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CF Council Debates Recreation Funding & Future Of Tichborne Rink

A request for repairs to recreational facilities in District 4 by rec committee Chair Bob Teal turned into a discussion over the fate of the Tichborne rink at last week’s regular Central Frontenac Council meeting. “The reason I’m here is I’d like Council to reconsider the motion…

The Local Brewery Comes Home To Parham Fair

It’s been a long year for Jen and Stephen Trussell, and their brewing business, the Local Brewery. A year ago this week, they had a booth at the Parham Vendor’s market. It was an event that was put on by the Parham Agricultural Society because they could not run the Parham Fair…

South Frontenac Council - August 9, 2022

South Frontenac Council met at 6:00 on the 9th, returned after a short break at 7 for public meetings re planning items for another hour, then went into camera, coming back to briefly report before closing. As a result, anyone wishing to follow the Facebook recordings will need…

Election Contests Shaping Up

With only three days to go (this article is being written on August 16) most of the districts (wards) within Frontenac County and Addington Highlands have enough candidates to require an election. The exceptions are Loughborough and Bedford Districts in South Frontenac, the…

Community Fiddle Orchestra Set To Perform Again, Welcome New Members

Both in her day job at Lanark Lodge, a long-term care facility in Perth, and in her passion project as the conductor of the Blue Skies Community Fiddle Orchestra, Cindy McCall has felt the stress of the last 21/2 years. While Lanark Lodge is now dealing with a large COVID…

Focus on Food Trucks - Frenchie's Chip Hut

At the northern end of Sharbot Lake along the TransCanada highway is where you can find Frenchie’s Chip Truck, owned by Chris Charlebois and Kenneth McQuaid since the spring of 2021. The longtime friends from the Kingston area, Chris’ family has always had cottage on Crow Lake…

Sunbury Author Creates a Great Escape

They used to call us bookworms. Those that loved the library and stayed indoors and could curl up in a corner with a good book and be lost for hours. Books and reading have certainly changed from the days of ‘layered papyrus’ or ‘parchment’ to current online literary offerings…

Tay Valley Township Appoints a New CAO/Clerk

On August 9, 2022, Tay Valley Township Council appointed Amanda Mabo as the new Chief Administrative Officer/Clerk (CAO/Clerk). Ms. Mabo has worked with Tay Valley Township as Clerk for 11 years and prior to that was the Clerk/Deputy CAO at the Township of Lanark Highlands…

Community Columns - August 18th, 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…

OPP Investigating Robbery In Northbrook

On August 12, 2022, just before 11:00 a.m., officers responded to a business on County Road 41 in Northbrook for a report of a robbery that had just occurred. Officers with L&A County OPP along with OPP Aviation Services responded to the scene. The person of interest is…