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KFPL patrons in Sharbot Lake engage in the art of 3D printing

Many who have heard of the mind boggling capabilities of 3D printers had a chance to better understand the technology thanks to a public service offered by the Kingston Frontenac Public Library. Derek Fenlon, a tech tutor with the KFPL's Central branch in Kingston, was in…

Arden Winter Camp

The Frontenac Heritage Festival will once again sponsor an overnight camp on Friday, February 12 at the Arden Community Hall. Bob Miller and Mike Procter will set up a re-creation of a trapper’s camp in the field beside the hall and we extend an invitation to anyone wishing to…

South Frontenac Eisstock stars headed to world championships

The Kingston and Area Ice Stock (or Eisstock) Club, which plays the Austrian game that is kind of a cross between Bocce Ball and Curling at Centennial Park in Verona, has grown in leaps and bounds over the last three years. Now, three of the league's players, who are all South…

South Frontenac Council

Township Offered Historic Mill on Napanee River In considering Chris Kerr’s application to sever two residential lots on the Napanee River at Petworth, the Committee of Adjustment suggested Council might wish to consider asking for parkland instead of cash-in-lieu in order to…

Love at first site

For some time now, you have been dreaming about vegetables grown, harvested and eaten from your own little plot of land. To make this happen, first think site selection. To be productive, most vegetables require lots of sun, a minimum of six hours per day; eight hours is better.…

L&A County staff call for closure of Denbigh ambulance service

“We always said that county staff wanted to close the Denbigh base, and now we have proof,” said Addington Highlands Reeve Henry Hogg at a meeting of AH council on Monday night, January 11. His comments referred to a report that he received last Thursday from Lennox and…

Parham library to be put on probation

Central Frontenac Council has received a letter from Kingston Frontenac Library Board Chair Claudette Richardson, which sets out the way the library sees the future of the Parham branch. The letter was based on a meeting held between Mayor Frances Smith and library staff and…

Central Frontenac Council - Jan 12/16

Brown and Martin appeal to CF council for Pine Meadow funding In separate delegations to Council, Rev. Jean Brown and Brenda Martin made a request to put aside $50,000 in their 2016 budget to help cover the estimated $112,000 cost of replacing 11 windows at Pine Meadow Nursing…

Is the Denbigh ambulance service doomed this time around?

In 2008, politicians in Lennox and Addington (L&A) County were faced with the option of closing the Denbigh Ambulance Service and re-allocating resources to the south end of the county to satisfy an ever-increasing demand. At that time they resisted. In 2012 the same issue was…

Addington Highlands Council – Jan 11/16

Police seek to get upstream At his semi-annual report to Addington Highlands Council, Detachment Commander Pat Finnegan of the Napanee/Kaladar detachment said that based on a four-year rolling average of statistics there is nothing standing out in Addington Highlands. “None of…