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COLBY, Barry Melvin

OBITUARIES · Oct 3, 2018

June 19, 1936 - June 7, 2018 In loving memory of Barry Melvin Colby. with sadness we mourn the loss of our beloved father after a full and adventurous life. survived by his four adult children Lisa (eric kaufmanis), karen (the late Paul Stothart), Grant (Claudette) and krista…

DAVISON (Buiting): Betty

OBITUARIES · Oct 3, 2018

Passed away peacefully Friday, September, 28, 2018 at Pine Meadow Nursing Home in her 82nd year. Betty was the loving wife of the late doug davison & Gerry Buiting. daughter of the late Frank & Ruth Delyea. Ever loving mom to debbie, susan, chrissy & doug. Loving mother-in-law…

Judy Farrell on her controversial role on Tay Valley Council

Lanark County · Oct 3, 2018

A number of letters to the editor have been published in the Frontenac News in recent weeks about Judy Farrell, a member of Tay Valley Council who was the subject of an investigation by a third-party investigation into allegations that she harassed Tay Valley Township staff. In…

Terry Fox Run, Orange Shirt Day make for busy day at GREC

CENTRAL FRONTENAC · Oct 3, 2018

Last Thursday was a busy day at Granite Ridge Education Centre. First, about 400 students and staff participated in the annual Terry Fox Run, raising $2,000.10, which was just shy of doubling the 2017 total by $100. But merely by beating the previous year’s total kicked in a…

Former Ompah Schoolhouse destroyed by fire

NORTH FRONTENAC · Oct 3, 2018

On Sunday evening (Sept. 30) a fire swept through a residential building that at one time was the schoolhouse for the Village of Ompah. The building had been converted into a single family dwelling in the years following the school’s close in the late 1960’s or early 1970’s. It…

Good turnout for Kennebec meet the candidates debate

CENTRAL FRONTENAC · Oct 3, 2018

It will probably come as no surprise that the largest audience for the Central Frontenac candidate debates this election year was in Arden last week. It will probably also come as no surprise that the biggest topics were roads and septic inspection. But taxes and “the revolving…

Packed house for relatively calm Tay Valley candidates’ debate

Lanark County · Oct 3, 2018

The Tay Valley, Meet the Candidates event last week at Glen Tay Public School could have provided some fireworks given the controversy surrounding Councilor Judy Farrell being sanctioned for what Council decided was inappropriate harassment of staff members (which resulted in a…

Loughborough District - South Frontenac, Meet Your Candidates

SOUTH FRONTENAC · Oct 3, 2018

Perth Road Hall was packed with most of the standing room filled at last Monday night’s Meet the Candidates event, sponsored by the Perth Road/Buck Lake Community Association. The event ran in three parts, beginning with the School Board candidates: each candidate spoke briefly,…

Sharbot Lake to figure prominently in revamped Official Plan

CENTRAL FRONTENAC · Oct 3, 2018

The future of Sharbot Lake is a big part of the new Central Frontenac Official Plan, Planner Joe Gallivan told Council at its regular meeting Sept. 24 in Piccadilly Hall. While there were comments like backyard chickens and special protection for White Lake at the previous open…

Assistance may be available for those affected by Sept. 21 downburst

CENTRAL FRONTENAC · Oct 3, 2018

Some assistance will be available for Central Frontenac residents affected by the downburst Sept. 21, Fire Chief/director of emergency services Greg Robinson told Central Frontenac Council at its regular meeting Sept. 25 in Piccadilly. “The storm was more significant than we…

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