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Kick and Push Brewing nabs Ontario Beer Award for Relax Alice

Kick and Push Brewing nabs Ontario Beer Award for Relax Alice “Relax Alice” was named for an expression from Daniel Lees' mother. It is used when someone is starting to get impatient or agitated, as in “Relax Alice, we've still got plenty of time to get to the brewery before…

Back Forty Cheese Hosts Holiday Open House

On Saturday December 10th from 10am-4pm, Back Forty Artisan Cheese will be hosting their annual Holiday Open House located at the farm and dairy in the hamlet of Mississippi Station. The festive open house will provide customers with a great opportunity to stock up on some…

Choral Delights Come Alive in Verona

Music, much like food, can transport you to another time and place. It can bring forth an emotion from days gone by or a longing for what lies ahead. This past weekend, there were plenty of events that residents could choose to attend including vendor markets, parades, and…

Riverhill Farm Annual Christmas Light Display

Stephanie Lemke of Riverhill Farm on River Road, the site of a beloved spectacular Christmas Lights display, with over 150,000 lights this year, was planning to expand the canteen this year to include full meals, but after two years dealing with the fallout from COVID, the…

Community Columns - December 1st, 2022

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…

Sigsworth, Kenneth Allen

May 1927 to November 2022 We are saddened to announce the unexpected passing of our patriarch, Ken, at Kingston General Hospital on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at the age of 95. He was predeceased by his father, Charles, in 1983, his mother, Mabel (Allen) in 1993, his sister,…

Watson, Reginald Gerald

April 8, 1933 – Nov. 14, 2022 Reg passed away peacefully at home on Monday, November 14, 2022, at the age of 89. Predeceased by his parents Oakley and Marjorie Watson, his sister Wanda Argentieri and cherished son-in- law Laurie Ross. Reg leaves behind his beloved wife of 64…

Gemmill, Mary Ethel (Pretty)

Mary passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of her family at her home in Snow Road Station on Monday November 14th, 2022 at the age of 73 years. She was predeceased by her parents Clarence and Betty (Collier) Pretty, her beloved husband of 55 years, Dale, and an infant…

Barnden, Marjorie Mae, nee Cliff.

1938 - 2022 Passed, Nov. 9, 2022, peacefully at home in Rochester, New York, surrounded by her family. Predeceased by her husband of sixty years, Ronald Barnden, formerly of Sydenham, her parents, Fred and Margaret Cliff of Inverary, and brother-in-law Raymond (Joe) Barnden who…

Backyard Chickens Raise A Ruckus In South Frontenac

The City of Kingston has had a chicken bylaw for the past decade. There are a set of rules that apply, but urban homeowners are able to keep chickens. In 2018, North Frontenac passed a chicken bylaw, permitting backyard chickens on all lots that permit a single detached…