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The Library presents a Storywalk® in Sharbot Lake

The Kingston Frontenac Public Library is delighted to offer a StoryWalk® in Sharbot Lake on Saturday, July 25, from 10am to 12 noon. StoryWalk® is a fun activity that places a children’s story along a walking trail or route in the community. It was conceived as a way to inspire…

BioBlitz at Wintergreen

Last month the Kingston Field Naturalists held their 17th annual BioBlitz at Wintergreen Studios on Canoe Lake Road. The purpose of a BioBlitz is to list as many different species as possible in a 24-hour period, thus giving a snapshot of the biodiversity of the site. Sixty-six…

Green goes bad: solar energy in South Frontenac

As a part of the provincial Liberals green energy initiative, hundreds of thousands of solar panels may be installed in industrial plants across South Frontenac. While green energy is a good thing, the way the Wynne government is going about it is disastrous for rural…

Aging candy canes need replacing

Just read "No More toxic wall at SHS". Hurray! Finally something has been done. Great job, Darryl Silver and Kalista. Looks beautiful. I'm sure it was a big task. We all notice and a big thank you goes out to you. Now if we could just do something about the aging candy canes on…

Police practices

On July 3 our postmistress was awoken at 6am by a noise, which when she investigated was an intruder trying to get into her kitchen window. She phoned the OPP, and the person who answered told her it would be a while due to shift change. This should be investigated and the…

Fun and games with children this summer

“Red Rover, Red Rover, we call Susan over.” As a child I loved this game. My friends and I formed two lines facing one another and, with clasped hands, began our Red Rover chant. Whosever name we inserted into the chant had to leave their line and race toward ours. If the person…

MATACHESKIE, Frank V.

(October 25, 1933 - July 5, 2015) Peacefully, at the Hallowell House in Picton on Sunday, July 5, 2015 in his 82nd year. Loving husband of Lucy (nee Hawley) for 54 years. Dear father of John (Leslie) Lucas of Kingston, Kenneth of Belleville and Cathy (David) Matacheskie of…

SYNOTT, James A.

SYNOTT, James A.

Pollinator Gardens

For plants to reproduce, they need pollinators. These include insect species such as bees, butterflies, beetles, flies and thousands of other insects, as well as hummingbirds. Unwittingly, while searching for nectar, pollinators move pollen from the male anther of one flower to…

Dead Heading Flowers

I realize this is rather a morbid title for an article about gardening. However if you would like your perennials and annuals to keep flowering for as long as possible, cutting off the flowers and seed heads often means that they will keep blooming for a longer time, or re-bloom…