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April 4 1921 – July 10 2017 It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Barbara Roos at Kingston Ontario in her 97th year. Barbara was born in Sudbury, Ontario to Robert and Fanny Horne and spent most of her childhood in the town of Forest, Ontario. She had…
Norman King, long-time resident of Crow Lake passed away at Saint Anne de Bellevue Veterans Hospital in Saint Anne de Bellevue, Quebec on July 5th of this year in his 91st year. Norm and his late wife Audrey were the proprietors of King’s Fishing Camp on Crow Lake and Norm was a…
A citizen of the world, but a son of Sharbot Lake, Noel died May 6 in Burlington, Ont., and will be interred Aug. 5 at Oconto Cemetery. Noel was born Christmas Day 1922 to Arthur and Annie Shanks. An RCAF veteran of the Second World War, Noel flew 29 missions as a rear gunner in…
Like all event organizers, the committee for the Sydenham Lakes and Trails Festival were hoping for a nice day and a good turnout. Well, as it turned out, they got a beautiful day and a turnout that exceeded their expectation, so much so they ran out of ice cream, hot dogs and…
Central Frontenac Council authorized the go-ahead for a septic system and canteen/washrooms/warming/storage area at Oliver Scott Memorial Park in Sharbot Lake with the intent to complete construction in the fall of 2017 at its regular meeting on Tuesday July 11 in Arden.…
An historical walking tour of Sydenham Village was part of the program at Saturday’s Lakes and Trails Festival. It offered a quiet but fascinating change of pace from the variety of paddling and cycling-related events, which drew the majority of the day’s participants. Like…
The Trail Time Junction bike shop sprung in a previous abandoned corner of the Johnson Real Estate Office in Harrowsmith in early June without much fanfare. Martha and Sean, the volunteers who operate the shop for the owner, who is disabled, were motivated by a love of cycling…
On July 1 of this year, Sharbot Lake Lions Bill and Linda Zwier travelled to Chicago, Ill. But this wasn’t any regular Lions convention. You see, this year’s gathering of Lions featured a ceremony wherein Bill would be inducted as the Governor of District A3, a large geographic…
The small straw bale building in the parking lot of the Fall River Pub and Grill at Hwy. 7 and the Elphin-Maberly Road is back in business. In past summers a coffee shop has been open at that location, and now it is the home of the new Maberly Bakery. Bonnie and Ross Palmer…
South Frontenac Council held a brief meeting this week to resolve the question of exceeding the amount ($1,000,000) budgeted for the construction of a new fire station at Perth Road. The current station is in disrepair and considered unfit to be used for training meetings, and…
