge. Apparently there was never an ordained resident Presbyterian minister at Sharbot Lake, but students…
Photo: Members of Grandmothers-by-the-Lake, the South and Central Frontenac chapter of the Stephen Lewis Foundation's Grandmothers to Grandmother Campaign at their annual plant and bake sale in Harrowsmith on June 2. Members of the four-year-old Grandmothers-by-the-Lake group,…
by Steve Blight Photo: Gray Treefrog, gray colouration on a mossy background by Lorraine Julien Sooner or later, most people that spend time in eastern Ontario forests meet up with a Gray Treefrog. This remarkable little frog shows up in some odd places – stuck to windows at…
By Fred Barrett Don’t you dare miss the Venus transit! It’s an event that won’t happen again for 115 years. It will occur between 6 p.m. and sunset on June 5. Please protect your eyes. Use #14 welder’s glasses or solar filters that can be bought at local optical shops or Focus…
Photo: Penny Cota ringing the bell at the cancer centre, to mark the end of her treatment. This year the Central Frontenac Relay for Life will have an extra meaning for Penny Cota. She has participated in the relay each time it has been held in Parham, helping out with the…
Photo: Long time SLCC member and competitive paddler Cia Myles-Gonzalez with new young paddlers Preston, Hudson, Colby and Courtney at the the SLCC on May 26 Judging by the turnout at their May 26 open house and registration, the Sydenham Lake Canoe Club (SLCC) is attracting new…
