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Kids These days ...

Letters · Jun 28, 2017

How many times have you rolled your eyes whenever someone talks about teenagers. How many times have teens been the assumed culprit in some circumstance? My son is 21 now. That means many years of playgroups, play dates and birthday parties. Then he turned into a teenager and…

New park in Cloyne

ADDINGTON HIGHLANDS · Jun 28, 2017

They went all-out in Cloyne Saturday to officially open Benny Lake Heritage Park, with several musical guests ranging from a First Nations drum group and the Pickled Chicken String Band, poetry readings and a host of politicians including Shabot Obaadjiwan Chief Doreen Davis,…

Parkinson Canada – combating isolation and fostering hope

General Interest · Jun 28, 2017

Pat Evans lives in the village of Portland in North Leeds. She has Parkinson's disease and is an advocate for services and patient support groups in North Leeds and Lanark, and now Frontenac, Counties. She is one of the organisers of a SuperWalk fund raising event in Perth this…

Local connection to our flag

NORTH FRONTENAC · Jun 28, 2017

On Saturday, June 24, as part of our Canada 150 celebrations, Ompah resident Cille Harris presented a video, “Let’s Celebrate Canada’s Flag”, produced by the Flag Wavers of Waterloo Region. The video is a history of Canada's maple leaf flag that ends with a tribute to Cille’s…

Booklet tells the history of Kennebec in year-by-year format

CENTRAL FRONTENAC · Jun 28, 2017

In 1932, Hwy 7 was completed. That was also the same year opened their bakery in Arden. These are just two of the many fascinating facts in a new booklet A Kennebec Timeline, compiled by Arden artisan Sarah Hale. Hale put together a Kennebec timeline for last year’s Heritage…

Strawberry Moon Festival moves to Frontenac Arena

CENTRAL FRONTENAC · Jun 28, 2017

The theme for last week’s Strawberry Moon Festival, the 12th annual, was beavers, ‘amik’ in Algonquin and indeed it was a busy place. The official attendance tally was 193, the vast majority of whom were children, said organizer Marcie Asselstine. That represents a considerable…

10 years on, hospitals want more cash

FRONTENAC COUNTY · Jun 28, 2017

10 years ago Frontenac County made a commitment of $540,000 over ten years towards the re-development project at Kingston General Hospital and the Ontario Cancer Centre. Since then, a lot has changed in the operation of hospitals in Kingston. Last week, Denise Cumming, Chief…

Belleville man drowns in Lake Mazinaw

ADDINGTON HIGHLANDS · Jun 28, 2017

On June 24 at approximately 2pm officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Napanee detachment, OPP Marine Unit, with the assistance of local paramedics and fire departments, responded to a report of a missing male on Mazinaw Lake. Police investigation revealed that a 47…

Hartington Community Association asks Council for Assistance

SOUTH FRONTENAC · Jun 28, 2017

On behalf of the Hartington Community Association (HCA), Michelle Foxton came before Council asking them to consider making a contribution to the costs incurred by Hartington residents in preparation for their recent participation in an OMB hearing. In August 2015, developer…

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