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Dark Sky Preserve Observation Pad season kicks off this Saturday evening

The North Frontenac Star Gazing Pad begins its 2018 series of events this Saturday (May 12) at dusk with The Realm of Galaxies. There should also be some good opportunities to view Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. Astronomer-in-residence Gary Colwell says there are a number of new…

History Mystery Tour goes on despite power outage

It was the history event that almost didn’t happen. After the windstorm last Friday night, power was out all over the north county, including Clar-Mill Hall in Plevna. For Brenda Martin, coordinator of the Clarendon and Miller Community Archives, this presented quite the…

DNA testing can fill in gaps in family trees and paper genealogy, says speaker

“The kind of testing done for genealogy does not address the complex issues of medical research involved in determining rare genetic disorders,” Joyce Fingland, past chair of the Kingston branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society told those assembled at the Parham branch of the…

Signs of success

There is something to be said about supporting local: when the community works together, everyone benefits. Backwoods Country Creations, a local home decor business from Sharbot Lake, was asked to host a Fundraiser Sign Making Class in support of the Grade 6, 7 and 8 classes at…

Provincial election underway

Local candidates ready to campaign in earnest By the time this paper hits your post box on Thursday morning the Ontario election campaign will have been announced. With Queen’s Park finally shutting down and the election “writ” period under way the candidates in the new…

Beavers take centre stage at Central Frontenac Council meeting - Also news about the Day of the Pig 2018

Day of the Pig coming back(Editors note - an earlier version of this article contained erroneous information about the timing and location of the 2018 Day of the Prg. The Day of the Pig is actually set for May 20 at the Seed to Sausage retail store at 12821 Road 38 (next to the…

Frontenac Farmers Market returns Saturday in conjunction with Yard Sale

The Frontenac Farmers Market returns to the parking lot at Prince Charles Public School in Verona this coming Saturday (May 12) for its 13th season. This year’s opening market is running in conjunction with the Prince Charles Public School Community Yard Sale. The Yard Sale is…

Pine Meadow raffle to culminate at this year’s Pine Meadow Classic golf tournament

Tickets for the annual Pine Meadow Special Needs Fund raffle are now on sale at various locations. The proceeds from the raffle sales go towards monthly excursions for the residents at Pine Meadow Nursing Home in Northbrook. The prizes are a beautiful quilt funded and…

South Frontenac Time Capsule

Mayor, Ron Vandewal invites you to join him on Friday May 18th at 1:00 P.M. to bury some of our Township’s History. As part of our local initiatives in 2017 to mark Canada’s 150th, the Township collected numerous items from the Community to place in a time capsule. Now that the…

Trio Corventano to Perform at MERA

MERA is please to announce the latest concert of their Blue Jeans Classical music series on Sunday, May 20th at 2:00 pm. Trio Corventano is a classical music ensemble which features local-born musician, Dakota (Cody) Martin. As a young performer, Dakota was featured in a number…