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Legion Branch 425 honours its own in Sharbot Lake

President June Crawford opened the proceedings with a remembrance as comrades gathered at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 425 in Sharbot Lake for its annual Honours, Awards and Appreciation luncheon last Saturday. Perhaps the highlight of the ceremony was when Second World War…

Here along the Flight Path Review

North Frontenac Little Theatre’s production of the Canadian playwright Norm Foster’s play, Here Along the Flight Path, went up last weekend at Granite Ridge Education Centre in Sharbot Lake. The play centres around John Cummings, played by Marc Veno, who is a teacher at…

The trouble with Yurts

At a meeting in Harlowe, Meredith Rush-Inglis and Laura Williams, residents of North Frontenac, made a presentation to Council on Mongolian yurts and asked for an exemption from a $300 penalty they were charged for building without a permit. A yurt is a domed structure…

Pilgrimage from Kitchener to Ottawa to pass through the region this weekend

A group of about 30 walkers, along with two support vans, will be passing through Addington Highlands and Central Frontenac this weekend on their way to Ottawa where they will be going to Parliament to demonstrate in favour of the adoption of Bill C262, a Private members bill…

South Frontenac to explore waste diversion optimization

South Frontenac Council gave its support to a proposal to explore optimization of waste diversion in Frontenac County at its regular meeting Tuesday night in Sydenham. Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth told Council the proposal was put together by North Frontenac Public Works…

Growing Pumpkins

What do Hallowe’en, Thanksgiving, Cinderella, Jack-o-lanterns and pumpkin pie have in common? Why pumpkins of course. Pumpkins originated in Central America and have been grown there for thousands of years. In early times, they were baked or stuffed. Medicinally they were used…

Lodges: Historic and Present presented by CMCA - Part Three

Twin Oak Lodge (Kashwakamak Lake) The story of Twin Oak Lodge starts in 1900 when Anton (Tony) Weiss was born August 21st, in Nandlstadt, Bavaria. Tony immigrated to Canada in 1913 with his parents and eight of his ten siblings. The family landed at Ellis Island and made their…

CRCA issues flood watch for this week

The Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA) has issued a flood watch for the inland lakes and streams today. The CRCA watersheds have received between 50 and 70 mm of rain over the last two days, which is about one month's worth of rain. Streams are rising quickly, and…

Vegetable of the Year – more like vegetable family of the year

The vegetable of the year for 2017 is more than just one vegetable, it’s an entire family, even an entire category. They used to be called cruciferous vegetables, not because of their crunch but because of their small flowers. The four petal flower looks something like a cross,…

What’s Up in the Night Sky – May 2017

Where oh where are Spirit and Opportunity? These 2 Mars rovers landed successfully on Mars in 2004. In 2009, poor Spirit rover succumbed when one of its 6 wheels went lame. It could travel and move at a much-reduced rate by going backwards but soon it got stuck, and in March…