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Former Mayors remember what the Ice Storm of ’98 was like

It was 20 years ago today . . . when the skies turned an eerie gray . . . With apologies to John Lennon and Paul McCartney, it was 20 years ago that Eastern Ontario was hit with a devastating weather phenomenon — the Ice Storm of 1998. Beginning in the evening of Jan. 4, 1998,…

Riddell leaves Central Frontenac Council to accept deputy fire chief position

District 2 (Olden) will be without its compliment of two councilors for the near future as Coun. Jamie Riddell resigned his seat at Tuesday evening’s regular Central Frontenac Council meeting in Sharbot Lake. Riddell told Council he was resigning to become deputy fire chief of…

Municipal election watch

Vandewal, Higgins, and Smith are all running again, Hogg, Doyle, are mulling retirement Maybe they are gluttons for punishment, or maybe it is the awesome power of the office, or maybe it takes two kicks at the can before fatigue sets in, but all three one term Mayors in…

Telling Tales in 2018

Susan Ramsay, Early Literacy Specialist [email protected] “Know what?” When we hear that lead-in we know our child has a story to tell. From the time children begin to understand language we teach them about storytelling. A parent arrives home after being away for the day…

Election Year

The last time we all went to the polls was for the Federal election way back in the fall of 2015, when the 10 year old Steven Harper led Conservative government was tossed out in favour of the Liberals under Justin Trudeau. This year the 14.5 year run of the Ontario Liberals,…

OPP charge male with attempted murder

In October 2017, the Frontenac Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Crime Unit commenced an investigation into an incident that took place in September 2015. As a result of the investigation, 40 year old Charles Percy KENNEDY of South Frontenac Township has been charged…

Disaster Recovery Assistance for Frontenac Islands

Ontario is providing financial support through the Municipal Disaster Recovery Assistance program to help the Township of Frontenac Islands with flood recovery efforts. Heavy rainfall combined with spring runoff and high water levels on Lake Ontario led to significant flooding…

Some Silent C&T Opposition

The Mayor and a group of his friends have banded together to form something called C&T North Frontenac and are pitching the Contribute and Thrive concept to whomever will listen. If we adopt this self-rewarding dogma of Contributing (that is to give a little) in order to Thrive…

Re - Septic inspection

To my mind the fundamental block in follow through on the septic re-inspection issue has been the "us vs them" mentality. Either it was one neighbour pointing at another; land-access cottagers vs Island residents; village residents vs lakefront; seasonal vs permanent; or most…

Flynn, Gloria Helen

Peacefully at home on Friday December 15, 2017 in her 75th year. Beloved wife of Alan Flynn. Dear mother of Brett, Brigitte Howes (Ron). Grandmother of Ryan (Pascale), Ben (Averie) and Carson. Sister of Laura, Cheryl, Augusta, Nancy, Bill. Predeceased by sister Betty. Special…