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In writing the above article on the likely differences in voting outcomes in the two ridings covered by the Frontenac News, Jeff Green made some interesting points – with which I agree – but in my opinion he interpreted them absolutely incorrectly. Your vote in Lanark-Frontenac…
I recall from my study of Physics; “hydrostatic pressure" is force applied to a surface area by a fluid (any liquid, any gas). And from our Ontario Building code Act (reaching back to 1975): “Where hydrostatic pressure occurs, floors-on-ground and exterior surfaces of walls below…
In only its second year of operation, Frontenac County’s Open Farms event has grown by leaps and bounds. While there was nobody tabulating just how many people showed up at the 10 operations (there were seven last year) but anybody who attended both could tell you — it was…
They call themselves The 69ers and last Sunday about bunch of them got together at the Inverary Golf and Country Club to celebrate graduating high school 50 years ago. In those days, Sydenham High School had far fewer students than it does today, but with memories fading after…
An Addington Highlands resort owner who had been selected for a Lennox & Addington Tourism Activation Fund grant of $2,500 to hold a music event celebrating The Tragically Hip, is now facing a court date for holding a modified version of the event. Lori Ellerbeck of Mazinaw…
Alexandra Pedersen is busy as a bee these days. Speaking from her house in Kingston, the 32-year-old talks about the beekeeping workshop she taught last Saturday at Wintergreen Studios in South Frontenac. “I think it went really well,” she confirms. “We had a diverse group of…
“I’m lost for words,” said North Frontenac Mayor Ron Higgins at last Friday’s regular Council meeting in Plevna. “When I read the report on this, I got goosebumps.” That report concerned something that happened 59 years ago, on Buckshot Creek in Plevna. Tim Burtch was four years…
At the beginning of the summer last year (2018) Rural Frontenac Community Services (RFCS), which is based in Sharbot Lake, began operating the EarlyOn program at locations throughout Frontenac County, but it wasn’t until September that the full breadth of the program took its…
At Council’s request, Treasurer Fragnito prepared and presented a 10-year forecast of operating and capital costs, based on existing or anticipated service pressures or demands. This largely reflected inflationary increases, without incorporating much in the way of new or…
Council approved a bid of $197,485 excluding HST, from Environmental Contracting Inc. to demolish the old Sharbot Lake Public School Building. The bid was the lowest of 10 bids. There is currently $150,000 in the 2019 Capital Budget for the project and $25,00 scheduled to be put…
