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South Frontenac Council - A bit of a primer on public meetings

Public meeting procedure clarified At the opening of a public meeting to hear a rezoning application, Claire Dodds, Director of Development Services, presented an update on the procedure for appealing a Council decision in respect to zoning. (This reflects the provincial…

Shirley Peruniak 1926-2020

Shirley Peruniak, who chronicled the history of the former Oso township, received the Order of Ontario for her work at Quetico Provincial Park, and spent her life exploring the world around her, has died at the age of 93. Shirley spent her early childhood in Sharbot Lake, and…

Sharbot Lake Village reconstruction project

Back in September of 2019, Central Frontenac Township received confirmation that under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP), the Province of Ontario will provide $1.06 million and the federal government another $1.9 million, towards a $3.2 million project to…

Heritage Festival Variety Show changes things up this year

The 14th annual Frontenac Heritage Festival kicks off Friday night, Feb. 14, with its usual variety show, but this year things will be a little different, says producer Rob Moore. “This year, it’s called ‘Variety Show — The Musical,’” Moore said. “After two years of Frontenac’s…

Connections offering free Indigenous Crafts workshops to build understanding

Connections Adult Learning is offering the free workshop Introduction to Indigenous Crafts on consecutive Tuesdays from Feb. 4 to March 10 at both its locations in Sharbot Lake and Northbrook (9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at both sites). As of this writing (Feb. 4), there were still…

Charge laid in year old hit and run case

On February 17, 2019, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Frontenac Detachment responded to a collision on Sand Lake, west of Frontenac Provincial Park. At approximately 1:00 a.m. a pick-up truck had been driven onto the ice where it struck two small, individual ice huts with a…

Regional Roads presentation fizzles

I hope readers will grant me this assumption – the idea of a virtual county roads system in Frontenac County, or anywhere else, is hard to understand. A real road goes somewhere, but a virtual one? In fact, most of us never think about who owns the roads that we drive on every…

The Sydenham Women’s Institute: Reflections on 100 years of service

The Sydenham Women’s Institute is over halfway through its 100th year celebrations and 100 years of service in the community. Inspired by Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless, an internationally recognized speaker and advocate for family education, Sydenham’s W.I. was organized June 25, 1919…

“Rural factor” a bit of a stumbling block to physician recruitment, says Dep. Reeve

At its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon in Flinton, Addington Highlands Council passed a resolution to respond to Lennox & Addington County’s request regarding the upper tier’s involvement in physician recruitment in time for the County’s budget deliberations. “Henry (Reeve…

Breakfast sandwiches of Frontenac - The Cookery

Pam Raby of Lavalee's Cookery in Inverary with the artisanal baguette breakfast sandwich that greets travelers along Perth Road every morning of the week. One of the secrets to this sandwich is the bagel, which is fashioned out of light, crispy French bread. Inside the sandwich…