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Ribbon-cutting at the LMRC - aka The Point

MPP Randy Hillier was on hand, along with Mayor Vandewal and Mike Howe, Chair of the SF Recreation Committee, for the celebration of the revitalization of The Point in Sydenham. Hillier represented the Provincial Government’s role in providing a $77,000 Canada 150 grant, which…

Sharbot Lake slated as a stop on the Shining Waters line

Last year then Frontenac County Warden Frances Smith met with representatives from Via Rail who were working on developing a business case for the Shining Waters Railway line, a fast rail that if built, will bring passenger rail from Toronto to Peterborough, Ottawa, Montreal and…

Robinson street opened

On Monday, July 17, a newly-created street in Harrowsmith was opened and named in honour of Bill Robinson, popular long-time Portland representative on South Frontenac Council, who passed away earlier this year. It was a simple but colourful ceremony: first Mayor Ron Vandewal…

North Frontenac shows off its essential services

“This is where your tax money goes to,” said North Frontenac Mayor Ron Higgins at the 2017 Essential Services Fair last Saturday at the Ompah Rest Stop. The idea was to get representatives of the various essential services in one place — police, fire, conservation authorities,…

NeLL culinary skills program

Culinary skills for healthy living was the topic of the day as clients, staff, friends and family gathered at the Harrowsmith Free Methodist Church last week. Recently, New Leaf Link (NeLL) received a $7,000 grant for a one-year pilot project to help its community build culinary…

Verona’s electronic message board up and running

It was several years in the making, and not without several roadblocks, but last week the Verona Community Association celebrated the official unveiling of its new electronic message sign. The new sign sits exactly where the old manual sign sat. The old board was serviceable but…

Arden Artisans annual garden party

Arden Artisans is Judith Versavel’s paintings and one-of-a-kind jewelry, Joanne Pickett’s pottery and Sarah Hale’s batik art. But for the past couple of years, they’ve added a group show and tea room at the Kennebec Centre. All together, it makes for a rather busy day in Arden…

Inverary ace to be a ringer for New York team at fastball tourney in Fargo

Kyle Ainsley started out playing soccer in the Storrington League when he was very young but by the team he was 6 or 7 he had taken up baseball in Battersea, and he has never looked back. Hje has been a pitcher since he started.Now 20 and an apprentive carpenter working for…

Story sparks lengthy debate at NF Council

Arguably the biggest block of North Frontenac Council’s debate time at last Friday’s regular meeting in Ompah centred on the Frontenac News story two weeks ago in which Mayor Ron Higgins discussed his thoughts and plans for community development. The Mayor laid out a futuristic…

North Frontenac Futuristic Plans

On July 13’th Craig Bakay of Frontenac News wrote about my plan for trying to resurrect North Frontenac’s economic viability. The article, titled “NF Mayor “two months” away from a futuristic plan for community development” generated a concern by our Council that the article…