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KFL&A Public Health Limits Private Gatherings To 10 As COVID Cases Rise

Four weeks into the largest, and most deadly, local wave of the entire pandemic, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLAPH) took matters into its own hands last Friday afternoon (November 26). Under his authority as the regional Medical Officer of Health, Dr.…

NAEC shop class gets to work for the daycare kids

Since 2019, daycare services for children in Addington Highlands and North Frontenac have been available at a centre that based our of North Addington Education Centre (NAEC) in Cloyne that is independently operated by Lennox and Addington Resources for Children (LARC). “Kids at…

South Frontenac Township commits $750,000 towards Grace Centre upgrade

Everyone at the South Frontenac Council table expressed support for a proposal to build onto the Grace Centre in Sydenham, in order to allow the local food bank and administrative staff at Southern Frontenac Community Services (SFCS) to stop working in aging former portable…

Council size reduction to be on ballot in ’22 Central Frontenac election

While a bylaw to reduce the number of councillors was on Central Frontenac’s Nov. 27 (online) Council meeting agenda, it never got to a vote as Council decided to take the question to the electorate for the 2022 municipal election. The exact wording of the question that will be…

Community Columns - December 02, 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…

Festive RIDE program, cottage safety, on the minds of Frontenac OPP

The Festive RIDE program is now underway in Frontenac County, and Detachment Commander Sgt. Marty McConnel would like to remind residents that they do not have to depend on the RIDE program to help keep the roads safe from impaired drivers. “It is great to see that last year the…

NFLT Fundraiser a Huge Success!

“To all members and fans of North Frontenac Little Theatre: Please help us get back on our feet and on with the show!” And with those few words, community response came fast and furious – and overflowing with generosity. As with many businesses and not for profit organizations,…

Re: Respect the Flag

I can not let this letter go without comment. My original article was about defacing the Canadian flag. How is that homophobic? In this cancel culture you do not need an valid argument against someone who disagrees with you, you simply use a slur against them.As for needing…

Re: Staff-less Libraries

So many things to comment on in this past issue of Frontenac News [November 25]! And they all have to do with logic, and bureaucracy. To take just one on the first page, the Library plan to implement staff-less hours. Laura Carter, the head librarian, says relative to the…

Housing crisis

Is there a housing crisis in Frontenac, yupper! We have rented an old farm house on the outskirts of Ompah for the past 13 years. Our landlord decided to sell while the prices were right & we found ourselves searching for a new rental property. To our surprise there were none…