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Pumpkinfest gearing up for its 25th anniversary this Saturday

The Battersea Pumpkin Festival started out in the 1980’s as a harvest festival for a small village that is surrounded by farms and farm families. The world has changed drastically over the last 25 years, and the Pumpkin Festival has certainly developed its own unique traditions,…

Holiday Country Manor celebrates First Annual Oktoberfest in Battersea

Despite the rain…Holiday Country Manor’s first annual Oktoberfest inFrontenac this past Saturday was a great success. It was in the long enclosed porch that opened onto the front yard with a large tented area that housed the stage. This was a celebration of German culture.…

Jimmy Rankin at the Crossing

Cape Bretoner Jimmy Rankin, of Rankin Family fame, sandwiched two sold out shows at the Crossing Pub in Sharbot Lake in between a performance at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa last week. He is touring in support of his new recording, “Moving East”. In addition to playing…

Fans of fantasy art will love Gabriela Klessen’s Studio K

By Craig Bakay Sometimes it pays to go to the end of the road. Case in point, for this year’s North Frontenac Back Roads Studio Tour, the most remote location was arguably Studio K on Buckshot Lake Road. For the past 18 years, this has been the home of Gabriela Klessen (“we were…

North Frontenac Little Theatre looks back on 40 years of thespian activities

It was billed as a reunion as members of the North Frontenac Little Theatre gathered in the St. James Major Hall Saturday to look back at everything they’d accomplished. “This is a celebration of 40 years of musical theatre,” said emcee Jim MacPherson. “There have been 70…

What’s Up in the Night Sky? – October 2019

by Fred Barrett Welcome to the best observing time of the year - no bugs, the temperature is reasonable and darkness arrives early enough to haul the kids out to share the observing sights with you. Midsummer may have a few more spectacular deep sky objects than the rest of the…

You have to respect the candidates

As some letter writers have pointed out, I have been accused, not necessarily unfairly, of talking about the federal election as if it were a non-event in Lanark Frontenac Kingston. Over the years, we have taken on a similar role at the Frontenac News for all elections, federal,…

Katrina Furlanetto Named New CRCA General Manager

At the conclusion of the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority’s (CRCA) Full Authority Board Meeting on September 25, chairperson Alan Revill, on behalf of his fellow board members, announced the appointment of Katrina Furlanetto to the position of General Manager of the CRCA.…

Katrina Furlanetto Named New CRCA General Manager

At the conclusion of the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority’s (CRCA) Full Authority Board Meeting on September 25, chairperson Alan Revill, on behalf of his fellow board members, announced the appointment of Katrina Furlanetto to the position of General Manager of the CRCA.…

Frontenac County Admin building retrofit planning proceeding apace

Members of The Frontenac County Administrative Building Design Task Force were joined by staff and board members from the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA) on September 18. The committee was looking at a work plan for a retrofit and addition to the county…