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101 Nativities cracks 300 mark, already thinking about next year

You know Christmas is right around the corner when the Cole Lake Free Methodist Church is full of nativity scenes. (In fact, there are only four weekends left before Christmas.) As you enter the church and proceed past the multitude of angels that show you the way to the…

Hammering home the principles of metal working at Godfrey Sculpture Park

Sculptor Stefan Duerst likes teaching. That’s probably why he accepted a position as artist-blacksmith teacher at Sir Sanford Fleming College. But he also enjoys teaching kids and as such, his studio at the Godfrey Sculpture Park has become a classroom of late. He’s been holding…

Keeping up a Christmas Tradition in Verona

For many years, the lighting of the Christmas tree in McMullen Park in Verona was an annual tradition. Many people can still remember Ross Clow up on a trailer, singing Christmas carols and strumming his guitar with bare hands in the frigid cold. But the lights were taking a…

Teacher acquitted of assault charges involving students

(Editors note – A publication ban has been imposed in this case. The students involved cannot be identified, and for that reason the precise location where the incidents took place will also not be described.) Christopher Leger, who was teaching at a primary school in Frontenac…

Townships weigh the pros and cons of pot sales

Both North and South Frontenac gave cannabis fans in their municipalities a green Christmas present at their final meetings of the year, deciding to permit private cannabis retailers access to their market, subject to the restrictions that are set out by the government of…

Have we all been had by Canada Post?

In October and November, in response to the rotating strikes by members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), Canada Post continually updated the public about the impact of the strikes on the service. They suspended delivery time guarantees, announced that there were…

North Frontenac backs Hillier on CAs, with some stipulations

Back on Nov. 9, Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP Randy Hillier send a letter to Rod Philips, Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks regarding growing concerns with the activities of the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority and the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority.…

Deputy Mayor Sleeth Begins Term

The meeting began with Deputy Mayor Sleeth being sworn in. Ad Bag Delivery Contributing to Roadside Littering Last meeting, Mayor Vandewal gave notice of a motion that ad bags should not be permitted to be tossed along the roadsides. This was brought to Council in the form of a…

Thief hits dollar store

(SHARBOT LAKE, ON) - The Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is seeking assistance from the public to identify a male who is a suspect in a theft. The incident occurred at The Amazing Dollar Store in Sharbot Lake on Saturday the 8th of December, 2018…

Theft suspect sought

(BATTERSEA, ON) - On the 10th of December, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attended an address in the Battersea area for a break and enter to a garage. The vehicle owner was away for the weekend and parked at the Hwy 15 car park in Kingston. The…