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Griffith, Matawatchan and Area Ambulance Network formed

On September 6, an open meeting was held at the Griffith Community Hall. Community response was very good, with 62 people in attendance. The purpose of the meeting was to assess whether there was community support in creating a citizen-based and led organization to lobby…

MacDonald is swimming against the current, but how strong is it?

Editorial Jeff Green Liberal candidate Bill MacDonald has been preparing for the provincial election campaign that is now underway for at least four years, and he is putting everything he has into it. But in electoral politics the local campaign is usually limited in its impact…

Fieldwork: New Canadians work with local artists

Photo: Artist Karina Bergmans' new installation at feildwork An assortment of local and new immigrant artists to Canada originating from four of the five continents gathered in the fall fields just east of Maberly at the site of fieldwork, the outdoor art installation art site…

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Back to Home Letters - September 8, 2011 Letters: Sept 8 Re: Reid’s use of tax dollars, John Wallace Re: Reid’s use of tax dollars, John McEwen Propane Inspections, Robin Deruchie Re: Reid’s use of tax dollars This article is in response to letters (Letters, Frontenac News,…

In search of the elusive butternut

Photo: Doug Lee, Kevin Hanse and Steve Pitt, harvesting Butternuts. Well, not that elusive on this day. Kevin Hansen and Steve Pitt have been working on the Butternut Recovery Project for several years and part of the project involves collecting seed from healthy trees. The…

Group of Seven trackers revisit Bon Echo

Photo: Sue and Jim Waddington receive a gift from the Friends of Bon Echo after their presentation in Cloyne Art enthusiasts, Sue and Jim Waddington, returned to the Cloyne area this month in a continuation of their 30-year cross-country foray tracking down the sites where…

Celebrating the stinky rose in Verona

Photo: John McDougall, Paul Pospisil, David Hahn, Miguel Hahn, Dianne Dowling. The Verona Lions’ 5th Annual Garlic Festival was a smorgasbord of everything garlic as area growers specializing in the beloved bulb offered shoppers a wide range of locally grown varieties and…

Open house to showcase gun shop at SF Rentals

Photo: Ryan Harriman. Ryan Harriman has been building, repairing and selling firearms for over 10 years as part of South Frontenac Rentals, the business he runs with his wife Marcie on Colebrooke Road, 1.6 kilometres west of Harrowsmith. The firearms business has never been…

New artists in the woods at Sundance Tour

Photo: folk artist Penny Gorman with one of her dioramas at the Sundance Studio Tour The Sundance Studio Tour has been taking place at the home of Cam and Carmen Allen near Maberly and has been attracting accomplished artists from near and far in a variety of mediums since it…

Who put the bell in Bellrock?

One hundred and fifty years later the question remains. The hamlet of Bellrock is currently home to 63 people, according to Virginia Lavin, one of the key organizers of the 150th Bellrock anniversary celebrations, which are slated for Saturday, September 17. Bellrock, located…