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Rejuvenated Land O’Lakes Lions hyped over parade

After a year of no parades, communities across the region have jumped at the chance to enjoy the Christmas Season in the safety of an outdoor setting this year. The parade in Northbrook, which is set for this Saturday (December 11) at 10am, outside the Lion’s Hall, is no…

What’s Up in the Night Sky? December 2021

We have 2 meteor showers this month. Sadly, one of them, the Ursids, will be blotted out by the Moon all night. It’s a good shower so if you want to give it a try, the Ursids run from the 17th to the 26th and peak on the 22nd. The big one, the Geminids, occurs from the 4th to…

Community Columns - December 09, 2021

These columns from our community reporters are updated every week. Table of Contents Arden Battersea/Storrington Cloyne - Northbrooke Denbigh Harlowe Harrowsmith Henderson Inverary Maberly-Bolingbroke Mississippi Mountain Grove Ompah Parham-Tichborne Perth Road Plevna Sydenham…

Special Needs Committee raises $22,045 in support of Pine Meadow Nursing Home!

For the past 18 years, the Pine Meadow Special Needs Committee has organized an Annual Golf Charity Event in support of Pine Meadow, which included a ticket raffle of 2-3 locally-donated items, one of which has always been a hand-made quilt by local quilting groups. This year…

Live Fiddle Concert in Sharbot Lake

The very special and cherished Blue Skies Fiddle Orchestra has been meeting virtually for the past two years because of the pandemic. In September, about half of the Orchestra members started to meet in person at OSO hall In Sharbot Lake and halfof the members continued to meet…

A Scary Occurrence

Until recently, I have always prided myself in saying that I could see the eyes of an eagle at 1,000 paces – I just can't read a newspaper without my magnifying cheater glasses. Not bad for a 72 year old. That all changed last Thursday, Nov 2nd. My wife and I were going to MOM…

Mississippi Dump Winter Closure

I am saddened by Mayor Higgins’ comments toward our Councillor Fowler and thus, his disregard for the residents who regularly use the Mississippi Site for garbage disposal and recycling. Obviously, I missed the consultation with residents before the closure of our Tuesday winter…

Error on Page 2 of the Dec 2, 2021 Issue

Paragraph 3. “Shane Peters came with a request for the township to participate in supporting emergency services policing and provicial funding for hospital upgrades. However, council advised him that these programs were a provincial matter, not municipal” The policing request…

Golden Eagled win Junior KASSAA football crown in a heartstopper

At one point, near the end of the KASSAA (Kingston Area Secondary School Athletic Association) Junior AAA football final at the Caraco field in Kingston, the Sydenham Golden Eagles long time coach Karl Hammer was at a loss. “We have come so close to winning in the finals and…

Maddy Dever – Rolling into the provincial campaign

The Lanark Frontenac Kingston (LFK) Green Party will have a contest for its candidate, in next spring's provincial election in Ontario. Maddy Dever, from Carleton Place, is competing with Dr. Marlene Spruyt, of Ardoch, to represent the party in the riding. Dever, who is…