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Tom Waller of Elm Tree farm speaks about starting seeds. A group of local gardeners hungry for tips on spring seeding gathered on April 10 at Elm Tree Farm, near Arden for Country Know-how's spring seeding workshop. Elm Tree is a Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) farm near…
David Daski with his newly installed solar panels. When the Green Energy Act was announced in Toronto last year, the commitment to small-scale renewable energy projects attracted a lot of attention. Then, when the model for small-scale, home-based energy projects was announced…
Susan Andrew Allen speaks at the fair. Photo Christi Laundrie.. The Seniors’ Advisory Committee organized a Land O’Lakes Committee Services Resources Fair at the Denbigh Hall on Monday, April 12. Yours truly was impressed with the wealth of information. I had no idea we had such…
by Lorraine Julien When you look closely at some of the things in nature, it’s often the little things that are the most interesting and unique. Feathers are quite complex and are a good example of nature’s wonders. The following general feather facts mainly describe the…
Back in January, Parham's Jerry Ackerman won a trip to the Dominican Republic by purchasing a coffee from the Country Style store in Napanee. Through a series of events that trip was sold, with the help of the Frontenac News, yielding $2,100 for Haiti relief. The money was…
Although Ed Giffin lives in Inverary now, he continues to be known for the way he tied business and conservation interests together in establishing and running Tumblehome Lodge, near Ardoch, with his wife Shirley. Giffin, 70, recently received a major award, the Jack O’Dette…
What could Masons and the Amber Alert possibly have in common? At MasoniCh.I.P. taking place on Saturday, April 24, at Sharbot Lake High School, 14358 Road #38, Masons in partnership with the Sharbot Lake Lions Club, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 425 and the OPP will be on hand…
Anne Prichard, and Harrowsmith Oddfellow and Rebekah members Brenda Taylor, Debbie Green, Howard Warner and Howard Fellows Anne Prichard, executive director of the Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation, presented a $10,000 cheque to the Oddfellows and Rebekkahs of…
The Verona Festival Association is excited to announce a new venue for the 2010 Verona Festival. For the first 14 years, the Verona Festival was held at McMullen Park; however, a steady growth of entertainment, crafts people and attending crowds made a move to a larger venue…
Editorial by Jeff Green Note on budget reporting – Local councils will be finalizing their 2010 budgets over the next month. Covering budget debates presents a challenge because the different townships have different ways of calculating their budgets. From the point of view of…
