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Memorial Banners Commemorate War Stories

This year, the Sharbot Lake Legion joined a number of other rural communities by inviting local families to sponsor banners to fly in their communities in the run up to Remembrance. The Sharbot Lake banners are flying in the vicinity of the Cenotaph in front of Soldiers Memorial…

Cathy Goodfellow Tricked, & Treated, On Her Last Day At GREC

Cathy Goodfellow has had a long, successful career in education. She started out as an Educational Assistant (EA) at Hinchinbrooke School in Parham 35 years ago, and worked on developing her skills as an educator, eventually working in other Limestone School Board locations,…

ALTO Outreach Underway, but Not Yet in Frontenac County

(Editors Note - The Frontenac News received communications from ALTO on Wendesday, November 5, that the ALTO has now reached out to Frontenac County and Lennox and Addington to make presentations to their councils)While it is anything but a done deal, the ALTO train project is…

Frontenac County to increase taxes by 5% in 2026

Central Frontenac Council - Oct 28/25

Steve Newstead appeared before Central Frontenac Council on behalf of the Central Frontenac Lions Club, which makes use of the Oso/Soldiers Memorial Hall for popular monthly breakfasts.He talked about the value of the hall to the Lions, and to other community groups.He then…

Vintage Fashion Show for New Leaf Link

On Sunday, October 19th the community gathered at Trinity United Church in Verona for a Vintage Fashion Show in support of New Leaf Link (NeLL).The event was organized by the Harrowsmith Women's Institute and brought together volunteers & models from New Leaf Link and…

Male Arrested After Fleeing Crime Scene - Stolen Property Recovered

A large amount of stolen property has been recovered, and one person is in custody following a break-in in the Perth Road area.Officers with the Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a cottage on Perth Road on Sunday, November 2, shortly after…

Theft Triggers New Security Measures For Local Grocer

Gordon Dean is one unhappy grocer.He runs a small grocery store chain, Mike Deans Local Grocer, that was started by his father. He has stores in Chesterville, Bourget and Sharbot Lake, as well as two in west Quebec.The grocery business is a high volume, low profit margin…

NFLT Fall Production Takes A Jump To The Left!

In honour of it’s 50th anniversary, NFLT is presenting “The Rocky Horror Experience” on the evenings of Friday November 14th and Saturday November 15th at 8 PM Oso Hall in Sharbot Lake. It is unlike any production they have ever launched. It will be a hybrid showing of the…

South Frontenac Lifts Level One Fire Ban; Encourages Caution

Effective 9:00 am on October 31, 2025, South Frontenac’s Fire Chief, Del Blakney, has lifted the Level One Fire Ban that has been in place since August 29. South Frontenac and surrounding areas have experienced an extremely dry summer and fall leading to an extended in place…