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Focus groups to looking at the impact of tick-borne diseases on community life

Kingston and the surrounding area, including parts of South Frontenac, have become known as a so-called sentinel site for the Canadian Lyme Disease Research Network. Not only is Queen’s University a founding partner in the network, but Kieran Moore, former Medical Officer of…

High Speed Internet Coming To Addington Highlands

After more than a year of flawless online meetings, it was bound to happen sooner or later. The audio portion of Addington Highlands Council’s Oct. 5 meeting simply didn’t come through to the YouTube feed. You could see them, but what came through audibly was garbled beyond…

Horse & Wagon Rides for Pine Meadow Residents

Pine Meadow Nursing Home welcomed back High View Farms on September 29th! Horse & Wagon rides with a beautiful team of horses from High View has been an Annual Fall Tradition for the home for many years now. Unfortunately, the pandemic made this impossible in 2020, marking this…

Ombudson clears South Frontenac after complaint about closed meeting

Controversy has dogged over the Johnston Point project in South Frontenac since it was first proposed, and even after final approval for a “Vacant Land” Plan of Condominium has finally cleared all appeals and been approved by Frontenac County Council, the project is still the…

Last Call wraps up Celtic Kitchen Party’s trilogy of albums

Last Call is Celtic Kitchen Party’s final installment in the North of Princess trilogy of albums, which also includes Lobster Tail and Beer and Sociable. Basically, if you liked the first two, you’ll like this one as it’s pretty much more of the same. But that’s OK. Five of the…

Community Foundation helps fund emergency generator project for Lakelands FHT

The Community Foundation for Lennox and Addington (CF-LA), in partnership with the Mazinaw Community Fund, Lakelands Family Health Team and the Township of Addington Highlands, are pleased to announce the installation of emergency back-up generators at the community medical…

Prince Charles cross country race the 1st school wide event in 2 long years.

In preparation for the return of cross country meets at Fort Henry in Kingston, members of the Prince Charles Public School (Verona) running club competed in age-appropriate races on Friday, October 8. The races turned into a school wide event when the whole school (physically…

Watershed conditions improve

Thanks to heavy rains over the last few weeks, water levels have recovered in regional watersheds. In the Rideau Valley Watershed, the water levels have recovered to the “Normal” level. “With above average rainfall amounts across the watershed over the last month, stream flows…

Lion's Fence Project heads into year 2 in Northbrook

At the beginning of November last year members of the Land O'Lakes Lions Club were looking for a way to mark Remembrance Day when the traditional ceremonies were being severely curtailed due to COVID. They were also hoping to find a way to allow the local community to come…

Community Columns - October 14, 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…