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Ardoch’s Wendy Higgins left home in May to walk the Camino, a 9th century pilgrimage in Europe, that ends in Santiago de Compostela; the presumed burial site of St James the Great, the Apostle. Tubes of mentholated rub for her knees, pots of Vaseline to ward off blisters, and…
Have you noticed in the local stores lately, the availability of Hot House Tomatoes? From Glenburnie. 40 Km away! Food less travelled and delicious. So, today’s recipe is using fresh ingredients that are very local and better-tasting than we get from elsewhere. Tomato Pomodoro…
July is looking pretty quiet this year. The last Full Moon was June 29, making fainter objects hard to see the first week of this month. Mercury is low in ENE in morning twilight after mid-month. Venus is on the other side of the Sun visible low in the W all month during evening…
In 1981 a small group of friends gathered in the hamlet of Hartington to discuss the founding of a charity — an organized way to recycle good used items such as clothing and small appliances back into the community through sales. By doing so, they would not only reduce pressure…
Clar-Mill Community Volunteers (CMCV) held a drop in Open House on June 15 and 16 at the Plevna Hall to thank its volunteers and let visitors know what CMCV does in our community. They also welcomed guests to view the upgrades made to the storeroom (former library) with new…
Flinton resident and amateur radio operator Denis Rule took part in the annual Amateur Radio Field Day this past weekend, setting up a temporary emergency preparedness radio station at the Flinton Recreation Centre near the garden.Field Day, held each year on the last weekend of…
The Alto high speed rail project is shifting course, and will now be working on a route with a stop in Kingston, which greatly lessens the potential of the rail line passing through Frontenac County.Officials gathered at the Bader Centre in Kington on Monday morning, as a…
It took a lot of time and a lot of persistence for Brenda Crawford to fulfill a promise that she made to her father, but fortunately persistence is one of Brenda’s strong suits.Last Friday (June 19) Brenda presided over a ribbon cutting that has taken years to…
Council decided to receive and file a report from Deputy Clerk Patricia Gray regarding a request for funding support from the “Corridor Train Alliance”, a group advocating for the Alto project to create a stop in Kingston, and to progress along the 401 Corridor instead of over…
First, for the 12,000 households served by the Frontenac News and the communities that we serve, this is a good week. Alto is dead for all of us who live north of Verona, and it will very likely pass to the south of Harrowsmith, Sydenham, Inverary and Battersea. It remains to be…
