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Time Capsule is in the ground, waiting for 50 years from now

In 50 years (ie Canada’s 200th birthday), people will be gathering at Centennial Park in Harrowsmith to dig up a stainless steel treasure trove that will give them a snapshot of what life was like here in 2017/18. Mayor Ron Vandewal, along with members of Council, other…

Limestone Student Achiever award winners

At the May board meeting of the Limestone District School Board student achiever awards were handed out, and there were winners representing each of the three secondary schools in our region; Cassandra Parks from NAEC in Cloyne, Cameron Jackson from GREC in Sharbot Lake and…

Fire Chief says 142 “gaps” or problems with department need addressing

Fire Chief/Manager of Emergency Services Greg Robinson presented his Phase Two Organizational and Operational Review, a lengthy document containing 142 “gaps” or problems with the Central Frontenac Fire Department at Council’s regular meeting Tuesday in Mountain Grove. Given the…

EORN finds Frontenac County to be a soft touch

Frontenac County is not generally an easy organisation to extract funds from. With the notable exception of its long-term commitment to supporting the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation, council is reluctant to spend money on anything other than funding its own services.…

Improved access to Desert Lake could be in the cards, just not this year

Providing an improved boat launch access to Desert Lake is definitely on the radar, but it won’t be done this year, said South Frontenac Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth. Referring to a public information session held May 14 at The Waterway Inn, Segsworth said they presented…

Where is Ontario headed now?

We have known about the June 7, 2018 voting date for four long years, and for at least two it has been the date everyone expects that the long reign of the Ontario Liberals will come to a quiet end. Just like Stephen Harper before her, on June 7 Kathleen Wynne will make a short…

King of the Lake coming to Sharbot Lake

On June 16, the first day of Bass season, a new fishing derby is being organised for Sharbot Lake. Although it is starting small, organisers are sticking to the protocols of events that are sanctioned by the Ontario BASS nation, thinking that over time the Sharbot Lake derby may…

Lake planning seminar on June 2 in Plevna

The Canonto Lake Association is one of the few in North Frontenac to have undertaken the exercise of developing a lake stewardship plan for their lake. Bruce Moore, one of the architects of the Canonto Lake Plan, has a hand in promoting an seminar at the Clarendon and Miller…

Libertarian Stephen Gebhardt

Stephen Gebhardt is a blue-green libertarian. He lives the lifestyle any Green Party member would envy in a rural off-grid house on 100 acres south of Arden with his wife and two children. They make their own power with wind turbines and solar panels, and get their own wood to…

Russell DeCarle to perform at Snow Road Hall

Russell DeCarle is the kind of country music artist who connects as deeply with the Johnny Cash and Hank Williams as he does with Billy Holiday, Django Reinhardt and Bob Wills. The power and poetry of lyrics, melodies that swings and the emotions that are stirred up by the…