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Sexual harrassment in the workplace is not in your job description

Has anyone in your workplace, a co-worker, supervisor or customer, ever made you feel uncomfortable at work by a sexual comment, a look, an unwanted touch? If so, you are not alone. Sexual harassment at work is an extremely common experience and can be emotionally and…

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

The Moon is leaving us! Well, not right away. I’ve mentioned in a few columns over the past few years that the only reason that we have a solar eclipse is that the Moon is at the exact right distance to block the Sun completely. In the very distant past, it was much closer –…

Public Libraries back in the lending business

Last week, the Addington Highlands Public Library started offering curbside pickup of library materials. Today, the Kingston Frontenac Pubiic Library, which operates 9 branches in Frontenac County: Storrington, Sydenham, Hartington, Parham. Sharbot Lake, Mountain Grove,Arden,…

Scott, Robert

June 17, 1963 - April 12, 2020 With heavy hearts, we, Dennis and Nancy Scott, share the passing of our son, Robert. Late grandparents were Gladys and Clayton Clancy, and Gordon and Stella Scott. Brothers and sisters, the late Robin, Anne, Cheryl, and brothers Tracey (Lisa) and…

Carriere, Marian

Marian Carriere (Taylor) passed away on Saturday May 27, 2020, with her family by her side at her home in Sharbot Lake, Ontario. At Marian’s request there will be no service. Marian was born on April 29, 1946 in Toronto, Ontario to her parents Charles and Dorothy Taylor. Marian…

Complicated scenario for medical practitioners seeking to re-open

Dr. Amir Faisi’s is a dental surgeon who owns two clinics, he Sharbot Lake Dental Clinic and the Mulberry Clinic on Montreal Street in Kingston. They both opened up again this week after being closed since mid-March. But it is anything but business as usual. Long before it was…

Vandals destroy bird boxes on Holmes Road

During the week of May 30, someone knocked down two bird boxes, which were hanging off limbs on a township road allowance at the side of Holmes Road near Inverary. The bird boxes weren’t hanging that high off the ground, making them an easy target. They also weren’t harming…

South Frontenac Council: Health Unit says yard sales are permitted – with restrictions

Covid-related Questions for Council Some questions related to public swimming areas: these are still under provincial restrictions, and to date, not yet open to the public. More complicated was a question about yard sales; the KFL&A Public Health says that technically they would…

Silver lining for RKY camp

It was almost a relief for the staff of RKY camp when the Province of Ontario announced last week that all sleepover camps scheduled for this summer, will be closed in 2020. “Even the thought of trying to keep 160 campers separate and distanced was hard for us to get our heads…

Verona ATV club to ‘steward’ the new section over the summer

The Verona District ATV Club, which has 53 members currently and is growing weekly, is affiliated with the Ontario Federation of ATV clubs, giving its members access to trails across eastern Ontario and beyond. This summer, however, the Verona club will be focussed on a very…