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Septic Savvy Seminar about talking ... well, you know

About 50 people showed up for the North Frontenac Septic Savvy Seminar Saturday at Clar-Mill Hall in Plevna and while organizers maintained the meeting wasn’t about mandatory septic inspections, much of the panel discussion and subsequent Q & A session featured a lot of…

Pickleball is taking South Frontenac by storm.

Under what was likely the first ideal day of the season, keen Pickleballers from the Frontenac Pickleball Assocation were out in full force for the 9am – 12pm session at Centennial Park in Harrowsmith last Friday morning (June 7) They took a short break to pose in a photo-op to…

Harrowsmith Free Methodist Church celebrates centenary

Harrowsmith Free Methodist Church celebrated their hundredth anniversary last Sunday with a packed church filled with fellowship and music in a service led by Jason Silver. “They must have been shorter in those days,” commented Bishop Cliff Fletcher, who towered above the pulpit…

No break for local farmer at the waste site

Addington Highlands is prepared to work with a local beef farmer but wants a little more information before deciding how to proceed, Council decided at its regular meeting Tuesday in Flinton. Area farmer Glenn Davison wrote a letter to the Township asking for “consideration…

Prohibited driver arrested and charged

On June 3, 2019 shortly after 7:00pm, Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a traffic complaint from a concerned motorist about a person who was driving and was unlicensed. The vehicle was located in Verona and as a result of the investigation, Frank Teal, a…

Boats stolen from North Country Marine

Officers with the Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are seeking the public's assistance in identifying the males and pick-up trucks involved in the theft of two boats and trailers from the North Country Marine in Inverary. On Sunday June 2, 2019 after…

Speed limits changes in Sharbot Lake

Central Frontenac Township passed a bylaw reducing speed limits through the hamlet of Sharbot Lake at its regular meeting Tuesday night at Oso Hall in Sharbot Lake. Under the new regulations, Road 38 shall be 70 kph from Hwy 7 to 14551 (about the Child Centre) and 50 kph from…

Compassionate Care fills a void for families

Matt Walker lives north of Madoc, but he works in Addington Highlands and in North and Central Frontenac. He runs the Compassionate Care Program, which deals with a broad range of needs for individuals who are faced with a “life limiting illness”, and for their families as well.…

Limestone Achievers

Aurora French (Granite Ridge Education Centre), Rachel Cumming (North Addington Education Centre), and Rebecca Hillis (Sydenham High School) were among the Limestone Achiever Award winners for the 2018/2019 year. Here are some excerpts from the testimonial letters, written on…

The Arden Rink Rebuild Project

Most Ardenites are aware that the outdoor rink, here in Arden, at the Community Centre is slated to be demolished this fall. In order to replace our outdoor facility, fundraising efforts have been underway since March of this year, beginning with a Skate-a-thon. This month, in…