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First time Ride for Dad-a success in Snow Road

Organizers of the first ever Ride For Dad snowmobile event in the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs' (OFSC) District 1, which took place at the Snow Road Snowmobile Club on February 28, were thrilled with the turn out. The event is a fundraiser for the fight against…

11th Annual Big Gull Derby-family fishing at its best

More than 400 tickets were sold at the Frontenac-Addington Trappers Council's annual fishing derby on February 28. The weather cooperated for this year’s event, which since its inception over a decade ago has been taking place on Big Gull Lake near Henderson. The derby is…

Addington Highlands Council

300 megawatt wind power project proposed for Addington Highlands/North Frontenac It seems that every three or four years a proponent for a wind project shows up at Addington Highlands Council to talk about the potential of the north eastern edge of the township (the…

South Frontenac Council

Loughborough Lake Association raises lake capacity issue in Johnston Point development by Wilma Kenny and Jeff Green The Johnston Point Plan of Condominum on the east basin of Loughborough Lake is in the late stages of approval and seems to be favoured by South Frontenac Council…

Sharbot Lake Farmers Market to grow

by Mary de Bassecourt, SLFM Market Manager Eager and enthusiastic farmers attended the Sharbot Lake Farmers Market farm vendor information session Wednesday evening, February 25, at the St. Lawrence College Employment Centre in Sharbot Lake. Current SLFM vendors Tom Waller of…

What's next at North Frontenac Little Theatre

by Pat Fisher It's a musical. It has a big cast - actors of all ages. It will be staged the first two weekends in May at Granite Ridge Education Centre. It's The Music Man. The Music Man was written by musician Meredith Wilson and his friend Franklin Lacey. It was rejected a few…

What’s Up in the Night Sky? March 2015

The one thing about January and February observing is that when you have a crystal clear sky, the temperature is usually well into the negative teens. There have been more than a few nights like that lately. The problem with winter observing is that the cold is very hard on…

Ferns: Outdoors and In

by Dale Odorizzi, Lanark County Master Gardeners Nothing says a woodland garden better than a stand of beautiful, delicate and graceful ferns. Ferns are plants that produce evergreen or deciduous leaf-like structures called fronds. In our part of the world there are close to 20…

Ever wonder who represents you in Ottawa?

I've been wondering a lot about this, these days. Like, when I hear that four of "my" Ministers of the Crown have been doing stuff that is so cockeyed, so dumb, so adverse to ordinary common sense, I don't know where to complain or whom to complain to. I'll explain my…

Re: battles with the province

Excellent editorial (Highway Robbery in Glenburnie, Feb. 26) on the coming battle with the Province over development rules. The gist of it: The bureaucrats will be saying: If you don't have large-scale development to satisfy our appetite for vast paperwork and fees, then we…