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Community Columns - October 20th, 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…

Senior Housing

I am a senior in North Frontenac – in North Frontenac, frankly, we are mostly seniors, very attached to our rural lifestyle and to our beautiful landscape, and we want to stay. Unfortunately for rurally isolated seniors, many on very limited incomes, the options for services and…

Re – meet the candidates – Central Frontenac

This year I had the opportunity to attend all four 'meet the candidate evenings' in Central Frontenac. It was very nice to see young new faces join the race. I would like to applaud each of you for putting yourself out there, to try to become a new face in the council chair. At…

Just say not to pumping sewage into Sharbot Lake

Central Frontenac, along with the Frontenac Municipal Services Corporation, are planning to take water from Sharbot Lake to provide water to the proposed senior citizens home to be located on the old Sharbot Lake public school site. Their plan is to pump the treated sewage…

Shame on you

Central Frontenac, South Frontenac and Frontenac County have conspired to steal (reallocate) money that was allocated for seniors housing in North Frontenac for their own benefit; or to indirectly fund the Frontenac Municipal Services Corporation which is a blatant…

Election Wrap Up

With electronic voting now well established in municipal elections in our region, the coverage schedule in the Frontenac News is based upon an election date of October 17, the start of the electronic/phone voting period, instead of the official October 24 election day. For that…

South Frontenac Municipal Election Candidates

No matter how things play out in the South Frontenac election, there will be more change in the makeup of South Frontenac Council in 2022 than there was in 2018. There will be at least three new members on the 9-member council this time; two in Bedford and one in Loughborough,…

UPDATED: Central Frontenac Municipal Election Candidates

(This article has been updated to include the candidates from District 1: Kennebec) There are different dynamics at play in the Central Frontenac council election, this year, than in the other townships that we cover at the Frontenac News. It is the only township without a race…

North Frontenac Municipal Election Candidates

There are three wards in North Frontenac, and two council members are elected from each ward. The mayor is elected through a vote among all of the eligible electors in the township. There are three unique aspects of North Frontenac Township among Frontenac County townships, all…

Addington Highlands Municipal Election Candidates

Reeve - Marlean Mclean Marlean Mclean moved to Flinton on full-time basis in 2017, but her local roots go back much further than that. She is from Tweed, but has strong family connections in the Flinton area. Mclean has been spending a lot of time in Addington Highlands ever…