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OPP Confirms Classified Ad in the News Was Placed By Scam Artists

On February 16, a classified ad appeared in the Frontenac News that police confirmed this week is an attempt to scam those who answered it. Under Help Wanted, the ad offered $20 an hour for caregivers willing to work 4 – 5 days a week caring for a women with dementia. Applicants…

Spreading the Word at GREC

Students from the School to Community class at Granite Ridge Education Centre (GREC) in Sharbot Lake posing in front of a Spread the Word to End the Word poster that was signed by Granite Ridge students and staff. The School to Community students at GREC encouraged their peers…

Dancing the Night Away in Sharbot Lake

About a month ago, Roseanna Redmond got the idea that it might be fun to get some couples together for a bit of ballroom dancing. Ken Fisher thought that was a good idea and “I put the wheels under it.” But they kind of needed an instructor. No problem. They recruited Tim White,…

Leah Neumann: Still a Champ

As The War Amps 2017 Key Tags are mailed across Ontario, local residents may spot a familiar face in the accompanying brochure. Leah Neumann, 12, of Tichborne, was born a right arm amputee, and is a member of The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program. As a Champ, she is…

On Pink Shirt Day, Abby Stewart Rocks GREC Auditorium

On Feb. 22, students at the Granite Ridge Education Centre celebrated Pink Shirt Day, a tradition that began in Canada to help combat bullying in all its forms. This year, they had help in the person of Abby Stewart, a Holy Cross student who’s making waves in country/country…

The Benefits of Living in a World of Make-Believe

Sometimes the world of make-believe can bring-out the best in a person. Just ask Dalia Gesser, a theatre arts teacher from Battersea. “I used to perform my own clown, mime and mask shows and toured all over Ontario for 20 years, performing for schools, libraries, festivals and…

Magazine Award for Frontenac Brand Lead Designer Jon Allison

Jon Allison, the lead designer for the new County of Frontenac brand, has won the 2017 Applied Arts Community Award for Logo and Brand Identity Design. The announcement was published in the March issue of the Applied Arts Magazine, one of Canada’s premier publications on visual…

Smith Makes It Through to Round of 32

And then there were 32. From the initial round of about 4,000 applicants for the Canadian Astronaut Recruitment program, Harrowsmith’s Andrew Smith has moved on to the next round of 32 remaining applicants. Two candidates will be selected to relocate to Houston, Texas, to begin…

Building Inspector off The Road

In early December, South Frontenac building inspector Christa Johnson was arrested in Kingston and charged with an alcohol blood reading over the legal limit (100 mg/100ml). In late January she was convicted, fined $1,000 and prohibited from driving for one year. Pointing out…

Central Frontenac to Police Septic Systems

Primum non nocere . . . “First do no harm.” It is indeed a pity that committees of council have no form of Hippocratic oath to adhere to. Rather, they are free to focus with tunnel vision on one particular dogma without need to consider the law of unintended consequences. What…