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Bill 23: We Should Be Concerned About Collateral Damage

Land use planning is bureaucratic, tedious, complicated, and boring. It is also a big deal for anyone who wants to build something, or wants to prevent or change the plan of someone else who wants to build something. Everyone, with the possible exception of former South…

MERA Speaker Series - A Personal History of South Africa

Steve Kotze is an accountant based in Elphin, an avid soccer player and organiser and a former Green Party candidate. He was born and raised South African, and his own family history is tied to the anti-apartheid movement. He prepared and last week presented what he described as…

Pickleball Community Will Have To Wait A Month For Potential Township Commitment

The Central Frontenac Pickleball Committee was at Central Frontenac Council’s regular meeting Jan. 10 in Sharbot Lake looking for a commitment that they can use the court at the old Sharbot Lake Public School for at least five years. They’re still waiting. Council deferred a…

Memory Lane Flowers Relocates

Christine Kennedy is realizing a long-time goal by relocating Memory Lane Flowers to her home in Sydenham, just up the street from its long-time location across from the bank.in the old. Twenty-five years ago, Chris began Memory Lane Tearoom and Floral in an old village…

South Frontenac Council - January 10

(Correction: the December 20th council report was incorrectly posted. This is the correct report) Private Lane Upgrade Assistance: 2022 Summary In 2022, Council approved a total of $106,872 for a total of 25 private lane associations. These popular subsidies help associations to…

Community Columns - January 19th, 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…

Book Launch and Reading With Music in Sharbot Lake

The Rock Hill B&B in Sharbot Lake is hosting a book launch and reading for tw new books of poetry published by Woodpecker Lake Press. One of the books is by Sharbot Lake poet Anne Archer. Her book is called “From the Frontenacs” and features poems inspired by her own corner of…

Explore Mortality With A Death Doula & Educator

We all eventually have a date with death. While death is a complex and often emotional topic, discussion, reflection, and community connections can help people manage anxieties and face the factsof human mortality.Join death doula and educator Siobhan Skehan for Getting…

Jean Armstrong (nee Gruntz)

Jean Armstrong (nee Gruntz) passed away peacefully at the Pine Meadow Nursing Home on Sunday, January 8, 2023. Beloved wife of the late Raymond Sr. Proud and loving mother of Ray Jr. (Darlene), Verna Bernard (Ron), Susan Armstrong (Greg), Dawn Waldie (Geoff) and Lisa Kelly…

LeeAnna White (nee Kelford)

It is with great sadness that we announce LeeAnna’s peaceful passing at Pine Meadow Nursing Home in Northbrook on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 in her 108th year. She was the last remaining child out of the 14 Kelford children. She will be dearly remembered by her son Dan (Lynn),…