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Weapons to be returned to Crow Lake man

An application for the revocation of the permit to own firearms against 58-year David Courtney of Crow Lake, was rejected by Judge Geoff Griffin at this month’s sitting of the Sharbot Lake Criminal Court. The application came about as the result of an incident that occurred at…

Township vindicated in report by closed meeting investigator, sort of

Last summer South Frontenac Councillor Ross Sutherland lodged a complaint about Council’s in camera discussions of litigation on Sydenham’s water treatment plant. The essence of Sutherland’s complaint, according to the report that came out as the result of it being lodged, was…

Fifteen years on, Frontenac CFDC keeps on keeping on

Anne Prichard starting working for the Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation (FCFDC) before the corporation even existed. She was hired by the management committee that was in the final stages of establishing the corporation, which was one of the last ones to be…

Addington Highlands opts in for legal cannabis shops

The Township of Addington Highlands voted to opt in for retail cannabis outlets at its Council meeting last week in Denbigh, said Reeve Henry Hogg. “We had two open houses the week before on the subject and while there were more against than for, it was only like one or two…

South Frontenac Council – Tuesday, January 22

Eleven Delegations or Submissions for 2019 Budget A wide range of largely volunteer-run non-profit programs asked for financial or in-kind support from Council. These included: New Leaf Link, a South Frontenac-based program providing fully accessible physical and social…

Seeds have feelings too

What is it that gets people so excited about seeds. Is it gardening. Some people like to garden. It's peaceful, meditative, back to the earth. If it were gardening alone, then it wouldn't really matter which seeds we had, as long as they grow good food. There is something more.…

Two of three delegations to council looking for money

It must be getting close to budget time. Central Frontenac Council had three delegations to its regular meeting Tuesday in Sharbot Lake and two of those came asking for money. First up was Anne Prichard of the Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation. However,…

Re Canada-China tension

I applaud X.B. Shen’s eloquently written attempt to conflate any criticism of Communist China with “anti-Chinese” behaviour and then link this to his implied concerns that he will somehow be targeted in a wave of “anti-Chinese sentiment.” He connects this to a very selective and…

Re - Tailgating

Driving in the beautiful Frontenac counties, I cannot believe how many people tailgate. I was behind a car and school bus and the driver of the bus was moving left to right in the lane so he could see the car behind him in the mirror. If you cannot see the mirrors on the bus, or…

Re reader supported news

Your appeal for "Reader Supported News" was well timed. We remembered seeing this message in a previous edition and discussing that we should pay for our copy of the Frontenac News (The News). But we did not proceed to do so. In a world of diminishing locally owned and operated…