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Central Frontenac donation to Pine Meadow

Frances Smith, Mayor of Central Frontenac was on hand at Pine Meadow Nursing Home in Northbrook on June 10 to present the home with a cheque for $12,500 towards the window project. Rev. Jean Brown and Brenda Martin, chair of Pine Meadow's Family Council, made a presentation to…

Gardeners know all the dirt!

Gardens are never made by sitting in the shade and our local Land O’Lakes Garden Club members are prime examples of busy folks. The months of April, May and June are chock-a-block full of jobs as we cleaned up from winter, prepared the soil for planting and finally got to the…

Don't wait - please donate!!

Did you know that every 56 days you can donate blood? Every 56 days you can help save a life! Recently, someone my husband and I love needed to get a blood transfusion. Lonnie and I could do nothing to help this person with their ordeal, so we decided that the next best thing…

Cycle South Frontenac

South Frontenac Rides held their second annual Tour de South Frontenac event at Prince Charles Public School in Verona on Sunday. Although the event was affected by the weather, a good number of cyclists took advantage of the safety clinic for youth, the hands-on bike…

Mark Quattrocchi's 2 Year Bicycle Oddysey

When Dorothy Quattrocchi, who is originally from Sharbot Lake, made a presentation in February to elementary students at Granite Ridge Education Centre about her son Mark's two-year bicycle odyssey around the world, she promised she would ask him to stop by the school on his way…

NAEC features art at Bon Echo

For the first time, 10 North Addington Education Centre photography students will be featuring their photography and graphic art in the Bon Echo Art Exhibition and Sale. Students have been collecting photos they’ve taken in and outside of their photography class to submit for…

Loughbrough Public School

Actors in the production of an original play, the Inspector General, performed it for school mates and their parents last Friday, September 10. The play was written by dramatist Christine Harvey and the Not So Amateur Amateur Theatre from Inverary, who spent a week at…

Fury Fun Run and Hockey Day defy the weather

Sunday June 12 dawned cool and wet for June - perfect weather for a run or a long walk. That's what more than 50 people did at the Frontenac Arena that morning, raising money for the Frontenac Fury hockey program and helping to bring the Healthy Kids KFL&A Challenge to South and…

North Frontenac Council - Jun 10/16

Heated discussion over fire chief's review In a recorded decision during Friday's meeting, North Frontenac Council voted 4-3 in favor of the changes suggested by Fire Chief Eric Korhonen in his operational review of the township's volunteer fire department. The vote was deferred…

South Frontenac Council

Radon Gas Protection John McEwen spoke to Council of the dangers of radon gas in basements that are used as living spaces. He quoted the Ontario Lung Association’s statement that “radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in Ontario, accounting for more than 850…