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Frontenac CFDC: Exploring Value Added Opportunities

Exploring Value Added Opportunities: a one day workshop for farm and rural entrepreneurs Are you looking for or have a value-added business idea for your farm? Not sure how to make your idea a reality? Don't miss this one-day workshop for farm and rural entrepreneurs in which we…

The 146th “Overseas” Battalion

Long-time Verona resident, Doug Lovegrove, recalled that when he first moved to Verona in 1980 he became interested in the history of WW1 and in particular, the 146th "Overseas” Battalion, a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces based in Kingston, Ontario. The unit was made…

150th anniversary project - Frontenac County

This year, Frontenac County marks the 150th anniversary of its founding in 1865. To mark the year, we are embarking on a multi-media project. Our intention is to publish stories about people, places, groups and institutions from the past and present that are unique to this…

Happy 100th Birthday - Lee-Anne White!

It was in late August that I went to interview Lee-Anne White at her home on Road 506 at Fernleigh, which at one time was a full-fledged hamlet with a post office, a store and a school, but is now only a clutch of houses around a crossroad. I was accompanied by Jesse Mills, the…

Lee-Anne White turns 100!

It was in late August that I went to interview Lee-Anne White at her home on Road 506 at Fernleigh, which at one time was a full-fledged hamlet with a post office, a store and a school, but is now only a clutch of houses around a crossroad. I was accompanied by Jesse Mills, the…

Frontenac – County 150th anniversary project

This year, Frontenac County marks the 150th anniversary of its founding in 1865. To mark the year, we are embarking on a multi-media project. Our intention is to publish stories about people, places, groups and institutions from the past and present that are unique to this…

Addington Highlands Council

Fire hall occupied, but not technically ready Over the Christmas holidays, fire crews have been readying the long anticipated new fire hall in Northbrook for use. The hall, which will serve the joint Kaladar/Barrie Fire Department, is mostly complete, Fire Chief Casey Cuddy told…

Frontenac County Council inaugural meeting

At the inaugural meeting of the new Frontenac County Council, Frontenac Islands mayor, Dennis Doyle, took on the job of warden for 2015, the first year of a new four-year term. The meeting took place on December 17, the day after the last 2014 edition of the Frontenac News went…

WW1 buff sheds light on the 146th “Overseas” Battalion

Long-time Verona resident, Doug Lovegrove, recalled that when he first moved to Verona in 1980 he became interested in the history of WW1 and in particular, the 146th "Overseas” Battalion, a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces based in Kingston, Ontario. The unit was made…

Local child amputee shoots and scores thanks to War Amps

Being born a right arm amputee hasn’t stopped Leah Neumann, 10, of Tichborne, from living a full and active life. In fact, she can do everything everyone else can do, sometimes with the help of a special device. Having a passion for hockey, Leah was recently fitted with a device…