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After two meetings, Central Frontenac 2018 budget still $348,000 higher than 2017

Central Frontenac Council and staff met at the Oso Firehall Tuesday to have a second round of budget talks and while Treasurer Michael McGovern estimated they managed to cut about $10,000 out of the 2018 budget, it still looks like the Township plans to spend almost $348,000…

What’s Up in the Night Sky? - February 2018

I must apologize for not providing a column for the last 2 months. Some family matters needed to be addressed. But, I’m back. If this column arrives at your mailbox before January 31st, be aware that a second Full Moon for January will occur on that date. It’s called a Blue Moon…

Senior’s Housing meetings in Central Frontenac

The Township of Central Frontenac, in partnership with the County of Frontenac, is hosting two upcoming Town Hall meetings to explore opportunities for a senior’s housing project in Central Frontenac. Two sessions will be held. The first will be taking place at Sharbot Lake…

KFPL Live presents: Medical Myths and Misconceptions

Do you follow medical advice “everyone just knows”— like avoiding gluten or using sunscreen? Are these beliefs really based in science, or are they the modern equivalent of old wives’ tales? Kingston's own Dr. Michael Hefferon has long been fascinated by the intersection of myth…

Barbara Ellsworth-Rosenblath

Barbara Ellsworth-Rosenblath went peacefully to be with the Lord, her Saviour on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at the age of 78. Loving wife of Garry Rosenblath and the late Elmer Ellsworth. Proud and caring mother of Darlene Boegel, William Ellsworth & step-mother of John…

Kathleen Marion Wright

Kathleen Marion Wright - Kay passed peacefully with family by her side at Pine Meadow Nursing Home on Friday January 19, 2018 in her 90th year. Kay was predeceased by her beloved husband Jim in April 2013. Loving and cherished mother of Bill (Suzzann), Dianne Lake (Alvin), Brian…

Amanda Pulker-Mok, Provincial Liberal candidate in Lanark Frontenac Kingston

Amanda Pulker-Mok has only been living in Almonte for 3 1/2 years but she has already made her mark. When a council seat came open in April of last year in Mississippi Mills township after a tragic death, she was one of 11 applicants for the position. All of the applicants…

Break and enter cases multiply

Over the past 10 days, three sets of break-ins have been reported, each affecting multiple cottage properties, on lakes in South and Central Frontenac. Eleven cottage properties were vandalised on Bobs Lake on the evening of Friday, January 12, five on Sharbot Lake, and six or…

In what’s becoming an annual tradition, Reid and Hillier celebrate Robbie Burns Day

It’s often been said that on St. Patrick’s Day, everybody’s Irish. It’s much the same on Robbie Burns Day, everybody’s Scottish. Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington MP Scott Reid has Scottish roots. His MPP counterpart, Randy Hillier does not but that doesn’t stop him from…

School of Rock starting up at Prince Charles Public School

Get ready to rock, Prince Charles. That’s as in School of Rock at Prince Charles Public School in Verona. SK-1 teacher Lee Casement has secured a $2,360 grant from the Limestone Learning Foundation and he’s using it to get gear. Now all he needs is some students to rock ’n’…