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On May 5, Granite Ridge Education Centre held its annual talent show, GREC's Got Talent. The auditorium was packed with parents and family waiting to see what the students had to offer this year, and they were not disappointed. The room was abuzz when the pie auction started the…
For two years now, Sharon Isbell and Alan Macdonald, both teachers at Loughborough Public School in Sydenham, have been working together with some help from the school and local community on greening and improving the school yard at LPS. On April 23, 38 new shade trees, all heat…
Students at North Addington Education Centre (NAEC) are becoming adept target shooters thanks to a special program that is spreading quickly in schools across the country. The National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) teaches archery to intermediate and high school students…
Last week, eight North Addington Education Centre students traveled to Waterloo, Ontario as part of Team Limestone, competing in the Ontario Technological Skills Competition (OTSC) against the top students in every school board in Ontario. Kayden Snider, Bradley…
By Dawn Morden, the Mountain Grove Seed Company Seeds are alive. As they grow, they are constantly adapting to their surroundings. Seeds were traditionally passed from generation to generation as a means to survival. Each generation would select the healthiest, strongest, most…
On May 8, the Grandmothers By the Lake held a fundraiser event with well-known gardening expert, Ed Lawrence, at Trinity United Church in Verona. Lawrence’s popular radio broadcast can be heard every Monday at 12:30 on CBC Radio One. The Grandmothers By the Lake are a group of…
We all know we live in a spectacularly beautiful part of Ontario, but sometimes it takes highly knowledgeable experts to open our eyes and look at our own back yards in a new way. Who knew that scientists from all over the world travel here to marvel at and study things we take…
Today I went to a nursery and saw a herbaceous peony priced at $99. Yes, it was rather a rare plant. That made me remember my visit to a lovely garden a couple of years ago, whose owner told me she had a $200 budget for the entire gardening year. I was amazed at the time that…
Lanark Frontenac Kingston MP Scott Reid announced this week that he will place his vote on the upcoming third reading to the government-sponsored Bill C-14 in the hands of his constituents. A ballot is being sent out through Canada Post's neighborhood mail to all post boxes in…
While Central Frontenac Council recognised the value of the Safe Property and Noise Bylaw updates that were presented by their contracted bylaw officer, Ken Gilpin of Frontenac Municipal Bylaw Enforcement, a number of specific points of contention were raised. The bylaws were…
