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Is there a prescription painkiller addiction problem in our rural community? The use or illegal abuse of opiate prescription drugs, specifically pain drugs like Percocet, Oxycontin and Hydro Morphone has become a real problem in our community. These drugs can cause your organs…
Bridge issues predominate at first meeting of the year Addington Highlands Public Works Manager Royce Rosenblath presented a report on bridge inspections, prepared by Jewel Engineering, to the first council meeting of the year on January 4 in Flinton. The report notes that of…
Photo: Anne Wilson (centre) flanked by North Frontenac Deputy Mayor Fred Perry (left) and Addington HighlandsReeve Henry Hogg (right) and staff from the family Health Team, family members and members of council. Anne Wilson did not go in for rural family medicine in order to be…
File photo: Keith Hawley. The old saying “as ye sow, so shall ye reap” is often used to talk about payback for bad deeds, but in the case of Keith Hawley, the seeds he has been sowing for 60 years ended up saving his life. On December 10, during the short walk from the Masonic…
Davison returns as warden It took a bit longer than it has in the past to swear in the members of Frontenac County Council at their inaugural meeting on December 15, 2010, because even though one new member of council was sick, there were still seven to be sworn in this time…
Organizers of this year’s Frontenac Heritage Festival have been busy planning some new and exciting activities for the festival, which will take place Friday February 25 to Sunday February 27 in various locations around Central and North Frontenac. Now in its 5th year, the…
We had a record number of entries this year, and we thank all the children, who worked hard on their drawings, and all the teachers and parents who encouraged them to enter our contest. We hope you enjoy this year’s drawings as much as we did. Again we thank you, our readers and…
This is my contemplative time. I always take a wee time in the late evening just to sit and think on the day’s happenings and about life. Mind you, I’m going to have to cut short my musings tonight for soon we will have to get moving to follow the star to where we will find our…
Photos Left: Ms Jones' grade 6/7 class of Hinchinbrooke PS enjoy the Festival of Trees at Oso Hall It began over a decade ago as a millennium project in 2000 and as the sole fundraising event for Villages Beautiful, an organization whose goal is to beautify six area villages…
Harrowsmith December 4th Above left: The Island of Lost Toys by the 1st Harrowsmith sparks,. Above right: The Kingston Shriners ffloat. Northbrook Above left: Land O'Lakes Community Services at the North Pole. Above right: Santa arrives in Northbrook.Ompah - December 5 In Ompah…
