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New Leaf Link: Helping People, One Cheesecake at a Time

Disabled adults around South and Central Frontenac will be enjoying more programing during the ongoing COVID pandemic thanks to the team at New Leaf Link. The not-for-profit recently completed a two-week fundraising blitz in partnership with Harrowsmith’s Cheesecakery Bakery…

Climate Change Series Hears The “Dirty Little Secret” About Recycling

Dr. Myra Hird, a professor in the School of Environmental Studies at Queen’s University, where she runs a multi-disciplinary program called Wasteflow, does not mince words when it comes to municipal recycling programs. Quoting a colleague, she called recycling programs “'busy…

Every Barn Tells A Story

Anyone who takes a drive through the countryside in Frontenac can see that barns, and the remnants of barns, dot the countryside. Sometimes they are the only reminder of the sometimes harsh life led by settlers, who worked the often unforgiving land, back in the late 19th and…

A lack of vision in municipal politics

For a number of years, volunteer board members from Pine Meadow Nursing Home in Northbrook, usually accompanied by local councillors from North Frontenac Township, made an annual trip to Glenburnie to plead for support from Frontenac County Council for a nominal amount of…

Addington Highlands Council - February 2

As it turns out, there are indeed turtles in the Cloyne area. And part of the reason we know that is that the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre has put some there. At Addington Highlands’ last Council meeting, Council declined to express support for a provincial government…

North Frontenac taking steps to address winter parking issues

Spurred on by a request from the Shabomeka Lake Association, North Frontenac is initiating an examination of its winter plowing procedures. At its regular (online) meeting Friday, Council heard that there are several locations where parking along roads and at plow turn arounds…

South Frontenac commits $250,000 to COVID relief for individuals, businesses

Back in November, when South Frontenac Council was meeting to set the parameters for the 2021 township budget, they wanted to find a way to support people who were impacted by COVID. “We had enough money available from our working reserve to put $250,000 aside, which is a little…

Driver Charged With Impaired  

On February 6, 2021 at approximately 7:30 p.m., officers of the Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol and observed a vehicle pulled over to the side of the road on County Road 41 north of Flinton Road in Addington…

Mississippi Valley Conservation lunch time talks

The Mississippi Valley Conservation Association is currently working on a new integrated Watershed Plan to help guide long term activities within the watershed. The new plan will reflect current watershed conditions and anticipated watershed management needs related to climate…

South Frontenac Family Day - 2021

Traditionally, Family Day in Frontenac would consist of a large community gathering and celebration at the Frontenac Community Arena. This year, families will have the opportunity to celebrate within their household ‘bubble’ by participating in at home activities that will be…