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Short Term Rental Bylaw groundwork done by NF Council Members

Short Term Rentals are a growing business in rural Ontario. A report on Short Term Rentals (STR), prepared by politicians from North Frontenac, was presented to a working group comprising politicians from North and Central Frontenac and Addington Highlands, with South Frontenac…

Anne Archer launches new book of poetry, From the Frontenacs

Frontenac County’s resident flautist, Anne Archer, is set to release her second collection of poems, From the Frontenacs, at a launch at Novel Idea Bookstore in Kingston on September 15. “My first book, Ich Heisse Clara, was about Clara Shumann and her relationship with Robert…

Mathew Street - Controversy, or branding opportunity

Mathew street has existed in obscurity for decades. Dwarfed in size and stature by the two other streets in downtown Sharbot Lake, the bustling Elizabeth street, home to two churches, a pharmacy, a post office, grocery store, and the local township office, and the crosstown…

Next North Frontenac Council Will Have To Address Boat Launch Parking

With no business introductions, presentations, delegations or business arising from the minutes, the agenda for the Sept. 2 North Frontenac Council meeting was rather light. However, like any Council meeting, there were items that needed to be dealt with, one of which will…

Perth Autumn Studio Tour

After a prolonged and unanticipated two-year Covid hiatus, the members of the Perth Autumn Studio Tour are excited to announce that this beloved Studio Tour is returning this fall! The dates have changed to September 24th and September 25th. We will have four stops this year.…

Mountain Head by Drone

The Alt Rock band Mountain Head put on their annual charity concert for boaters at Kash Lake in North Frontenac last weekend. Our reporter, Kelli McRobert, attended virtually thanks to drone imagery provided by the band, and then interviewed the Hannah brothers. She wrote the…

Murder at Sharbot Lake

When Cecil Paul was growing up, his mother Lila always told him that her grandfather had been murdered at Sharbot Lake. Lila lived a long life, dying in Trenton in November 2002 at the age of 95, and Cecil decided to write a book about the murder of his grandfather Matthew…

Community Columns - September 7th, 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…

What’s Up in the Night Sky?

Saturn and Jupiter are a must to follow and observe through September. We have a cool fall sky with early darkness and no bugs! Saturn is a month past opposition and Jupiter will be at opposition late in the month. At opposition, a planet is as close to Earth as it can get. Mars…

Littering

Perhaps it is necessary to yet again remind those traveling through Frontenac County and the surrounding area that there are many other ways to dispose of garbage, besides tossing it out a window. Please refrain from dumping it into our bushes, ditches, and streams. I am…