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After concerns were raised last year about increased absenteeism at both Fairmount Home and Frontenac Paramedic Services, monthly updates were ordered by county council. Five months into 2014, indications are that the rate and costs of absenteeism are down from their historic…
A detailed population, housing and employment projections study, completed by Watson and Associates for the Frontenac County planning department, indicates there will be limited growth in the County over the next 20 years, and that growth will be centered in South Frontenac with…
Frontenac County Council has developed an obsession with finding a home for $3.5 million in reserve funds that had been accumulating in their working fund reserve, which in the municipal world is the equivalent of a checking account. Early this year, based on advice from a…
Fire Services Save Life South Frontenac resident Randy King spoke to Council of his heartfelt thanks to Fire Chief Chesebrough and the volunteers of South Frontenac Fire Department. He described how their prompt and appropriate intervention saved his life during a sudden health…
Mandatory septic inspections on the Central Frontenac agenda Since February a committee of volunteers, Councilor Jeff Matson, and staff from the septic office of Kingston Frontenac Public Health have been meeting regularly to talk about how to set up a program to inspect all…
Anyone who thought Randy Hillier would remain quiet about the fate of his party, and the province, after the recent election saw him returned as an opposition Conservative MPP, would have been mistaken. He stayed loyal to the party message during the campaign, but now that is…
by Gerda Franssen, Dale Odorizzi, Lanark County Master Gardeners What are those strange curly green things growing from the top of my garlic? If you were one of the gardeners who planned ahead last October and planted a variety of hard-necked garlic, right now you might be…
On June 17, I had the great pleasure of attending the preview of 6 videos which will be used to promote Central Frontenac as a wonderful place to live. The “stars” of the videos are people who live here because of the lifestyle they are able to enjoy. However, these people are…
John Wallace ("Remember liberal mismanagement when you vote" 12/06/2014 Frontenac News) should have saved his breath. When you have an electorate who placed into office a chronic promise breaker for three consecutive terms, you have to understand that "untarions", especially in…
From the point of view of green energy, the election of the provincial Liberals is a good thing as a Conservative victory would have meant the end of the green energy program. However, election of the Liberals does not automatically mean that we will be getting our electricity…
