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Sydenham Women's Softball champions

SOUTH FRONTENAC · Sep 6, 2019

Congratulations to Sydenham women for having an undefeated season in the Kingston Fastball League, they finished first place in the regular season and won the ‘A’ championship in the playoffs. Way to go girls!! Front row: Rachel Miller, Danielle Long, Lacey Latimer, Steph…

Does your vote count? Depends where you live

General Interest · Sep 6, 2019

A tale of two ridings There was a cartoon in one of the Toronto newspapers last week, maybe it was the Toronto Star. It featured someone in shorts walking in the sun next to a building, holding an ice cream. But the building was coming to a corner, and in the shadow of the…

Snowmobile/ATV grass drags “like a small family”

SOUTH FRONTENAC · Sep 6, 2019

“Some of these guys were racing before I was born,” said Bill Day, who, besides hosting and announcing the Bill Day Memorial Snowmobile and ATV Grass Drags at his family farm near Harrowsmith is also the head of Snowmobile Drag Racing of Eastern Canada, the sanctioning body for…

Council approves addition to Flinton Township Office

ADDINGTON HIGHLANDS · Sep 6, 2019

Addington Highlands Council approved the plans for an addition to the Township Office/Community Hall in Flinton at its regular meeting Tuesday in Flinton. The addition, which will be located directly in front of the current main entrance, includes office space for the…

South Frontenac Township to integrate planning and building permit processes

SOUTH FRONTENAC · Sep 6, 2019

Streamlining business and housing development Claire Dodds, Director of Development Services, asked that Council support a township application for grants from both the Rural Economic Development and the Rural Innovation Initiative Programs by approving a pre-budget expenditure…

Repeat winner at Butter Tart Challenge in Sharbot Lake

CENTRAL FRONTENAC · Sep 6, 2019

For the second year in a row, Tanya Labelle took home first prize in the Sharbot Lake Farmers Market annual Butter Tart Challenge Saturday for her Golden Goodies. This was the fifth annual challenge held at Oso Beach in Sharbot Lake. Labelle said she was “challenged by my…

Wagar Oogarah Farm three-peats at Verona Garlic Festival

SOUTH FRONTENAC · Sep 6, 2019

For the third year in a row, Dorothy and Viren Oogarah of Wagar Oogarah Farm near Centreville took home the top prize at the Verona Garlic Festival. Saturday’s event was the 23rd annual edition of the Festival, which was started by Garlic Guru Paul Pospisil. Oogarah took first…

Marking the plight of the missing and murdered

FRONTENAC COUNTY · Aug 31, 2019

It wasn’t an organized thing, but several Silver Lake Powwow attendees decided to join in the MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) issue by displaying red hands across their mouths this weekend. They were joined by grandmothers displaying ‘grandmothers’ tears,’ again in…

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