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Central Frontenac Swim Program promotes water fun and safety

For her fourth year, certified swim instructor and lifeguard, Holly Dickinson, will be heading up the Central Frontenac Swim Program, which will take place at four public beaches in the township this summer. The program offers accreditation in the Red Cross Swim Kids and…

Painter Nicole McGrath at Blueroof Farm

“I'm eager to paint where my co-habitants live because all depend on a natural place to survive.” Those are the words of Hartington artist Nicole McGrath, the painter whose 50 landscape paintings graced the walls of the Blueroof Farm near Bellrock on June 7 and 8. Blueroof Farm…

Cadet Corps Cloyne completes another training year

submitted by the Cadet Corps 640 Hastings & Prince Edward Army Cadet Corps, Cloyne has completed another training year with its annual ceremonial review. Mr. Carl Rushlow of the Hastings & Prince Edward Regimental Association was this year’s reviewing officer over the preceding.…

NAEC does it again!

by Valerie Allan North Addington Education Centre has been certified as an Ontario EcoSchool for the sixth year in a row. NAEC has received Bronze certification for 2013-2014. EcoSchools is an environmental education program in Ontario that helps students and schools to become…

Victorian Tea party at the ABC Hall in Bolingbroke

On June 8 the ABC Hall was transformed into a Victorian era tea house for a special first time fundraiser. Over 60 guests, many in fancy dress, hats and fascinators sat at white lace-lined tables that boasted fancy china tea cups, silver serving sets and fresh cut flowers. Close…

New installations inspire at Fieldwork

For those who love art and the great outdoors Fieldwork, the outdoor art gallery located at 2501 Old Brooke Road near Maberly, is the place to be. On May 24 over 75 art lovers gathered for the project’s biggest opening since it got underway in 2007. Fieldwork is an art…

Clematis: To Prune or Not to Prune

By Dale Odorizzi, Lanark County Master Gardeners Few subjects in gardening are as confusing or as frustrating as the proper pruning of Clematis. Most modern hybrid clematis have complex parentage with many combined strains that have contradictory pruning needs. As Yogi Berra…

Celebrate National Aboriginal Day with oral storytelling and books

by Susan Ramsay, Early Literacy Specialist “In the beginning, all things were made but nothing was finished.” Algonquin storyteller, Dionne Nolan, spoke quietly, holding a talking stick, as she began to tell the story of Owl and Rabbit. Her audience? A hushed and attentive…

Are you ready to Relay?

The 2014 North and Central Frontenac Relay for Life in Parham June 20 Lesley Merrigan, the chair of the annual North and Central Frontenac Relay for Life, which will be taking place at the Parham fairgrounds on Friday, June 20, has been busy with her team of volunteers getting…

Not all superheroes wear capes

by Bob Brooks If you look closely, you can see them everywhere. At work, sitting in a park, wandering the aisles in the corner store. They are superheroes in disguise, no capes, no flashy costumes. They look just like you and I do. These are the people who are touched by cancer,…