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Quebec Band RedFox will play at Chaffey's Lock Community Hall

RedFox will please and astound both listeners and dancers Aug 26th in the Chaffey’s Lock Community Hall! Chaffey’s Lock, Ontario – August 14-2023 The Chaffey’s Lock and Area Heritage Society (CLAHS) is very excited to be hosting a Quebec based band called RedFox on Saturday…

The Lions Roar

My name is Nawar. I am the Immediate Past President of the Lions Club of Land O’Lakes; and this is my first time writing the Roar. There are three words that I have not been able to shake away since President Lynn Oborne asked me to take over writing the Roar: Our Nations…

Sharbot Lake Pickleball Tournament

The 3rd Annual Fun Sharbot Lake Pickleball Tournament in Sharbot Lake was a great success. There were 48 participants and about 20 spectators . Pickleball draws locals and seasonal visitors alike. This fun and very social sport is growing very quickly, as it attracts all age…

Where Do Turtles Cross The Road In South Frontenac? Turtles Kingston Wants To Know

Turtles Kingston is an organisation that is devoted to protecting turtles in the Southeastern Ontario region. There are 8 species of turtles in Eastern Ontario, and all of them are on the Species at Risk Ontario list, either under the heading “special concern” or “endangered”.…

Serious Collision On Railton Road In South Frontenac Township

On Saturday, August 5th, 2023 shortly after 4:00pm members of the Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with South Frontenac Fire and Rescue and Frontenac Paramedics responded to a serious 2 vehicle collision in the 3400 block of Railton Road in South Frontenac…

Community Columns - August 17th, 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…

Smith, Eleanor

March 10, 1938 – August 6, 2023 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Eleanor Margaret Smith (The Old Goat). Eleanor passed away peacefully at Kingston Health Science Centre in the early hours of Sunday, August 6, 2023. She will be deeply missed by her husband…

Blues Skies Music recovers from COVID, celebrates 50 years

The COVID pandemic may have been the biggest challenge that Blue Skies Music Festival has faced since it started as a community picnic back in 1974. Oskar Graf hosted the festival on part of the property where he built a house and Luthier shop and began making guitars. The…

A Silver Lining in South Frontenac?

Approximately 9 years ago, a happenstance meeting occurred, whereby a fun, friendly, educated, blond was offered to interview with the South Frontenac Community Support Meals on Wheels program. She readily accepted and was excited to accept a role to help continue the great…

Addington Highlands agrees to adopt new Road Maintenance Policy

Addington Highlands Council tentatively accepted a new Road Maintenance Policy at its Aug. 1 meeting at the Addington Highlands Community Centre in Denbigh. The policy had been introduced at last month’s meeting, where it was circulated to Council for review and it will now be…