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Councilors, Please reverse your decision on not installing a culvert at the old railway bridge on Road 38 as it would halve the construction time, halve the cost, halve the disruption and make it safer for all who use the highway. By the way, what happened to the $600,000…
Central Frontenac Township staff is working out the details of the removal of the bridge on Road 38 over the Trans Canada Trail in Sharbot Lake, and the problem of finding a detour during the construction phase of the project is proving to be difficult, and potentially…
Shea joined the News in September of 2013, at the tail end of a career in marketing that started when he worked in radio with CKWS in Kingston for over 30 years. He had great success as the Manager of the Land O'Lakes Tourist Association in the early 2000's and worked for the…
Marcel Giroux has been a busy guy since he came to Sharbot Lake High School to teach French and Gym in 1956. The school he came to was eight years old and it was already showing signs of being too small for the demands of the local community. A few years later, with the baby…
It turns out the idea of combining the chief administrator and public works manager’s roles in Central Frontenac came from the individual who ended up filling both roles. Both positions were advertised at the same time. Jim Zimmerman, who was at loose ends after losing his…
by Jonathan Davies There has been a lot of focus recently on the crisis faced by honeybees, but for people outside of the conservationist loop, tallgrass is probably not a top-of-mind issue. Where pollinators, as well as birds and a host of other animals are concerned,…
The community hall in Harlowe has seen an upsurge in activity this past year thanks to the efforts of a few community-minded music enthusiasts. The regular Harlowe Open Mic/Music Jam/Community Potluck, which takes place on the last Saturday of each month, along with the Olde…
Fourteen seniors attended a CPR workshop on March 30 at the Anglican church hall in Sharbot Lake. Headed up by Mark Powell, a local paramedic who works with Frontenac Paramedic Services, the presentation included a plethora of information on administering basic First Aid, like…
Serving breakfasts to over 100 Saturday morning diners has been a regular happening for the Sharbot Lake and District Lions over the last few months. Lions member, Linda Zwier, who has been heading up the monthly event said, “This is one of our best fundraisers and it makes us…
The Ontario Sunshine List came out last Friday, and while there are still only a few people working for local townships who receive over $100,000 a year in salary (two from South Frontenac, one from North Frontenac) the number at Frontenac County has climbed to 15. Kelly Pender,…
