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Storrington Stingers celebrate country roots with Redneck Hoedown

Local hockey families will be celebrating their rural roots this January in true country style. “Our annual dance this year is a Redneck Hoedown,” confirms Lisa Greenwood, a lead organizer of the Storrington Stingers Hockey Association’s annual fundraising dance to be held at…

Gruden, William John

William Gruden, my love, passed away on Thursday, November 2nd, 2017 peacefully at Perth Hospital. We will miss him terribly as well as his adopted family and many friends. Arrangements will be held privately for the family. In remembrance, contributions to the Salvation Army…

Hallowe’en in Sydenham

Confession: after the village children we knew grew up and stopped coming around at Hallowe’en, Cam and I got a bit overwhelmed by the onslaught of little strangers, all 300 of them, who were dropped in the village like litters of kittens and had depleted our supply of goodies…

Pine Meadow residents take a trip to the Farm!

On the beautiful fall day of October 23rd, a bus load of residents travelled to Cloyne to visit the Land O’Lakes Petting Farm. Feeding and petting these friendly animals brought back lots of fond memories for these folks. They shared lots of laughs and stories of days gone by…

Knowledge Circle kickoff in Verona

The Land Between, a grassroots ecology-focused charity, recognizes the landscape spanning from the Georgian Bay coast to the Ottawa Valley as “a treasure trove of ecosystem services benefiting all of Ontario.”The organization held a knowledge circle Saturday October 28th in…

More than 100 turn out for information session on Children and Youth Services

It’s like speed dating for services, said organizer Maribeth Scott said in the GREC gym last week as 14 organizations gathered to inform families as to what services are available for children and youth in the northern Frontenac area.Scott stood in the middle of the room, with a…

Plevna Writers’ play, “The Wedding”, to be re-staged by NFLT

North Frontenac Little Theatre will present a local heritage revue entitled “Sunshine Sketches of Our Little Towns” as a final tribute to Central Frontenac’s Canada 150 celebratory year. The heritage revue is comprised of a series of tailor-made songs and sketches partly…

Higgins to present One Small Town project to Council at special meeting Friday afternoon

Newspapers don’t often do advance stories for local council meetings but in this case, North Frontenac Mayor Ron Higgins is scheduled to present his vision for a self-sustaining community at a special Council meeting following North Frontenac’s regular meeting at the Ompah…

Sweet Alibi shows off sweet harmonies

Sometimes, it all just works. Such is the case with Jess Rae Ayre, Amber Rose and Michelle Anderson, aka Sweet Alibi, who brought their brand of harmonies to The Crossing Pub in Sharbot Lake last Saturday night.Ayre and Anderson met in high school in Winnepeg. Rose is originally…

Council adds 1% to budget for new projects

4% increase likely in Frontenac County budget – offset by 1% in growth Frontenac County Council said yes to most of the requests for funding it received as part of its 2018 budget deliberations. Fortunately for Frontenac County ratepayers, a lot of the requests came from service…