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“Verona” in production starting June1

SOUTH FRONTENAC · May 19, 2021

With help from the Kingston Film office, the Township of South Frontenac, and many Frontenac News readers, the producers of Verona are all set to begin an intensive 18 day film shoot in just 10 days. Even though the provincial “stay-at-home” order is not set to expire until at…

Work to begin on Ardoch Road reconstruction

NORTH FRONTENAC · May 19, 2021

Central Frontenac Council awarded a $743,529.49 (before HSt) contract to Gemmills Sand and Gravel for the reconstruction of Ardoch Road at its regular (online) meeting Tuesday. The proposed work includes (but is not limited to): • Remove and replace specified centerline and…

Annual Kinsmen Dream Home Funding Request

SOUTH FRONTENAC · May 19, 2021

At their meeting on May 5, South Frontenac Council continued to voice concerns when faced with the decision whether or not to approve the motion: “That Council fund the cost of building permit/septic fees and development charges in the amount of $19,761.96 for Home Valley…

Jealous of the US COVID freedoms? Don't Be

Editorials · May 19, 2021

A lot of people are frustrated by the fact that we are still worrying about COVID in Canada, when the United States seems to have moved on. We are in lock-down and they are out partying, and now even the much vaunted United States Centre For Disease Control (CDC) is saying that…

Inmate Community Gardens Continue Despite Pandemic

General Interest · May 19, 2021

It’s 2021, some 12 years after the first Inmate Community Garden started at Joyceville Institution (formerly Pittsburgh). Thousands of pounds of produce are grown each year. Some of it is eaten by inmates in the minimum-security camp but most is donated to several food banks in…

Science Shows the Way

Letters · May 19, 2021

Please let Science guide us in this pandemic and let adults make decisions for themselves. We are seeing many Provincial governments stop offering the AstraZeneca vaccine and for me we again are ignoring science and letting politics and “perception” guide us in this pandemic. If…

Dear Mayor Higgins

Letters · May 19, 2021

I have received your request for my support of the release of funds for the EORN Gig project As you note, there have been significant commitments to advancing the expansion of broadband and cellular services from both senior levels of government. Forcing people into isolation…

Entomologist questions safety, benefits of gypsy moth spraying

General Interest · May 13, 2021

Last June, a gypsy moth infestation devastated oak and pine trees throughout Southern Ontario, leaving a trail of dead leaves and caterpillar dung on the forest floor and backyards everywhere. Later in the summer, the potential for an even greater problem in 2021 appeared on…

Kenneth Bertrim

OBITUARIES · May 12, 2021

1935 – 2021 Kenneth Berton Bertrim, son of the late Bert and Lena Bertrim, and eldest of 13 siblings, passed away peacefully at Perth Hospital in his 85th year. Survived by his loving wife of 67 years Cavelle Doreen, 7 children, 14 grandchildren, and 27 great grandchildren. Ken…

Rosemarie Kozak Bowick

OBITUARIES · May 12, 2021

1945 -2021 Rosemarie Kozak Bowick passed away peacefully in her home in Sharbot Lake on Wednesday, May, 5 in the loving company of family members. She was in her 76th year. Rosemarie was predeceased by her son David Bullen and her parents, John Kozak and Jennie Licari Kozak. She…

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