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All aboard for the Verona Cattail Festival!

Don Bates conducts The Verona Express, a festival favorite for youngsters The Verona Festival underwent two major changes for its 15th season both in name-The Verona Cattail Festival - and place, the Verona Lions Club and Frontenac Farmers Market site. And judging by the turnout…

Showcase Success at NAEC

Photographer Melissa Randle. The 38th Annual Cloyne Showcase was held last weekend at North Addington Education Centre, highlighting many local and regional talented artisans. The show covers many artistic mediums including chainsaw carving, stained glass, fabric, jewellery,…

Sharbot Lake Legion hosts Alzheimer breakfast

Photo: Dan Bush, Marcel Giroux, Guy Cooke, Colonial St. Pierre Sharbot Lake Royal Canadian Legion Br#425 partnered with the Alzheimer Society of Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) to serve over 70 famous breakfasts on July 25. The Legion then donated the $400 profits…

Hope Swim 2010

On July 31, 2010, Becki, Katie, and Theresa Procter successfully swam three kilometres across Sharbot Lake from the Sharbot Lake Provincial Park to the public beach in one hour and 50 minutes to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. They would like to thank everyone who…

Renewable energy assessment project seeks input

Over the past few years many individuals and businesses in Frontenac County have invested in solar panels to heat their water or to produce power for the Hydro grid as part of the MicroFIT program. Others have invested in geothermal heating systems for their homes, and there may…

Building permit issued for seniors’ housing project

A five-unit affordable living housing project on Clement Road in Central Frontenac got the green light in the form of a building permit last week. “We are pleased to have the building permit in place,” said Jane Drew, the general manager for North Frontenac Not-for Profit…

Central Frontenac Council - Aug 10/10

Zoning by-law change an “honest mistake” It was an honest mistake, according to Central Frontenac staff, but concerned residents living on or near the Westport Road remained suspicious when they came out in force to an open house about revisions to the township’s comprehensive…

My last summer at the lake

Summer fiction by Jack Benjamin (Part 1 of 4) All of my years in the wilderness of despair and hope, those meaningless everyday events, all seem connected now that the clock has stopped ticking. As I dropped to the ground grasping at my chest with the chain saw still running on…

Addington Highlands Council - Aug 3/10

A request was received from Tanglewood Marina for permission to bring a load of loose garbage – i.e. garbage that was not in bags - to the dump. Apparently animals had gotten into the garbage.Council refused the request, citing that the waste site attendant would have to do…

Letters_10-31

Back to HomeLetters - August 5, 2010Letters: August 5 Re: Clear garbage bags in Central Frontenac, Mike Proctor Re: Clear garbage bags in Central Frontenac (Frontenac News, Central Frontenac Council, July 15, 2010) I am compelled to write about Central Frontenac council’s plan…