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While I understand Mayor Vandewal’s regret that Hillier, now turfed from the Conservative caucus, no longer wields the influence he once did, I am puzzled by his statement that we in South Frontenac had long been waiting patiently for someone – one might infer someone…
Chanting “Students say no” and carrying signs, about 75 Granite Ridge Education Center secondary students lined up in front of the school Thursday afternoon to protest the provincial governments changes to the Ontario public education system. On March 15, the Education Ministry…
A long line of students, many carrying placards, streamed down the between Sydenham High School and the South Frontenac Township Hall at noon Thursday (April 4). They were protesting the Ford governments proposed changes to the educational system. Many of the students were well…
It’s in the books; the PeeWee Frontenac Flyers are the Ontario Minor Hockey Association CC champions, having beaten the Ilderton Jets 5-1 last Saturday evening at Ilderton. The series went five games, with the Flyers winning the first two at home, by identical 4-1 scores. The…
Nikon ambassador Michelle Valberg was supposed to give a talk at GREC Saturday night, showing off her wildlife photographs. However, with the weather calling for freezing rain and a flight scheduled for 6am to photograph Canada’s reindeer herd, Valberg had to beg off. Luckily,…
At their meeting in Sydenham on Tuesday Night (April 2) South Frontenac Council released the funds that were on hold in the 2019 budget for the Gilmour Point washroom/change house/shelter. The cost estimate for the project by Hughes Downey Architects is $225,00 to $250,000 plus…
Ken Arney does not expect Central Frontenac Township to pull out the large culvert that they put in to allow water from Dead Creek to pass under the Henderson Road a few metres from his home, just because the culvert and the rocks that are holding it in place are jutting onto…
The GREC gym somewhat resembled a mediaeval competition last Thursday as the Gryphons hosted teams from Holy Cross Secondary in Kingston, the North Addington Education Centre in Cloyne and Percy Centennial Public School in Warkworth for a National Archery in the Schools Program…
VIA Rail officials have not given up on plans to build out a new service between Toronto and Ottawa, passing through and potentially stopping in Sharbot Lake, but the federal budget did not go as they had hoped. In a short letter to Central Frontenac Council, written the day…
“We’d like to expand into North Frontenac,” Dave Smith of North Frontenac Telephone Company told North Frontenac Council at its regular meeting last Friday in Plevna. To be clear, Smith was talking about broadband internet connections, not cell phone coverage. Cell phone…
