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Trappers Deal With Concerns Over Loss of Dogs

At a meeting of the Frontenac-Addington Trappers Council (FATC) on February 26th at the hall in Henderson, a young man in camo is handing out raffle tickets at the door for prizes to be drawn at the end of the night. A group, mostly men, stand around chatting about the weather…

Fat Chance Farmstead

By Jonathan Davies I sat down with Josh Suppan and Jen Valberg of Fat Chance Farmstead at their home in Inverary earlier this month. The thaw was just setting in and the sun streamed through the glass doors to the deck, revealing a vast, snow-covered meadow. The view is lovely…

Frontenac Fury Atom Girls hockey - a multi-generational family affair

It is not often that one sees great grandmothers attending hockey games at the Frontenac Community Arena, but great grandmother Barb Stewart of Verona had three very good reasons (and then some) to be there on the afternoon of March 22. Barb, along with a number of other family…

Alita Battey-Pratt: The story of the village of Latimer and County of 1000 Lakes

Alita Battey-Pratt moved to a historic home on Latimer Road in the 1960s, with her husband, who taught at Queen's University. They were trying to “get back to the land, to use a phrase from the 60's, grow our own food and all that,” she recalls. After having twin daughters in…

Student Job Fair links local students to local employers

Many area students and graduates looking for summer employment opportunities attended the first ever Student Job Fair at the St. Lawrence College Employment Service Centre in Sharbot Lake on March 19. Staff at the center, who organized the event, were well prepared in advance…

Puppet show magic at SL library

A double feature puppet show put on at the Sharbot Lake branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library on March 20 attracted over 40 visitors - youngsters, parents and grandparents. The show, which was in part celebrating World Puppetry Day (March 21) also provided…

Central Frontenac Council - Mar 24/15

Out with the old; in with the new Cathy MacMunn, one of the few original Central Frontenac Township employees still working for the township, was seated next to Mayor Frances Smith at the start of a Council meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Although she has been seated next to the…

Upcoming Good Friday concert in Sydenham

Once again local worshipers and music lovers will be treated to a special Good Friday concert where 30 singers from the choirs of the Harrowsmith Verona United Church Pastoral Charge and St. Paul's Anglican church in Sydenham, along with singers from the community will be…

Central and North Frontenac to merge building departments

The idea of sharing services between North and Central Frontenac moved from theory to practice pretty quickly when the two councils met together last week. At a first joint session of the councils in North Frontenac last week, the fact that North Frontenac is without a chief…

Frontenac County Council

Uneventful County meeting Frontenac County Council's March meeting provided an opportunity for updates on previously approved initiatives as well as appointments to various committees, but did not feature any new initiatives in the lull following the approval of the County…