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Photo: Pony rides were a favorite activity this year, l-r, Valerie, Nathan, Jacob, Mema and Kailey Northern Frontenac Community Services treated hundreds in the community to an afternoon of fun at Oso beach on August 18. It was their second annual Fun Day and attendees enjoyed a…
Photo: Kate Osborn, Annika Putnam, Tierra Richardson, Jackson Emmons, Mikeal Teal, Holly Dickinson (instructor), Samantha Taylor, Natasha Daszkiewicz, Isabelle Honegger, Kirsten Hawley (instructor), Ally Teal, Taylor Gould, Elle Larocque and Presleigh Skwiercz Since the 1980s,…
Photo: Rena Upitis of Wintergreen Studios with poet Lorna Crozier Canadian poet Lorna Crozier was recently elected as an Officer of the Order of Canada, and last weekend, August 19-21, she led a three-day writing workshop titled “A Passion for Words” at Wintergreen Studios on…
Decision on Ompah ambulance base delayed again A motion that would have kick-started the long-delayed Ompah ambulance base/fire hall project was deferred by Frontenac County Council last Wednesday, August 17. The motion, which was proposed by North Frontenac township county…
Located on the outskirts of Maberly, just west of Perth are the enchanted gardens of Sundance Studio. Carmen Allen’s gardens have charmed thousands of guests for the past four years and we welcome you to stroll through the cedar trial, rest at one of the ponds and engage one of…
submitted by FCFDC If you are an association, group of engaged citizens, or a municipality interested in improving the vibrancy of your community, the Frontenac CFDC would like to hear from you. We will initially be selecting one community to work with in improving the vitality,…
The Parham Fair is back for the 119th time and it will be a memorable one for at least one aspiring singer. On Friday night at 7:30, while the horse pull is going on in front of the grandstand, five nervous young singers will perform on the musical stage at the entrance to the…
Everything is Maple in Maberly this year The 129th version of the Maberly Fair, which takes place on Saturday, August 27, is devoted to something that was as common in the local region back when the first Maberly Fair took place in 1882: maple syrup and maple sugar. The fair is…
Summer fiction by Jack Benjamin I still remember finding our lot on Palmerston Lake. It was in 1957, the day after we left the hunt camp back of Schooner Lake and had made our way down the mountain. Instead of heading back to Toronto, Bernie and I stayed overnight at the hotel.…
Jack Layton: A Tribute This Guy Knew Jack I didn’t know Jack By Jeff Green Anyone who has gone through a cancer death in their own family - and that is almost everyone it seems - took a deep breath when Jack Layton appeared in public a few weeks ago to announce he was taking a…
