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Ruttan to chair Limestone Board of Trustees in 2019.

Suzanne Ruttan has been the South Frontenac Township trustee to the Limestone District School Board since 2010. She has served as the Board Vice Chair for the past three years, and when the new Board was sworn to office last night in Kingston, she assumed the role of Chair of…

Central Frontenac Council – December 11

Central Frontenac Council passed a bylaw allowing for the installation of a stop sign on Cross Road at Armstrong Road at its regular meeting Tuesday in Oso Hall. Acting Public Works Manager David Armstrong said this is the final stage of a project begun in September to provide…

Small Business Expo “brings entrepreneurs together”

To a certain extent, last Friday’s Small Business Expo ’18 at the St. Lawrence College Employment Service in Sharbot Lake was a vendors’ market. Many of the local usual suspects were there and things were for sale. But this one was a little bit different. “We thought we’d take…

Sutherland challenges closed meeting procedure

South Frontenac Council began their COW meeting an hour early, in order to hold a closed Session prior to the main meeting. The four agenda items for the closed session were listed as:”Litigation; Matters concerning an Identifiable Individual (listed twice, as two separate…

Tips for Air Travel Entertaining and Informative Seminar at The Centre

“You would not believe some of the things we get asked,” travel consultant Carrie Borer of Independent by Flight Centre told an audience at The Centre last Thursday in the first of what Rural Frontenac Community Services hopes will be a series of seminars. This one was called…

Performing for Seniors Nourishes This Singer’s Soul

Mark McDonell loves his job. In a coffee shop earlier in November, the talented father of two talks with awe about his work as a professional musician. “I don’t take it for granted,” he said, “I’m from a small town and I didn’t have a lot of money growing up. Now, I get to…

Rotary Cash Calendar

Local Rotary Clubs from Kingston, Napanee and Frontenac are selling the 2019 Rotary Cash Calendars this month. The $20 calendars are similar to other calendars in featuring scenes from Kingston and Frontenac County (many of the photos in the calendar are the work of…

Frontenac County’s Best Landlord Award –$200 prizes at stake

Frontenac County’s Best Landlord Award seeks to champion landlords who strive to break conventional standards and provide their tenants with the best service possible. We are looking for local landlords that go above and beyond to provide safe and affordable housing for the…

What’s Up in the Night Sky? – December 2018 by Fred Barrett

This should be a great month for comet lovers. Comet 46P Wirtanen will be a naked eye sight in the sky. It’s small, just barely 1 Km in diameter, but its orbit will pass very close to Earth making it appear like a much bigger object. It’s already in the night sky but still at a…

Frontenac Rentals – taking advantage of the growing accommodation market

Allan Zahara has been living on 14 Island Lake for a number of years, and for most of that time he has been working in the e-learning sector in healthcare. “It has meant heading off to Toronto from time to time, and maintaining a professional profile outside of where I live. My…