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Addington Highlands Council - Sep. 4/11

AH Council to tackle tricky roads issue, later – Periodically, requests come into Addington Highlands Council to provide some sort of maintenance, ranging from minimal grading to major repairs, on roads that are owned but no longer maintained by the township. There is usually…

Vision Awards 2011

It was a record year for nominees at this year’s fourth Annual Land o’ Lakes Vision Awards, which recognize leadership, innovation and the entrepreneurial vision of businesses in nine area townships and municipalities. Over 140 members of the Land O'Lakes Tourist Association…

Editorial: Using Hillier to beat up on us

Editorial by Jeff Green Reading through the coverage of the provincial election that will end its dreary run today, one of the sideshows has been a number of articles in both the Ottawa Citizen and the Globe and Mail about LFL&A incumbent Randy Hillier. The Globe and Mail even…

What’s Up in the Night Sky – October 2011

By Fred Barrett This month pull out your binoculars and search the area shared by Cepheus and Cassiopeia. Throughout October they can be found by looking straight up at the zenith of the sky. Now shift your gaze 20 degrees (a fist width) to the northeast. Cepheus looks like a…

Why leaves change colour

by Steve Blight Living in the Land O’ Lakes, we are lucky to be in one of those parts of the world where nature has one last fling before settling down into winter's sleep. A great Canadian tradition is to get out in the sunny fall weather and enjoy the breathtaking beauty of…

Students Hit the Polls at Prince Charles

Photo: Courtesy Janet Revell. In an effort to bring to life the world of provincial politics in Canada, Prince Charles Public School teacher Janet Revell and her grade 5/6 students invited local candidates to their classroom. This is the second year that Revell has brought the…

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Back to Home Letters - September 29, 2011 Letters: Sept 29 Sharbot Lake Farmers market, Marlene Wheeler PC Fiscal Responsibility, Steev Morgan Sharbot Lake Farmers market As a regular customer of the Sharbot Lake Farmers market I would like to thank the vendors for making the…

Beating the drums and the odds – Grandmothers’ African dinner party

Photo: Detail of Thelma Robbins’ quilt Over 100 diners packed the hall at Trinity United Church in Verona on September 24 for the first-ever African dinner party called “Flavours of Africa”. Organized by Grandmothers-By-The-Lake, the South and Central Frontenac branch of the…

Stuff the Cruiser

Photo: Auxillary Constable Jeremy Saunders in Sydenham Auxiliary Constable Jeremy Saunders was at Sydenham’s Foodland, taking food and cash donations to add to the donations shelved at the Southern Frontenac Community Services Food Bank located at the SFCS Centre at 4419 George…

St. Alban's Church in Maberly celebrates 125 years

Photo: Reverend Nancy MacLeod, The Right Reverend John Chapman, Bishop of Ottawa and The Venerable James Roberts, Archdeacon of Lanark & Arnprior Members of the congregation of St. Alban's Anglican church in Maberly filled the parish hall on the evening of September 25 for a…