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Central Frontenac to demolish Sharbot Lake Public School

School purchases and associated costs hit $400,000 Central Frontenac Council has decided to spend $2,000 to secure all salvageable items in the former Sharbot Lake Public School. They also have authorized Chief Building Officer Jeremy Nevens to prepare an RFP for demolition of…

Little Christmas Concert in Mablerly on Sunday

Community Fiddle Orchestra to hold “Little Christmas Concert” by Jeff Green Why hold a Christmas concert in January? Either because you celebrate Christmas on January 6 as the Orthodox churches do, or because you are the Blue Skies Community Orchestra. At one time the orchestra…

Trappers’ Council takes up habitat restoration slack

The Frontenac Addington Trappers’ Council (FATC) is an organization that is devoted to the interests of trappers. It is concerned with best practices on trap lines, the price of pelts, and public relations. They have also, along with the Conservationists of Frontenac Addington…

Holiday Food Drive at Sydenham High School

Members of the student council at Sydenham High School have been busy heading up a holiday food drive at the school to support the South Frontenac Food Bank. Four members of the student council, including co-presidents, Will Sanderson and Annie Preston, and ministers of outreach…

Kingston Capitol Men's Chorus light up the Grace Centre

On December 6, Pastor Vernon Scott of the Sydenham Holiness Church introduced the Kingston Capital Men's Chorus to a large and enthusiastic crowd at a special holiday concert at the Southern Frontenac Community Services' Grace Centre in Sydenham. The free concert was sponsored…

Children's Christmas Art Contest 2015 Gallery

This year there were a record 295 entries in our art contest, and so the job of the judges was even more impossible than usual. On the one hand, looking at the drawings with all their delightful details is the highlight of the year for us here at the News, but on the other hand…

Addiction and mental health rural outreach services

In an effort to spread awareness about addiction and mental health services that are available to residents in North, Central and South Frontenac, and Lennox and Addington, Melissa Switzer-Ferguson, an addictions counselor with Addiction & Mental Health Services of Kingston…

Frontenac Farmers Christmas Market

Over 30 vendors participated at the annual Frontenac Farmers Christmas Market, now in its 10th year, which continues to draw large crowds of shoppers looking for high quality local produce, comestibles, crafts and other gift items. This year the sale was held in the gym of…

1000 plus turn out for Skate for Travis fundraiser

Travis Babcock, a 12-year-old grade 7 student at Loughborough Public School in Sydenham and an avid hockey player, tragically died in a car accident on November 1. A special fundraising event for his family, which was sponsored by the Frontenac Minor Hockey Association (FMHA),…

Holiday giving at GREC

Prior to their annual Jingle Bell Walk at the Granite Ridge Education Centre in Sharbot Lake on December 4, students and staff gathered in the school courtyard to celebrate their two-week-long fundraising efforts for the North Frontenac Food Bank. Over the last two weeks…