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I do enjoy your news paper and you do a lovely job but wanted to mention that I found the photo of the pig (Day of the Pig, May 21) being roasted quite disturbing. I am not a vegetarian but none the less still thought the photo of the pig's corpse being displayed like that was…
Pigs is Pigs! Will you please try and be less controversial in your letters to the editor section. You published two letters (Day of the Pig, Lebelle, Day of the Pig, Moore) that complained about the “Day of the Pig”. Where is the balance in that? Where were the letters singing…
Frontenac County’s online mapping website, www.FrontenacMaps.ca, has been updated with new 2014 imagery that can be viewed down to a scale of 1:250. “This project is another great example of collaboration between the county and townships. The county acquired the imagery for its…
Don Lee says that he is not as sharp as he used to be, his memory is not as good, he can't hear that well, can't see out of one eye, and he has been slowed down by a stroke several years ago. At 95 he still remembers a lot of stories from the past, “but I can't really tell you…
Jen Baker, branch manager at BMO's Northbrook branch, headed up a special event and invited her staff, various representatives from BMO's regional divisions, local dignitaries, clients and the community at large to help celebrate the Northbrook branch's 50 years of service in…
Nature has forever been one of the key muses for poets through the ages. It's no wonder that a mixed group of close to 30 accomplished and aspiring poets and poetry lovers gathered at Wintergreen Studios, the off-grid educational retreat centre that opened in 2008 near Burridge,…
Students in grades JK through six at Land O' Lakes Public School in Mountain Grove were full of questions at a presentation by Hydro One staff celebrating Arbour Week, which took place at the school on May 5. The presentation was headed up by Hydro One forestry technician Kerry…
Over 100 visitors attended the annual open house at the Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre (ELEEC) on May 23. Located in South Frontenac on the picturesque shores of Elbow Lake, the centre offers a wide range of programming to individuals, local students and groups. This…
Although congregants gathered last year to mark the 170th birthday of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Railton, the Catholic community in Southern Frontenac County has been anchored by St. Patrick's since 1832. At that time, Lawrence Raile sold 6 acres off of the 200 acre…
Long before it officially became a provincial park in 1965, the flavor of Bon Echo Park had begun to take shape decades earlier, thanks to the influence of three distinct personalities. In a presentation titled "The Dentist, the Feminist and The Writer", local historian Margaret…
