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Staffing Up

General Interest · Mar 18, 2020

A lot of folks around our Lakeland in eastern Ontario fear the worst when all the Gypsy moth eggs that we saw on the tree bark last fall hatch in the coming spring. Many of us scraped off all the egg masses we could find and reach but many are placed high in the tree canopies,…

Conboys’ Maple Weekend cancelled, store still open

CENTRAL FRONTENAC · Mar 18, 2020

Another popular event in the area has been cancelled. The Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association has decided not to hold Maple Weekend this year, in response to provincial recommendations regarding public gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were 10 syrup producers…

Restaurant owners, food producers, girding for a rough ride.

SOUTH FRONTENAC · Mar 18, 2020

The News contacted some restaurant and food business owners on Monday, in advance of the announcement on closure. The situation was fluid at the time as on Monday morning Ontario’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams, said that restaurant closures were not being…

RFCS secures $13,780 grant for SALT talks program

CENTRAL FRONTENAC · Mar 18, 2020

In the midst of all the bad news lately, here’s a little bit of good news. Rural Frontenac Community Services has been successful in securing a New Horizons grant in the amount of $13,780 for its SALT (Seniors and Law Enforcement Together) talks luncheon series. The SALT talks…

AH Council meeting

ADDINGTON HIGHLANDS · Mar 18, 2020

COVID-19 and how it pertains to municipal business dominated proceedings at Addington Highlands regular Council meeting Tuesday afternoon in Denbigh. “That would be fair to say, yes,” said Dep. Reeve Tony Fritsch, who chaired the meeting in the absence of Reeve Henry Hogg, who…

Call first, says local doctor.

CENTRAL FRONTENAC · Mar 18, 2020

Special protocols are in place at local doctor’s offices Dr. Sabra Gibbons and her team at the Verona Clinic are continuing to serve their patients needs this week, but some of the protocols at the clinic have been changed in order to protect both the patients and clinic staff…

Peewee Flyers championship season another casualty of pandemic

FRONTENAC COUNTY · Mar 18, 2020

It certainly looks like the Frontenac Flyers Peewee rep team season is over, without much chance of their final series against the Ilderton Jets being played. The championship series had been scheduled to get underway this past weekend with two games in Ilderton before moving to…

Emotional Economics

Letters · Mar 18, 2020

The decision of the Chief Librarian in consultation with the Kingston Frontenac Public Library Board to continue to pay salaries during closure of libraries due to the virus health issues does not sit right. I'm sure that teachers are in the same situation. Payment for work is…

Update on COVID-19 in Frontenac County - updated as information comes in

FRONTENAC COUNTY · Mar 15, 2020

No confirmed cases in Frontenac County as of yet. First off. After following up on a number of rumoured cases, in both Sharbot Lake and Sydenham, as of Sunday, March 15, there are no confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Frontenac County or the City of Kingston. There has been one…

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