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Sharbot Lake General Store: The Story of Bob Basra pt.2

If you haven't already, you can read part 1 here. Life begins in Sharbot Lake Bob began his work in the first week of 1989 in Sharbot Lake as owner/manager of a service station in what is his current location. According to Bob Olmstead, 81, who knew Bob Basra from the beginning…

Johnston’s Point land use condominium proposal passed by SF Council

Johnston’s Point land use condominium proposal passed by SF Council by Wilma Kenny On Tuesday Night, (October 6) South Frontenac Council met in an in camera session to review the un-redacted version of the Environmental Benefit Permit for a land use condominium proposal at…

Addington Highlands Council back to meeting in person

Addington Highlands Township Council held its first ‘in-person’ meeting Tuesday since the covid-19 pandemic drove everybody online back in March. Addington Highlands is the first municipal council in The Frontenac News’ coverage area to go totally offline. For the record, there…

Contemplating winter with the COVID

There was a point, during the heat of the summer, when new COVID-19 infections were as rare as snowflakes in July, and life under the ‘new normal’ was indeed pretty normal for many of us. The opportunity to gather in backyards, parks and beaches and cottage docks and lawns, to…

Dearth of abattoirs threaten the growth of local, small scale meat options.

In a panel discussion as part of the virtual Open Farms initiative, access to provincially certified abattoirs was discussed by a diverse group of farmers. John Williamson raises beef cattle at his farm near Inverary and is past President of the Frontenac Federation of…

Break and Enters OPP Seeking Public's Assistance

On October 1, at approximately 11pm, L&A County North OPP received a call from the residents at a Hunting Camp on Hunt Road in Northbrook. Officers from the Kaladar detachment and the Forensic Identification Unit attended from Belleville to collect evidence. As the investigation…

OPP Seizes Over 600 Cannabis Plants In South Frontenac

Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) have seized over 600 cannabis plants in South Frontenac Township. CSCU members, along with members of the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) and OPP Emergency Response Team…

OPP: Over 80 charge

On Friday October 2, 2020 shortly after 11:30 p.m. Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a traffic complaint from a concerned motorist about a motor vehicle travelling on Road 38 near Bradshaw Road in Central Frontenac Township. As a result of the investigation,…

What’s Up in the Night Sky? – October 2020 by Fred Barrett

October is a beautiful month for observing the night sky. The bugs are mostly gone, temperatures are comfy with a little help from a sweater and darkness comes early and lasts through to a late sunrise. This October is especially exciting. As mentioned in last month’s column, we…

Re - Emergency, what emergency

I agree with Mr. Rodney Hoff—there is no real public health emergency, and health and government officials have overreacted and overreached with all their new safety protocols and mandates imposed upon the public. After all, I AM NOT A SHEEP! From now on, I will resist the…