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Karin Steiner to step down from NeLL, says the organization is in good hands

New Leaf Link (NeLL) has always brought a Do-it-Yourself spirit to everything it does, and for 12 years that spirit has been epitomised by its founder, Dr. Karin Steiner. Dismayed over the lack of services and supports that were available in South Frontenac for her son Nicolas,…

Yellow 'zoned out'

Kingston Frontenac Public Health has designated the entire region as a COVID-19 yellow zone as of Monday, November 23rd. On the four COVID-19 zones, as have been designated by the Province of Ontario, yellow is the second least restrictive, after green. It is followed by orange…

Art at the Dump

If you recently had to make the trip to the Oso Waste Disposal Site, otherwise known as The Dump, then you may have noticed that there was some new colour there in these gloomy November days. A few weeks ago the crew from Central Frontenac Township erected new signage there when…

Family loses house to fire, but maybe gains a home

It’s everybody’s nightmare. Derek Brady got up early on Sunday morning, November 15th, at 5am. He decided to put wood on the fire since it had been a cool night. Back in his bedroom, he could smell smoke, and he thought it came from the wood fire. The smell did not go away so he…

Letter: New Comer

Hello, I am new to Sharbot Lake and looking forward to being your Message Therapist. I was applying for a credit card recently and the clerk asked where I was employed. I responded that I was self employed as a Registered Massage Therapist. “Oh that great,” the clerk replied as…

Addington Highlands Council looks to invite AOO land claims representative to meeting

Addington Highlands Council instructed CAO Christine Reed to look into inviting a representative of the Algonquins of Ontario land claim process to a Council meeting after receiving the Nov. 17 update. Council met Nov. 17 online for its regular meeting. “I found this whole thing…

Lake lovers teach each other to pivot at FOCA

The Federation of Ontario Cottager Associations (FOCA) held its fall webinar on Nov. 21, with a broad range of topics to appeal to the online crowd of more than 100. The title theme was “Learning to Pivot: Lake Associations in 2020,” and while all participants found the sessions…

Changes could take control of Conservation Authorities out of local hands

Changes to the way Conservation Authorities (CAs) are governed is slated to change the watershed-based approach they take, allowing for more centralised provincially controlled decision-making, if measures that were inserted into the Ontario budget enacting legislation, Bill…

Riverhill's Christmas lights are back

It was relatively easy for River Hill farms, who are located off the River Road in North Frontenac, to figure out how to adapt to pandemic protocols and keep providing the lift people need as the Christmas season approaches. In their 7th year, over 120,000 lights are set up…

Life By Lamp Light: the Beacon Hurricane Lamp

Imagine no lights, no tv, no internet, no coffee maker to start the day. Evenings spent in the soft glow of an oil lamp and a kerosene lamp to light the barn. This kerosene lantern collected by the South Frontenac Museum was manufactured by Beacon and guaranteed wind proof for…