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Central Frontenac Finalizes Official Plan

Central Frontenac Council held an online Special Council meeting Monday to adopt several ‘amendments’ to its 2021 Official Plan that had been approved to its 2008 Official Plan but inadvertently been left off the new plan. “Cathy (CAO/Clerk MacMunn) and I realized that these…

Blake Hamilton Rhinoceros Party Candidate in Kingston-Lanark-Frontenac

Blake Hamilton joined the Rhinoceros Party 3 years ago. “I was fed up with all the big parties. They had all become corrupt, dysfunctional and inept. And people are tired of strategic voting. The Rhinos are a great way to give enough people an option to make a statement against…

History of the Rideau Canal

Hunter McGill, President of Friends of the Rideau spoke to an outdoor gathering of the Dog and Cranberry Lakes Association on Sunday, about the building of the Rideau canal. Over 50 people sat scattered around a wide green space below the Upper Brewer’s Locks McGill began with…

Fantasy in the Forest is back!

The Fantasy in the Forest Art show was one of the casualties of COVID in 2020, and with COVID restrictions lingering into the summer of 2021 it did not happen on its normal July date. Undaunted, the Fantasy is are back, 41 exhibitors strong, and the Draper Lake studio Perth…

4H Beef Club & Horse Pull at Maberly Fairgrounds Aug. 28

Due to the Covid Pandemic the Maberly Fair Board made the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 fair. However, the board also made the decision that under the opening conditions set down by the health department, a couple of events could be held. Therefore a very successful 4-H…

Masks and Art at MERA

Third time lucky! This outdoor art exhibition has been rescheduled three times, from May toJune and now to September 18. The many contributing artists have had more time to make amazing creations, and now weare ready to see all our friends again. One of the highlights of the…

Sundance Art Show Labour Day Weekend in Maberly

Celebrating its 14th year, the Sundance Artisan Show invites you to spend time in a beautiful riverfront setting with local artists in Maberly, Ontario during Labour Day weekend. Peppered across two acres of forest, field, and riverfront will be a large and diverse group of…

What’s Up in the Night Sky? September 2021

Every September in the northern hemisphere, we have the autumnal equinox. This year it occurs on September 22nd. It marks the start of fall. A second equinox occurs each year in March. It is called the vernal equinox and signals the start of spring. After the autumnal equinox,…

Community Columns - September 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…

Caretaking

The term ‘Caretaker Government’ being bandied about by the media and well fuelled by some party leaders is an insult to our system of government, our military and our civil service. Our elected leaders do control the military and diplomatic purse-strings but none of them - even…