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Doubling the Marathon of Hope dream at GREC

Students at the Granite Ridge Education Centre (GREC) in Sharbot Lake celebrated the 35-year anniversary of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope by doubling their donations at this year’s annual run, which took place at the school on September 30. The run, now in its third year, was…

Milk bag mats work bee

Twenty people were busy as bees sorting, cutting, looping and weaving at the Milk Bag Mat Work Bee on September 28 in Vennachar. With the number of hands processing the milk bags, two mats that were in the very early stages on two looms are just shy of being complete. Milk bags…

At home in Tay Valley: Book launch marks year of celebration

In 1816, the Perth Military Settlement was founded. The first settlements were established in the Town of Perth and vicinity, and in Bathurst and Burgess townships, two of the three townships that would eventually become Tay Valley Township. A few years later, in about 1820,…

Art show finds a niche

The Red Door Studio on Long Bay is holding its first show over the Thanksgiving weekend. The studio is located off the Westport to Maberly road (#36), a location that straddles two successful, long standing studio tours. The Perth Autumn Studio Tour is based in nearby Brooke…

SL Seniors enjoy a special guest

Members of the Sharbot Lake 39ers seniors group, who meet monthly in the downstairs room at the North Frontenac Phone Company, were joined by a special guest at their most recent lunch time gathering on October 6. Famed local young fiddler and step dancer, Jessica Wedden, who…

Local champ celebrates 40th anniversary of War Amps child amputee (CHAMP) program

Eleven-year-old Leah Neumann, of Tichborne, has returned from The War Amps 2015 Ontario Child Amputee (CHAMP) Seminar in Ottawa, which brought together young amputees from across the province. This year marks the 40th anniversary of CHAMP, which has provided generations of child…

Federal Candidates vie for the “Student Vote” at GREC

Granite Ridge students in Mr. McVety's grade 12 history class headed up a meeting of the federal candidates on October 5 in preparation for the school’s participation in the 2015 Student Vote program. The program, which began in 2003, offers parallel election events for students…

Joint art show at MERA

Marg Stephenson and Jean Dunning, neither of whom have ever shown their art work officially in an art show setting, are holding their premiere joint art show at the MERA schoolhouse in McDonalds Corners. The show opened there on October 4. Their works, mostly watercolours but…

This time seems different, for what it is worth

It would be a mistake to take the pulse of an election campaign, particularly one in a geographically diverse riding such as the new Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston riding, based on the tenor of a single meeting held in one of its corners. The riding is actually even larger, in a…

South Frontenac Council – Oct 6/15

Sydenham beer store's disappearing act concerns Council The Sydenham beer store has been closed for almost a month, replaced by a temporary beer store located in a trailer next to the store. No one on Council seems to know why the bricks and mortar store is closed but they were…