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Life on the Ball Road – Don Lee still at home after 102 years

Donald Lee was one of the people who were featured in a series we ran in the Frontenac News to mark the 100th anniversary of Frontenac County. He was 95 when we ran the first of a two-part story on May 28, 2015. At the time, Don was still living in the home on the Ball Road in…

Battersea Pumpkin Festival – not quite over yet

Battersea Pumpkin Festival volunteers would like to thank all of the people who braved a real soaker of day last Saturday (October 2) to come out to the Battersea Ball Diamond for the festival. Luckily, the festival has enough tricks up its sleeve to provide some additional…

Impaired driving charges in South Frontenac x 3

On September 28, at approximately 5pm, police from the South Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to complaints of an erratic driver north bound on Road 38 in South Frontenac Township. Officers located the vehicle at a gas station in Harrowsmith.…

What’s Up in the Night Sky? October 2021 by Fred Barrett

What’s a sunspot? We’ve often heard about these blemishes on the Sun. The Sun appears like a smooth, flawless white-hot sphere but if you took a closer look, you would find pairs or groups of dark spots on the surface. Some are large and some are small and they can last for a…

Community Columns - October 07, 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…

Explore Indigenous health and wellness with Dr. Karen Lawford and KFPL

How can our communities work toward equitable healthcare access for all? Join KFPL and Dr. Karen Lawford for a timely, engaging online discussion on Indigenous health and wellness, and what accessible healthcare means for our society. Dr. Lawford is an Assistant Professor in…

Don't We Elect Prime Ministers For a Four Year Term?

Seems to me that when an election is held every 4 years, the expectation is that the ruling party will do the best that they can, to serve their constituents, during their allotted time in office. We should put an end to the possibility of having an election before the end of a…

Who Said That?

Someone said that our fundamental role as members of society is to be consumers. Who could possibly have said that? An economist? A spokesperson for big industry or big business? A retailers’ representative? An equally valid statement could be: our fundamental role as members of…

A letter from a concerned very senior citizen

It is seldom that I get riled up and feel I have to express my thoughts. Somehow I got on to Randy Hillier's NO REPLY newsletter. I continued to read it because I like to try to understand those with whom I disagree. But this time he crossed a line. He published a link to that…

Car Show makes triumphant return to Verona

The 25th annual Verona Car Show was a long time coming. COVID made it impossible to hold the show in 2020, but thanks to a community effort, the show returned last week (September 19) much to the delight of over 900 visitors. John and Julie Nizman, of Last Chance Auto Restore,…