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Community Columns, February 1st, 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 Verona…

David “Gordon” Rutter

Of Plevna, passed away peacefully at the Perth & Smith’s Falls District Hospital on Sunday, January 28, 2024 with family by his side. Loving husband and best friend of Freya Rutter (nee Capener). Predeceased by his first wife Barbara (nee Minnie). Dear father of Michael (Paula)…

Kane, Ethel (nee Gordon)

Peacefully passed away at Providence Transitional Care Centre on Monday, January 22, 2024, in her 92nd year. Loving Mother, Grandma, Sister, Aunt, Teacher, and Friend has been reunited with her beloved husband of ~50 years Donald Kane. Ethel was born in Sharbot Lake in 1932 and…

Blake Lee Cumpson

February 22, 1994 - January 4, 2024. Words cannot express the gratitude we have for all the people who supported our family during this very difficult time. All the phone calls, texts, emails, cards, house visits, food, donations and all those who attended the Celebration of…

David Austin Slack

Of Ompah ON April 7, 1947 - January 23, 2024. Died peacefully at home after a long battle with ill health. Mourned by his long time wife, Cecilia and children Shelley, Cathy, Peter and Carolyn. Predeceased by daughters Jose and Lisa. Dave was a former North Frontenac Township…

Snow Social in South Frontenac!

Mother Nature had been kind up until the beginning of January when she decided to ‘catch up’ with her precipitation duties. Between the heavy rainstorms and then blizzard-like effects, there had been some concern about whether Snow Day would have the accumulation needed for…

Mining To Slow Climate Change – Agricultural Use Of Wollastonite

Globally, the mining industry does not have a stellar reputation for environmental stewardship. Canadian Wollastonite has a different path. The mine is located near Seeley's Bay, straddling rural Kingston, the Township of Leeds, the Thousand Islands, and across Highway 15, from…

South Frontenac Council - Jan 16/23

Kingston Frontenac Public Library Plan Laura Carter, CAO and Alan Revill, Board Chair, came to Council with a presentation on the Library’s Facilities Plan, which was updated in 2022. Amalgamated in 1998, the KFPL has 5 large city branches, and 11 rural branches throughout…

The Shadow of the Rock – Bon Echo's Story by Marg Axford

Mazinaw Rock's first recorded history had been maintained in the rock for centuries, perhaps millennia, in the form of red ochre pictographs, some 135 of them, that were painted on the rock, likely by Ojibwe artists. There are similarities between the Mazinaw Rock pictographs…

E & A Services in Sydenham

When Hartington Equipment built a new store on Road 38 last year, it sparked a bit of a chain reaction. SMS (Select Manufacturing and Supply) moved to the former Hartington Equipment site from their base in Sydenham. That freed up the building in Sydenham that many will remember…