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Isobel Wood (Isobel’s Chip Stand & Blueberry Queen)

Peacefully, with family by her side at the Lennox & Addington County General Hospital on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. Proud and loving mother of Rick (Loretta) of Chapleau, Larry (Jan) of Inverary, Brad (Dawn) of Kingston. Pre-deceased by her daughters Donna Wood, Karen VanNess and…

Sick of that mask, yet? Get used to it

KFL&A Public Health has been posting short, Youtube videos to answer questions about the rules that they have put in place to deal with the social and economic opening up after the COVID-19 lockdown. Most of the videos feature Dr. Kieran Moore, which is helpful because he is…

Buck Lakers Prepare to Run, Swim, Paddle for CHEO

Buck Lake’s Clarke sisters, Daley, 14, and Riley, 12, are perhaps best known on the lake for annually hosting a lemonade stand in the South Arm Narrows that raised money for charity over each of the past seven summers. “Because of COVID-19 we weren’t able to keep that going this…

Saved by the bears: waste site closures delayed

Green Bay, Salem & Bradshaw Waste Disposal Sites were closed last winter to try to encourage residents to use the provided garbage and recycling collection. Public Works Manager Segsworth brought a recommendation that Council approve this closure be continued for the remainder…

Jess Wedden keeping busy recording music, doing courses, but ‘I really miss performing’

Understandably, having her drive-in concert at the Verona Free Methodist Church with Jon McClurg rained out last Sunday was disappointing to local fiddle phenom Jess Wedden. “Oh yeah, I felt so bad it was postponed,” she said Monday. “I’m not sure when it will be rescheduled.…

Some scourges might not be worth fighting

A couple of weeks ago there was a bit of an apocalyptic feeling in the air. The oak tree that drops acorns, that sound like gunshots, onto my office roof in the fall most years, was shedding dried, half chewed leaves on the ground at the front door. This was accompanied by…

The Rise Farm

A lot of city dwellers like to go camping, but for Sarah and Rob Winney, it turned out there was more to it than that. They were interested in cooking, poking around rural communities looking for small scale butchers and meat producers to eat better quality food. They were…

Element Fitness is open again

Having your business shut down, with no warning, for over 4 months, can be a bitter pill. Karley Heyman, of Elements Fitness in Sydenham, was excited last week that she would be able to open again at 5:30am (people like to work out at all hours) on Monday, July 20th. But she…

Back Forty Cheese and Jenna Rose Designs, adjusting

Jeff and Jenna Fenwick each run their own businesses out of a picturesque farm property on the Mississippi River off the Gulley Road in North Frontenac. Both businesses, Back Forty Cheese, and Jenna Rose Designs, have felt the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Back Forty Cheese…

The very hungry caterpillars

If you’ve seen an Ontario oak tree recently, you’ve likely been introduced to the invasive Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar). Gypsy Moth caterpillars were first introduced to North America in the late 1860s, and are voracious eaters! Their favourite cuisine is oak leaves, but in…