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Limestone Board: Karen McGregor wins northern seat, Suzanne Ruttan keeps Lindsay Davidson at bay in South Frontenac

Karen McGregor was very nervous as she joined the crowd at the Oso Hall waiting for the election results in Central Frontenac, and the fact the results did not come in until after 9 p.m. did not help matters much. “How will we know the results from the other townships? Do I have…

Higgins an easy winner, heartbreak for Hunter in North Frontenac

Supporters congratulated North Frontenac's new mayor-elect, Ron Higgins, at the Clar-Mill Hall in Plevna on election night, where voters and candidates had gathered. At approximately 8:30 p.m., North Frontenac CAO Cheryl Robson arrived at the hall and posted the results as…

Incumbents thrashed in Central Frontenac

Of the seven incumbents running for re-election in Central Frontenac this time around, only two won. In the mayor's race, Frances Smith made the switch from Oso (ward 3) councilor to mayor in a convincing victory over two-time incumbent Janet Gutowski, by 1996 votes to 1083.…

Vandewal wins closely fought mayor's race in South Frontenac

Sutherland, Schjerning new in Loughborough; McDougall and Robinson return in Portland by Jeff Green Ron Vandewal said he was not totally surprised that the election between himself and Allan McPhail ended up being a close race. “Although I did think it might have been a bit…

Smith beats Gutowski in Central Frontenac, Vandewal holds off Mcphail in South Frontenac, Higgins over Valentini in North Frontenac, Hogg re-elected in Addington Highlands

Never those predictions I posted earlier. Here are the real results. South Frontenac Ron Vandewal is the Mayor-elect for South Frontenac. He beat Alan Mcphail by less than 300 votes, polling just over 3,000. John Macewen finished a distance third. In Loughborough District, Ross…

Fearless predictions to while away the minutes before the actual results

Now that the polls are closed and the results are yet to come in, I can share my predictions with readers. You can compare them to the results in a few minutes. I'll explain my thinking on the mayors/reeves positions. ADDINGTON HIGHLANDS I expect Reeve Hogg to be returned…

Election night results to be posted as they come in

Election results – check back here on Monday night. We will be capping off our comprehensive election race coverage with results on Monday night. Since all of the townships we covered in depth (North, South and Central Frontenac and Addington Highlands) and most of the other…

Saddling up to send kids to camp

The three-year-old tradition of raising funds to send local kids to camp continued at Arden's Circle Square Ranch on October 19. Over 20 riders saddled up to participate in the ranch's third annual Ride-a-thon, an event whose goal is to raise funds to subsidize children who…

MERA art exhibition

Submitted by MERA Every month a new local artist's work is featured in the main hall at MERA - a community arts organization in McDonalds's Corners in Lanark Highlands. You can catch the end of the October art exhibition at MERA before it comes down on October 31: Paintings &…

“Flickr”-ing the past into the present at the Cloyne and District Historical Society

As a means of gathering more historic photos and documents as well as making their current collection more accessible to the world at large, members of the Cloyne and District Historical Society (CDHS) engaged the know-how of one of their members, who is well versed in the…