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Food Policy Council for KFL&A seeking new members

The Food Policy Council for Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington is seeking up to four individuals to join the Council. “The Food Policy Council (FPC) for KFL&A is working to create a healthy, food-secure region with sustainable local agriculture and equitable access to…

Sail Mazinaw on July 8th

July 8 is the third annual Sail Mazinaw. The objective of the event is to identify Mazinaw Lake as a remarkable sailing venue. On July 8, all cottagers, campers and transient sailors are invited to rig their boats and their boards and go for a sail. It is not a race nor a…

Gaylord, Clarke

Suddenly, at home on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Clarke Gordon James Gaylord of Arden at age 63. Beloved husband of Nancy Gaylord (Wilkes) and dear father of Amanda Bentley (Brent) and the late Tanya Gaylord. Grandfather of Elsie, Hattie and Ruby. Brother of Barbara Smith (Wayne);…

Hobbs, Nellie Elizabeth

Nellie Hobbs, age 79 years, died at home surrounded by her loving and devoted family on June 15, 2017. She was recently diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer and it was her wish to be cared for by family members and die "at "the cottage", where she could enjoy the lake,…

Beryl Sylvia Garrett (Sansome)

With sadness, we announce the death of Beryl Sylvia Garrett, 94, on June 13, 2017 at Lanark Lodge in Perth, ON. Beryl was born on November 7, 1922 in Toronto, ON to Arthur and Nancy Sansome. In 1947, she married Virgil Garrett and together they raised their two daughters Anne…

Farmer in dispute with county over fencing along K&P Trail

Daryl Kennedy said that he has nothing against the K&P Trail, but as a cattle farmer working land that the trail bisects, he wants a fence put up to block access to some of his pasture land. And since the trail is located on former railway lands and is a continuous stretch, he…

GREC reaching new heights with drone photography program

It’s taken about a year and a half, 40 pages of applications and a lot of research and learning, but this fall, the Granite Ridge Education Centre will be offering a unique class to its Grade 11 students — an introduction to GIS, which includes certification in the operation and…

Salmon River Watershed in “great condition” and Friends wants to keep it that way

“We’re not here looking for money, we’re looking for ways we can help municipalities,” Susan Moore, president of the Friends of the Salmon River told North Frontenac and Central Frontenac Councils recently. Moore and FSR founder/environmental scientist Gray Merriam have been on…

Snow Road Community Centre Grand re-opening

It was standing room only at the former schoolhouse, now know as the Snow Road Community Centre on Saturday afternoon (June 17) Gerry Lichty, President of the Community Centre, was the Master of Ceremonies. The building was originally constructed in 1896. The local township,…

Trains, like the tide and time, stop for no one

When Doug Angle looks closely at a steam engine train, the mechanical parts look like a work of art. Doug, appreciates, like his family before him, the design, construction and operation of a train. “My grandfather was a telegrapher for the Toronto, Hamilton, Buffalo Railway,”…