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Pee Wees up 2-0, Atoms down 2-0 heading to Ilderton this weekend

The Frontenac Flyers Pee Wee rep team is in the driver’s seat in their Ontario Hockey League final series against the Ilderton Jets following identical 4-1 victories at the Frontenac Community Arena Saturday and Sunday. “It’s definitely great to have a lead heading up to…

Photographer Michelle Valberg in Sharbot Lake

Don’t miss a rare opportunity to enjoy award-winning nature photography and environmental stewardship on March 30 at 7 pm in Sharbot Lake. Michelle Valberg (www.michellevalberg.com), a globally recognized wildlife and adventure photographer will present her images: “In the…

The power that is

What do Jody-Wilson Raybold and Randy Hillier have in common? They are both Canadians and they are both politicians. That’s where their apparent similarities end. Wilson Raybould is an indigenous lawyer from BC. Hillier is an electrician from Lanark County. Wilson Raybould is a…

North Frontenac keeps 2019 budget at cost of living increase

When the dust cleared at the end of a long day in Plevna, North Frontenac Council did what they came to do last Friday — hammer out a budget that came in at a 2.8 per cent increase (consumer price index) over the amount to be raised by taxation over 2018. They started out the…

Repair Cafe under way for Frontenac County

For the past few months, Wagarville Road resident Peter de Bassecourt has been making a monthly trek to Kingston to fix things. Not things like what’s-wrong-with-the-world things; lamps and chairs and toasters type things. He’s become part of a growing movement, called Repair…

South Frontenac sued contractor

It is a case where the fact that something was secret ended up being more interesting than the secret itself. Earlier this year a report from the township of South Frontenac’s closed meeting investigator urged South Frontenac to reveal details about a matter regarding the…

Township Councillors likely to join SFCS board

South Frontenac Council will likely have two of its members sit on the board of Southern Frontenac Community Services following a one-hour meeting between the two bodies that preceded the regular Council meeting Tuesday night in Sydenham. During the regular Council meeting,…

Wildflowers and trees make a natural edge

The Natural Edge Program for shorelines is coming to Quinte Conservation’s Watershed with help from Watersheds Canada. Maya Navrot, Education and Stewardship Coordinator for Quinte Conservation says, “Natural Edge is a well-established program that makes the process of restoring…

re Randy Hillier

We have an answer to the March 7 headline in the Frontenac News – “Local PC Riding Association wants to know what Ford plans to do about Hillier”. We have now learned that Randy Hillier is no longer in the Conservative Caucus doghouse. Ford realized that Hillier is not a…

Re Central Frontenac tax bills

In common, no doubt, with other miscreants, I recently received an intimidating "tax recovery process notification" from Central Frontenac. What was the offence that triggered this, with its implicit threat of imminent legal action? I had missed, by a whole two weeks, the…