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Last year, Nicole Potter was at a bit of a crossroads. Her three daughters are in their 20’s, “are all grown up and moved away, doing their own thing,” She said that this meant it “was time for me to do my own thing, but what was my thing?” She has a background in business,…
“Today is just a budget day, nothing is carved in stone,” Central Frontenac Mayor Frances Smith told Council at the special budget meeting Jan. 30. Coming into the Jan. 19 budget meeting, staff had presented Council with a 7.8 per cent (levy) tax increase or $727,567 more…
Curiosity abounds as locals slowly drive past the recently sold Godfrey General Store. The store had been owned for 46 years by Les and Shirley McGowan and it was then handed over to Scott and Laurie Love who managed it until November 2022. It has come a long way from the past…
A year later, it can't be about vaccine mandates any more A year ago the freedom convoy had become a full blown occupation of the City of Ottawa. It was already clear at that time that the reason so many people were protesting, and the support that they were receiving from…
In Grace Hall in Sydenham, there’s a large unsigned picture painted directly on the wall, above the front entrance. It shows a road curving toward a small town far in the distance. Those who notice such things with curiosity have wondered who painted it, and why. Lacking…
The updated South Frontenac Official Plan was first presented to the now former South Frontenac Council in May of last year. At the time, the township’s Director of Development Services, Claire Dodds, was hoping to have the plan completed and in place before the end of the year.…
James Thompson, former Deputy Clerk is the new Clerk for the Township of South Frontenac. Mr. Thompson has 15 years of municipal experience in public administration and public policy, parliamentary procedures, legislative and regulatory matters, and bylaw enforcement. He worked…
Central Frontenac Council gave Mayor Frances Smith and CAO/Clerk Cathy MacMunn the authority to sign an agreement with the owners of the property the Tichborne Rink stands on in order get it up and running for the rest of this winter at its regular meeting Jan. 24 in Sharbot…
The Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus (EOWC) advocated for regional priorities at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) 2023 Conference held in the City of Toronto from January 22 to 24, 2023. From across Ontario, the EOWC joined over 1,400 rural municipal colleagues at…
There are times when people would make a soup, a salad, a main course and side courses, perhaps even dessert, all for the same meal. But unless it is some sort of event, a birthday or major holiday, or a dinner party, soup is more often than not a meal. Especially if it is a…
