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Verona Event Focuses on Building Stronger Community Ties

Community Foundation for Kingston & Area (CFKA), the Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience Coalition of KFL&A, Rural Frontenac Community Services and Kingston Community Health Centres are presenting a rural community connections event in Verona on Wednesday, April 17 The…

Harrowsmith S&A Club Needs Help for Canada Day

It's that time of year once again, when the executive and members of the Harrowsmith & District Social and Athletic Club (commonly known as the S and A Club) begin the planning of our annual Canada Day celebrations in Centennial Park, Harrowsmith. There is so much to do with so…

Water Testing

Thank you for your coverage of the proposal to stop testing well water in the public health labs and close the Kingston Laboratory. Closing the Kingston lab would remove a convenient way for local residents to test their water. Discontinuing free well water testing would be a…

Community Columns, April 11th, 2024

These columns from our community reporters are updated every week. Table of Contents Arden Battersea/Storrington Cloyne - Northbrooke Denbigh Godfrey Harlowe Harrowsmith Henderson Inverary Maberly-Bolingbroke Mississippi Ompah Parham-Tichborne Perth Road Plevna Sydenham Sharbot…

Verona Master Plan Sets The Stage For Seniors Housing Project With Over 200 Residents

In comparing all of the options for providing water and sewer services in a planned seniors housing development in Verona, the engineering consultants from JL Richards Engineers considered a number of options, from trying to develop or provide wells and septic systems, to…

An Evening of History at the Storrington Centre

Last week, more than 75 residents gathered to reminisce, indulging in tales of yesteryears. The communities of Battersea, Sunbury, Inverary, and Storrington came to life through narratives, journals, and anecdotes shared by longtime residents and local historians. Jeff Peters,…

Fire Apparatus At Piccadilly Location To Remain Status Quo

At the Feb. 27 Central Frontenac Council meeting, Council asked Fire Chief Chris McDonough to ‘investigate’ what it would take to replace the pickup truck currently occupying the Piccadilly location with a piece of fire ‘apparatus.’ At the regular Council meeting March 26 in…

Is the Province Serious About Phasing Out Free Water Tests?

So, far it is only a few lines of text in an Auditor General’s report, but slowly across rural Ontario there is starting to be a reaction to the idea that free water testing for total coliform and e coli, will no longer be offered to the 3 million rural Ontarians who depend on…

Experts Condemn “Phase Out” Of Free Private Well Water Testing

Dennis O'Grady, the Managing Director of the Ontario Groundwater Association, did not mince words when asked about the proposal to “phase out” private well water tests that are currently done, free of charge, at Public Health Ontario labs. “It does not make any sense to me,” he…

What’s Up in the Night Sky? – April 2024

Wait! Never mind the header at the top of this column! For this month only, it should read “What’s up in the DAY Sky?”. The long awaited Total Eclipse of the Sun arrives in only a few days; mark it: 8th of April. In our area, along highway 7, we will experience a 98 -99 %…