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Astronomy Club To Take Over Running Astronomy Park

It’s been known as the Star Gazing Pad, Dark Sky Pad, Dark Sky Viewing Area, Dark Sky Preserve and simply the Observatory. But following North Frontenac’s April 28 regular meeting, the property at 5816 Road 506, will be known officially as the ‘North Frontenac Astronomy Park.’…

Ciara’s Coming Home

The North Frontenac Little Theatre’s spring production, their second in the cozy confines of their new home at the Soldiers Memorial (Oso) Hall in Sharbot Lake, was the Canadian premier of a play by Arden-based novelist and playwright, Glenys O’Connell. As Glenys’ husband,…

Eastern Ontario Homesteaders Conference at Ag Hall in McDonalds Corners

Spring is the season of hope for growers everywhere, and for planning projects to help make rural properties comfortable and sustainable. Marcie and Jason Tompkins moved to a 4-acre lot, that they call Learning Curve Acres, near McDonalds Corners 8 years ago. They are putting on…

Kevin Dickey’s Legacy

The late Kevin Dickey, a golf pro and a coach, will be inducted into the Kingston Sports Hall of Fame on Friday, May 5th. Kevin’s passion for the sport of golf caused him to sneak out of school on sunny days to play golf at the Cataraqui Golf Course. Little did he know the…

Jim Smart Talks About Camp Mazinaw

The history of Mazinaw Rock, the Bon Echo Inn and its eccentric matriarch Flora MacDonald Denison, her devotion to Walt Whitman and connections to the Group of Seven Painters, and her playwright son Merrill, are the stuff of legend in the communities surrounding what is now Bon…

Community Living North Frontenac – Supporting Families Through Difficult Times

In 2021 Community Living Ontario (CLO) developed document called “Building a Full Life + a Home of One’s Own in the Community”. The paper discusses the steps that developmental services have taken over the years from deinstitutionalization to group living and then eventually to…

Economic Development Week in Frontenac County

Matt Walker is the Economic Development Officer in North Frontenac. He is the only township based Economic Developer in Frontenac County, and works close with the two member Economic Development department at the County level (Debbie Miller and Richard Allen) as well as…

Gemstone Sculpture Experience Comes to Historic Kingston Farm

Kingston may not seem like the obvious place for a collection of dozens of gemstone sculptures, but that's just what Gillian Kupakuwana and William Suk and their two children are opening up to the public this May. Gunguo Art & History Farm is an open-air gallery on a historic,…

Perth Road Public School Set For 50th Anniversary Party

Perth Road Public School is throwing a party on Saturday, May 13 to mark the 50th anniversary of the school. “We are inviting everyone who is, or has been, connected to the school to come out and reminisce, look at old yearbooks, and celebrate where we have all come from,” said…

What’s Up in the Night Sky? May 2023

No spectacular astronomical events are expected this month unless you count pointing your eyes up at the night sky and having an entire universe to investigate. Sadly, that’s becoming more difficult as light pollution decreases sky darkness each year. Add to that the explosion…