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Don't Get Burned In The Kitchen' - Pickleball Is Back

cutline – Headline – Pickleball ramping up after COVID It’s hard to imagine Kelli McRobert in slowed down mode. But last week when interviewed over the phone she said she was having difficulty ramping back up to her pre-COVID multi-tasking lifestyle after a year and a half of…

Official opening of North Frontenac Observatory set for Aug.14

Residents and visitors will get their first chance to get a look at the 16” Fred Lossing Telescope Saturday, Aug. 14 from 7-9 p.m. at the North Frontenac Dark Sky Preserve (5816 Road 506) with the official opening of the North Frontenac Observatory. “Getting the public back to…

Helen Doreen Williamson turns 100

Helen was born to George and May Compton at home on a farm on Sunnyside Road in Kingston Twp on August 6, 1921. At the age of six she moved with her parents and younger sister to a larger farm on Holmes Rd in Storrington Twp. On the day of the move her dad milked at the one farm…

Happy 103rd Birthday to Merritta Parks!

Mrs. Parks was born on the first day of August in 1918 at her grand-mothers home, delivered by a Dr. Tindle. She was raised in Flinton, then as a young child moved to Kaladar to live at a boarding house where she worked to cover her room and board as well as earn an extra $2 a…

Addington Highlands will continue to hold meetings in both Flinton and Denbigh

Addington Highlands Council addressed the question of what to do with about $128,260 in excess COVID funding that remains after they spent $55,114.68 in 2020 and about $56,000 in 2021 in covid-related expenses at its regular (online) meeting Aug. 3. And in so doing, Council also…

Vaccine rates continue to drop, targets receding in time

The 85% vaccination target in Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington is now 7 weeks away, after only 750 people received their first dose in the region during the week ending on Sunday, August 8. Just two weeks earlier, over 1,500 were getting their first dose per week. As of…

Will the province deliver on rural Internet, or was EORN a better bet?

Everyone wants better Internet, and there is an entire industry that is devoted to delivering the Internet, just as there are more and more businesses that cannot operate without reliable Internet service. In cities, it is a competitive market. There are hundreds of thousands of…

Community Living Celebrates 45 years of Awesome

It all started in a small rural schoolhouse in Mountain Grove, when a group of parents and concerned citizens held a meeting to discuss how their children were going to get an education as well as to strive for society acceptance and inclusion. That was the beginning of the…

Community Columns - August 12, 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…

Finding Your Wild Children

On Saturday, August 28, the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust (MMLT) is hosting a day of woodland fun, a fantastic opportunity for families to participate in nature-inspired Scavenger Hunts. This event will provide thematic scavenger hunts along wooded trails and by ponds to…