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At the Kingston Health Sciences Centre on Friday, January 8, 2021. Don McLuckie in his 86th year. Son of the late Randolph & Clara McLuckie. Beloved husband of 62 years to Lois (Beatty). Loving father of Gail Nolan, Brenda Goldsmith (Steve Goldie), Cheryl Walker (Mike Walker).…
On Thursday night, at about 10pm, a fire started at McMullen Manor, a housing complex in Verona that had 28 one-bedroom units. A smoke alarm alerted a resident to the fire who called it in. The first crews from South Frontenac Fire Services arrived at about 10:20pm. “When the…
It is common for South Frontenac Mayor, and 2021 Frontenac County Warden, Ron Vandewal to beg off Frontenac County meetings that extend into the afternoon because he has to pick up students from Sydenham High School and drive them home. And even though in-school learning is off…
Frontenac County and the City of Kingston were at loggerheads for over a year over increases in the bill that Frontenac County sends to Kingston for delivering paramedic services and operating Fairmount Home, the County owned long term care facility. Kingston City Council did…
In early December, the Frontenac News ran an article “Saving Rainbow Farm”. It was about Cheryl Sutherland's struggle to keep Rainbow Farm after the death of her wife, Heather Carver. Carver had been the owner and lead veterinarian at the Verona Animal hospital for 20 years…
Last year, in our first issue of the year, long before we had any idea that 2020 would be dominated by a pandemic that would have an impact on our daily lives for 9 months (and counting), we published a call for reader support. It costs about $30 a year to deliver a newspaper 50…
Two Mills, a Dam and a Biosphere… Council received three virtual delegations requesting financial help from the 2021 budget. First up were Bob Brown, member of Save the Bellrock Mill Committee and John McDougall, president of the South Frontenac Museum Society. They asked…
An Interview and Q&A with Bob Joseph Join KFPL and Bob Joseph for a live discussion about his book 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act, following a group viewing of his pre-recorded TVO interview. Explore the troubled history of the Act, and how Indigenous…
The cemetery work North Frontenac Historical Society & Archives began in 2019 continues. In April of 2020 the launch of the Cemeteries & Genealogy section of the website www.nfhistorical.com did not go well. The volume of data overwhelmed the site. Two sections Archives and…
The Dog and Cranberry Lake Association is participating in an environmental project that will identify the causes of the overgrowth of weeds and blue-green algae blooms in local lakes, and help develop a strategy to manage and work towards reducing them. This project is being…
