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Verona Community Association switches from cattails to cars

The popular Verona Cattail Festival, which was held annually on the weekend after the August long weekend, is no more. The Verona Community Association (VCA) canceled the festival earlier this winter because it has become more and more difficult to secure the kind of commitment…

A Bureaucratic Gallop, Not a Creep

There is a concept called “bureaucratic creep”, which describes the tendency of organizations to develop more and more levels of bureaucracy over time. The number of people doing the actual work of the organization, be they factory workers, front-line social workers or road…

Fair Vote Proportional Voting System

On Sat. April 23, the Kingston Frontenac Public Library will be hosting a talk about the Proportional Voting System at the Sydenham branch at 2 p.m. The talk will be given by Norm Hart of Fair Vote Canada “Canada's current electoral system is based on the ‘first-past-the-post’…

Blue Skies Community Fiddle Orchestra Jam-a-thon

This Saturday, April 23, is the annual Blue Skies Community Fiddle Orchestra Jam-a-thon at the Maberly Hall from 1pm to 6pm. The Jam-a-thon supports the orchestra and will also celebrate Tay Valley Township's 200th anniversary of the Perth Military Settlement. The 50-member…

Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring!

It’s wonderful to hear the songbirds these past few weeks as they’ve arrived back from their winter retreats, although I have felt sorry for them with the colder than normal spring. Worms started to pop through the ground recently, only to dive back in again as the freezing…

North Addington Education Centre dazzles at LDSB Skills Competition

It takes a great amount of courage to take a risk and put your skills to the test; especially in a board-wide competition. On April 6, 23 North Addington students did just that and finished very strongly in seven, rigorous, skill-based competitions at St Lawrence College against…

Seasonal job fair at St. Lawrence

Staff at St. Lawrence College Employment Services in Sharbot Lake were pleased when over 40 job seekers turned out for their seasonal job fair on April 7. According to Amanda Kendall, employer liaison at the center, the fair was one of their biggest to date with over six local…

Two events kick off the 2016 Relay for Life

Two back-to-back events on April 9 helped to make local residents aware that the 2016 North and Central Frontenac Relay for Life is moving into high gear. The first was the Relay's official kick-off pancake breakfast fundraiser at Oso hall in Sharbot Lake. The Relay's newly…

A hysterical slice of ancient history at LOLPS

Land O'Lakes Public School Grade 2/3 teacher, Danielle Harding, understands that one of the best ways to get students interested in ancient history is to present it in the form of a play, and as it often goes with youngsters, sometimes the more hysterical things get the better.…

Northern Frontenac Community Services Volunteer of the Year

Northern Frontenac Community Services thanked over 100 of its volunteers at an annual dinner at St. James Catholic Church hall in Sharbot Lake on Monday night, April 11. After everyone had enjoyed a dinner of chicken breast, peas and new potatoes, followed by cake, it was time…