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South Frontenac Official Plan Public Meeting

Township hopes to submit plan by mid-September South Frontenac Council interrupted their summer meeting break to hold a special meeting on Tuesday, August 11. The only item on the agenda was a statutory public meeting to gather input from council and members of the public…

North Frontenac Council - Aug 10/15

NF Council looking to update offices and public works building At Monday's meeting, Council reviewed and discussed Councillor Denis Bedard's recent report regarding the options available to update their ageing municipal buildings. A building assessment report from Greer Galloway…

Canada 150 Grants

Last week, it was reported that Federal grants under the Canada 150 program were going to Frontenac townships. Below is the complete breakdown of grants in Lanark Frontenac Lennox and Addington, including a grant that was just received by Frontenac County. Carleton Place…

County CAO shoots down alternative policing options

In response to a request from North Frontenac Mayor Ron Higgins, Frontenac County Chief Administrative Officer Kelly Pender has produced a report into alternatives to OPP policing for Frontenac municipalities. At the end of his 15-page report, Pender recommended not spending any…

LOLTA Bass Tournament This Weekend

Hook 'em, hook 'em BIG! Attention, anglers! The annual Land O’ Lakes Large & Smallmouth Bass Fishing Tournament returns to three lakes in the region on Saturday, August 15. The water bodies featured in this year’s live release event are Hay Bay in Greater Napanee, Beaver Lake in…

Mazinaw Lanark Forest Inc To Host Forestry Tour

Mazinaw Lanark Forest Incorporated is a corporation made up sawmill operators and loggers with an interest in the Crown Land Forest in North Frontenac, Addington Highlands and Lanark County. They supervise logging under a forest management plan with the Province of Ontario. This…

Northbrook resident finally gets relief from chronic hives

Marilyn Bolender is happier these days. After suffering for five years from a condition that can only be described as a maddening, she has found an experimental treatment that is working. The disorder she suffers from is not well known, and that is one of the reasons that she…

123rd Parham Fair coming up Aug. 21 - 23

President of the Parham Agricultural Society, Wendy Parliament, says interaction is the key principle behind this year’s version of the Parham Fair. “We wanted to plan an event where people young and old could enjoy trying their hand at farming activities.” Friday night’s…

Invasive species community seminar

Party Crashers - Invasive Species - are bad news for our native plants. The Frontenac Stewardship Foundation has a plan to fight these party crashers, because invasive species are having a significant impact on the County of Frontenac’s natural biodiversity. The ecological…

Flora MacDonald

This is “the straw that breaks the camel's back!” One of the finest Canadians of the last century has died and no state funeral and a P.M. that was too shallow to even attend her funeral. Sure, Flora didn’t support Harper because she was a P.C. back when it was respectable to be…