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Community Columns - September 14th, 2023

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…

Michael Grant Price

Passed away peacefully at the Kingston General Hospital in his 60th year on Saturday, August 26, 2023 after a brief battle with cancer. Beloved partner and best friend for 28 years of Patti Nedow. Father of 3 beautiful children Josh (Rebecca), Lyndon and Matilda. Predeceased by…

Unreasonable Behaviour Policy Deferred by Addington Highlands

At their meeting on Tuesday (September 5) Addington Highland Council deferred By-law “#0882/2023 Being a By-law to Adopt an Unreasonable Behaviour Policy for the Corporation of the Township of Addington Highlands” for a period of two months. The process of developing the bylaw…

Open Farms Now A Series Of Events

The latest incarnation of the joint Frontenac County, City of Kingston Open Farms had its kick off last Friday (September 1) at Centennial Park in Harrowsmith. It was held in conjunction with the Friday afternoon Frontenac Farmers Market. The first Open Farms events were…

The Minister is gone, But What About The MMAH

Much of the Premier of Ontario's talk about the housing crisis and the need to build 1.5 million homes has seemed to me to be a ruse to allow big time developers to make more and more profit. And nothing about what has transpired since the 2022 election, not the new rules…

28th Annual Verona Car Show – on September 16

Mark this date in your calendar: Saturday, September 16. After 26 years as a feature event in August, and one in September 2021, the car show is permanently moving to the middle Saturday in September. This year it is on the 16th. Organisers John and Julie Nizman, who own Last…

It’s July in September at Fantasy in the Forest

Note: check out the image gallery at the end of the article! Over 4,000 people attended the Fantasy in the Forest Art Show, Sat.& Sun. Sept. 2nd & 3rd. About 65 artists participated in this year's 2nd annual end of summer Mixed Media Art Show and Sale. It all started over 12…

Mayor Greenwood-Speers goes provincial – Web Only Content

Ever since she joined Frontenac County Council last December, Frontenac Islands Mayor Judy Greenwood-Speers has been advocating for a change in medical emergency protocol. Currently, only paramedics can transport patients to hospital. Local fire and emergency personnel, who…

Senior Spotlight: Jacquette Jackson

For Jacquette “Jackie” Jackson, there truly is no place like home. At 94 years of age, she reflects on her time growing up and living in Plevna. From her birth in the general store owned by her parents, to growing up on the farm, to the house that she built and still resides,…

2023 Frontenac Business Awards Nominations Open

The Frontenac Business Awards celebrate the people of Frontenac County who are business ambassadors and who make valuable contributions to the community and economy in Frontenac. Nominations are open now in five award categories: Frontenac County Council Business Ambassador of…