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Oxycontin: rural communities face their own issues

Call it what you want, “hillbilly heroin”, “oxy” or “OC”, Oxycontin, a time-release formulation of the opium-based painkiller oxycodone, has been identified with an addiction problem that crosses age and socio-economic boundaries. It also crosses geographic barriers, and at a…

North Frontenac Council – Jan. 27/11

North Frontenac Council received their sixth annual septic re-inspection report from Eric Kohlsmith of the Mississippi Rideau Septic Reinspection Program As Kohlsmith reported, the program has changed over the years, but the focus on older systems and waterfront properties has…

Adult Day Programs in Frontenac County

The Adult Day programs that are offered in Sydenham and Harrowsmith by Southern Frontenac Community Services (SFCS), and in Parham and Sharbot Lake by Northern Frontenac Community Services (NFCS), all have spaces available right now and are looking for new participants. “Adult…

South Frontenac Council – Feb. 1/11

South Frontenac Council seemed receptive to a proposal for a new 2,600 square foot 10-unit commercial storage facility on the two-acre site of the car wash near Hartington that is owned by Scott Asselstine. However, several councilors expressed the concern that Scott Asselstine…

Satellite Service Touted

Once you've heard the sound of a dial-up modem you can't really forget it. It only lasts about 10 seconds but it is rather sharp and it builds to a single note that can only be described as unpleasant. And then you check the connection speed. Is it 45 kb/second, or only 28.8?…

Tafelmusik in Sharbot Lake

Photo: Tafelmusik's artistic director, Jeann Larmon In the late summer they performed in Rieti, Italy, and Irsee, Germany. In October they were in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Beijing, China; and Seoul, South Korea. In January they headed west to Victoria, Vancouver, Kelowna,…

Collection Agencies

By Susan Irwin, Executive Director / Lawyer, Rural Legal Services There are many reasons why people fall behind in their payments, especially in recessionary times, but the debts remain outstanding however good the reason for non-payment. Collection agencies work on a very…

Sydenham Library fundraiser highly successful

Photo: Authors Merilyn Simonds andWayne Grady Sunday afternoon, Mill Street Cafe in Sydenham was filled with folks who had come out to show their support for the new Sydenham Branch Library, and to meet a pair of local authors. Pat Dawson provided tea, coffee and tasty snacks,…

“Wild” storytelling at LOLPS

Photo: Kait Rainey-Strathy with the students at LOLPS Students in grades one through three at Land O' Lakes Public School in Mountain Grove had a chance to tell their own version of the classic children's story “Where the Wild Thing Are” when five professional artists who are…

Central Frontenac Council - Jan 25/11

Another tough year ahead for Central Frontenac budget It may not be any easie for Central Frontenac Councl to avoid a tax increase this year than it was last year, when the increase in the amount of money that was levied to ratepayers for township delivered services increased by…