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A “Grand” acquisition for Trinity United

Photo: John Hall and Annabelle Twiddy and the new Steinway grand at Trinity United church in Verona It arrived three weeks ago and no one seemed more excited than Annabelle Twiddy, musical director at the Trinity United Church in Verona and St. Paul’s in Harrowsmith. “It” is a…

North Frontenac Council - Feb. 15/11

North Frontenac Council has had two meetings within the past week. The first was their regular meeting on Thursday, February 10, and they held a special budget meeting on Monday, the 14th. The first item on the agenda on Feb. 10 was the presentation of an award to Marg Axford,…

Time to wake up

OK, you’ve been holed up in the house since Christmas, watching the meter drop on the oil tank or feeding the wood stove and watching the woodpile dwindle, or watching the electricity meter spin and spin at high speed - or doing all three – and almost two months have gone by.…

South Frontenac Council - Feb. 15/11

South Frontenac’s Waste Recycling Strategy Last September, South Frontenac Township began a fully integrated waste management program, with the primary goal of providing a consistent level of service throughout the township. This presently includes providing weekly curbside…

Naturally Rich Frontenacs take flight

Photo: Meagan Balogh When Frontenac County completed an Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP) a couple of years ago, Gray Merriam, who was then the Chair of the Frontenac Stewardship Council, brought the first sustainability project proposal to the county. It was for a…

Keeping students and staff connected

Photo: IT technician Darren Asselstine Many may not know him but they should. Darren Asselstine works hard to keep students and staff at area schools connected - to their school computers, that is. Darren works full-time as an Information Technology Services technician for the…

Plans for Sharbot Lake K-12 school ramping up

There was much community interest early last summer when the Limestone District School Board’s Program and Accommodation Review Committee (PARC) process for the Sharbot Lake Family of Schools completed its work and the Board of Trustees announced that a new K-12 school would be…

Privacy

By Susan Irwin, Executive Director / Lawyer, Rural Legal Services When a landlord rents a house or an apartment, he/she gives up certain rights normally associated with ownership. Property owners generally assume that they have the right to enter on to their own land as they see…

Writing with Heart

by Susan Ramsay, Early Literacy Specialist Heart-shaped paper, stickers and paper doilies littered the kitchen table. Glue, scissors and a whole box of markers did too. A class list of names lay on the table between Katie and her mom. Katie’s mom had written ‘TO’ and left a…

Kick-sleds

by Lorraine Julien About 15 years ago, I purchased a sleigh I’d seen advertised in a cottage magazine. It was an intriguing looking contraption, unlike anything I’d ever seen. In the years since, I’ve used it every winter – if there’s not enough snow, there’s always ice on the…