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Third quarter gains for Sydenham Tackles Cancer

Photo: Matt Rennie, Stephanie Laurin, Cindy Woodcox, Mickayla and Kelly Green-Meadus and Karl Hammer Now in its third year, the Sydenham Tackles Cancer fundraiser once again fulfilled its aims of raising awareness, funds and remembering two very special young men, Andy Green and…

Thunderbird Rising

by Pamela Giroux, drummer Photo: Dorina Friedli, Judi Montgomery, Pamela Giroux, Danka Brewer, Thelma Peterson “Thunderbird Rising” is the empowering name given to a project that began over a year ago. Judi Montgomery, one of the drummers in “Sisters of the Drum” discovered in…

Frontenac County Council - Aug. 27/11

County Tackles Public Health: During her four-year term as the Frontenac County representative to the board of directors of Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health, Central Frontenac Mayor Janet Gutowski often expressed her frustration over what she saw as…

North Frontenac Council - Sep 27/11

Neighbouring counties and Denbigh ambulance The Denbigh ambulance base, whose fate will be decided by Lennox and Addington County Council as early as the end of October, came to the fore at a meeting of North Frontenac Council this week. Paul Isaacs, from the Denbigh Ambulance…

Central Frontenac Council - Sep 27/11

Fire Report: Fire Chief Mark McDonald presented his report to council. Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 9 - 15 and the department will be bringing their Combat Challenge to Sharbot Lake High School students in October. The department will also be going live with their new electronic…

South Frontenac Council - Aug. 27/11

Strategic Plan for South Frontenac In the summer, council worked with a facilitator to develop a strategic plan for the Township. Council reviewed the summary document, which contains Mission, Vision and Strategic Directions, and agreed it should be brought to the next meeting…

Provincial Election 2011: Candidate Profiles

Green, Nancy Matte Liberal, Bill MacDonald New Democratic Party, Dave Parkhill Progressive Conservative, Randy Hillier Green Nancy Matte – In it for the long run Nancy Matte says that bad policies last for a long time, so politicians need to look at the big picture before making…

Survey request for Kashwakamak Lake community

Submitted by Kashwakamak Lake Association Volunteers have been hard at work in cottage country. In July, the Kashwakamak Lake Association (KLA) held its annual general meeting in Northbrook, where the newly formed Kashwakamak Lake Sustainability Planning Committee presented a…

Letters_11-38

Back to Home Letters - September 22, 2011 Letters: Sept 22 Motocross racing in Harrowsmith, Brenda Crawford Motocross racing in Harrowsmith Our Township Council needs to re-evaluate their stance on these events in Harrowsmith. I believed that Council had agreed to let Mr. Day…

The Imperial Moth

by Lorraine Julien Photos: Imperial Moth caterpilar (l) and the ault moth (r).One day this past August, we discovered a very large, scary-looking caterpillar near the base of some pine trees at my brother’s cottage. It was about 4 inches long and dark blackish brown with what…