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Back to Home Letters - April 19, 2012 Letters: Apr 19 Re: Kudos to Mike Richardson, Public Works Manager, Tim Trickey Reverse Democracy, Robert Taylor Re: Diminished Role For MNR, Gray Merriam Scott Reid's spending, Ralph Sutherland Seniors' Exercise Classes, Pamela GirouxRe:…
Back to HomeFeature Article - April 19, 2012 30 Hour Famine 30 years at SLHSby Julie Druker Photo: Over 60 students took part in the 30 Hour Famine at Sharbot Lake HS and together raised over $3100 for World Vision Sharbot Lake High School has been participating in the 30 Hour…
Back to HomeFeature Article - April 19, 2012 Slate Falls fireby Christi Schroeder-Laundrie On Thursday afternoon of April 5, local residents noticed a small grass fire along Slate Falls Road in the Addington Highlands. Unable to contain it, they called the fire department as the…
Back to HomeFeature Article - April 19, 2012 Taking a walk on the wild sideby Julie Druker Photo: On April 13 a group of 20 wildlife enthusiasts walked 15 km from Mountain Grove to Sharbot Lake in support of the Canadian Wildlife Federation's Walk for Wildlife. On April 13, a…
Back to HomeFeature Article - April 19, 2012 Managed Forests Program offers tax cuts/management tips to Land ownersby Julie Druker Photo: hands on learning at an MFTIP workshop for forest owners with David Smallwood (in green vest), planner with the MFTIP Judging by the over 30…
by Susan Irwin, Lawyer/Executive Director When filing your income tax return for 2011 you may have an unpleasant surprise if you are a low income person expecting a lump sum tax refund. In previous years, eligible taxpayers could count on a lump-sum refund from three provincial…
Ompah’s Helen Forsey has published two very different books in the last few months. One is a 400-page chronicle of the career and the ideas of her father, the academic activist, senator and constitutional expert Eugene Forsey. It is a book she has been researching, composing and…
Next Steps for Sydenham Subdivision In November 2010, council approved draft plan conditions for the Valleyview Estates subdivision in Sydenham (south off Rutledge road.) Since this approval the developer, Rob Morgan, has been working toward meeting the required conditions for…
Frontenac County holds the line with 2012 budget Frontenac County Council completed their 2012 budget last week, on April 4. A last-minute decision to take $200,000 from the county’s working capital reserve funds mitigated against a proposed $82,700 increase in the amount that…
Good bye pot holes, hello blue bins! In his activity report Public Works Manager Mike Richardson reported that all of the gravel roads in the township have now been graded. He also said that the purchase of an asphalt hot box last year improved the road crew's ability to patch…
