CENTRAL FRONTENAC

At a Special Council meeting this week, to which all members of Council for the four Frontenac Municipalities have been virtually invited to, two reports will be presented. One is a report on two Eastern Ontario Regional Network projects aimed at...

Cottage Associations, property owners consider Gypsy Moth options It had a dramatic effect in late June and early July. The ground was bone dry, the mask order was a fresh reminder that the global pandemic was here to stay, and the trees started...

If you haven't already, you can read part 1 here. Life begins in Sharbot Lake Bob began his work in the first week of 1989 in Sharbot Lake as owner/manager of a service station in what is his current location. According to Bob Olmstead, 81, who knew...

On Friday October 2, 2020 shortly after 11:30 p.m. Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a traffic complaint from a concerned motorist about a motor vehicle travelling on Road 38 near Bradshaw Road in Central Frontenac Township. As a...

Amidst all the concerns about school reopening, class sizes and protocols, Granite Ridge Education Centre (GREC) took on another project over the last couple of weeks. The school organised a welcoming ceremony for a grandmother drum that was made...

When school started up two weeks ago, the demand for COVID tests skyrocketed, and the hardship for Frontenac County residents living a long drive from Kingston and need a COVID test became a more acute. The prospect of his patents driving an hour to...

Trick or treat!!  Those words can cause adults to wish they were kids again.  It is a time of year that many homeowners look forward to.  A night when the streets are roamed by children masquerading as witches, ghosts, vampires, and monsters.  ...

Submitted on behalf of District 3 Recreation Committee – Central Frontenac Township October 10, 2020 was to have been the first Turkey Tour road rally, a day to enjoy the outdoors and our beautiful countryside. Unfortunately, we’ve had to defer...

(Editors note – Bob Willis, who worked on a book with a mutual friend, the late Marion Hart, approached the News a couple of weeks ago about doing a story about Bob Basra and the Sharbot Lake General Store, which is something we have never done at...

The upgrade of the K&P trail between Sharbot Lake and Clarendon has been a much simpler project than the previous piece of trail, the stretch from Bradshaw Road (just north of Tichborne to Sharbot Lake.) The previous piece had been cut up and sold...

Sue Ablack moved to Sharbot Lake in 1983, and in 1985 she was hired as the Coordinator of Programs and Services. At that time the agency was in a major growth phase as community-based services were being developed all the time. “We were one of few...

After a forced closure due to COVID-19, we are re-opening. On behalf of the executive, I would like to extend our appreciation for your patience during this hiatus. While a temporary break was necessary, we are excited to return and open our doors...

Renovations to the ceiling of Soldiers Memorial Hall (Oso) could end up costing $71,500, according to a report from Andy Dillon, manager of Development Services/CBO presented at Central Frontenac’s regular (online) Council meeting Tuesday. Council...

On August 20, officers from Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) OPP Tobacco Enforcement Team and Ministry of Finance completed an investigation relating to contraband tobacco. Shortly after 2pm...

A dispute over access to Warren Lake, a small lake off of Bell Line Road, has now been passed on from one owner of a 0.7 acre parcel of land to another. The dispute has led the owners of Cabinscape, John Loerchner and Laura Mendes, to abandon plans...

Last week parents were faced with the tough choice to either enrol their children into remote or in school learning. Many frustrated parents made this decision without little to no information about the school plan. After speaking with many parents,...

The Sharbot Lake Business Group and the Rural Frontenac Tourism Group have both sprung into existence over the last couple of years. They developed out of some of the conversations that have taken place at semi-annual social gatherings of business...

There are now two Frontenac branches of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library that have reopened. On July 24, the Central Library branch in downtown Kingston reopened, as did the Isabel Turner and Calvin Park branches. The first Frontenac County to...

Central Frontenac Council deferred making a decision on closing a road allowance (Williams Lane, aka the old Tryon Road) at its regular online meeting Tuesday. Council had approved the road closure in principle at its meeting May 24 based on a staff...

The Parham Fair Board has put together some live events that will take place on the traditional Parham Fair weekend, August 21 and 22nd. But what of the contests that are also an integral part of the fair each year. The contests are all listed in...

Dave Whalen and Kathleen White escaped with the clothes on their back, a small tablet computer and their dogs when a lightning strike on a tree next to their home on Eagle Lake set off a chain reaction resulting in a fire that destroyed the building...

On Thursday July 23, shortly before 8:30pm, an officer from Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a collision that involved a single motor vehicle on Oak Flats Road near Arena Boundary Road in Central Frontenac. The driver was taken...

A lot of city dwellers like to go camping, but for Sarah and Rob Winney, it turned out there was more to it than that. They were interested in cooking, poking around rural communities looking for small scale butchers and meat producers to eat better...

The Government of Ontario is reopening our businesses, workplaces, services, and public spaces, following the provincial Framework for Reopening. As directed by the province, beginning Friday, July 17, 2020 at 12:01 a.m nearly all businesses and...

On July 16, 2020 shortly after 7:30 a.m. an officer from Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to break and enter on White Lake Road in Central Frontenac Township. The home and a utility trailer were broken into and construction tools...

When it was announced on June 12 that David Goodfellow had sold his funeral home to Derek and Tracy Maschke of Milestone Funeral Home in Northbrook, no one in the local community was particularly surprised, because the sale had been in the works for...

Reduced speed limits are coming to the vast majority of roads in Central Frontenac Township following Council’s passage of a new Speed Zone Bylaw at its regular meeting online Tuesday. Staff told Council the speed limits haven’t been updated...

At first glance it looks like Central Frontenac is seeing a pretty good construction year, based on stats from the first six months. The reality is actually stronger than that. In his report to Council this week, Andy Dillon, the Chief Building...

Due to the current dry weather conditions coupled with the continued forecast of high temperatures with no appreciable rain in the near future, Central Frontenac Fire & Rescue has issued an immediate ban on all open air burning with the exception of...

It looks like the tradition of live theatre in Central Frontenac will continue for some time to come following an agreement reached by the North Frontenac Little Theatre (NFLT) and Central Frontenac Council during Council’s Tuesday (online)...

Throughout the summer, The Food Sharing Project and Isthmus Kingston, with support from Kingston Rotary Clubs, will collaborate to provide food boxes filled with fresh fruit, vegetables, grains, dairy, protein and other nutritious items to food...

It was the closest thing Central Frontenac is going to have to a Canada Day Parade this year. The firefighters and two trucks were there, as were the Frontenac Paramedics, the Lion’s Club and even the Mayor. But it wasn’t a parade, and everyone...

Further to a report presented to Council at a February meeting, Central Frontenac is advertising for a downtown revitalization co-ordinator, to oversee its revitalization project for downtown Sharbot Lake. Dep. Clerk Cindy Deachman said the new...

Dr. Sonya Richmond, and ornithologist and GIS analyst with Bird Studies Canada, and her partner Sean Morton, a freelance photographer, have walked the Camino Trail and hiked across France in the past. Those walks might seem long, but they are...

In the aftermath to the arson and shootings in Parham on June 7th, community members in Parham are experiencing a range of emotions: relief that there were no serious injuries or death as the result of the incident, trauma over how the events...

Greg and Arlette Rodgers have kept themselves busy with volunteer efforts in the past few months as business at the Rockhill B&B in Sharbot Lake has dwindled due to the pandemic. This has given Greg some time to pursue and idea that might be might...

The small community of Parham has been left reeling by events on Sunday night. (June 7) OPP reports, summarised in short form below, document how a backyard fire call escalated quickly into a shooting incident and structure fires that left a house...

The Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid charges in connection with a fatal collision on Highway 7 in Central Frontenac that occurred on January 10, 2020. The preliminary investigation found that a 64 year old male...

Dr. Amir Faisi’s is a dental surgeon who owns two clinics, he Sharbot Lake Dental Clinic and the Mulberry Clinic on Montreal Street in Kingston. They both opened up again this week after being closed since mid-March. But it is anything but...

It was almost a relief for the staff of RKY camp when the Province of Ontario announced last week that all sleepover camps scheduled for this summer, will be closed in 2020. “Even the thought of trying to keep 160 campers separate and distanced...

On May 5, 2020 shortly after 2:00 a.m. officers from Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a complaint that two occupants, who were on an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) stopped in front of a residence. The owner reported that one of the...

First it was the Parham Agricultural Society. At a meeting on May 21, the board met and decided that instead of holding a two day Fair on August 21st and 22nd at the Parham Fairgrounds, they can fulfil their mandate differently this year. “The...

The Kingston Frontenac Public Library operates branches in Kingston, as well as rural branches in Storrington, Sydenham, Hartington, Parham, Sharbot Lake, Mountain Grove, Arden, Plevna and Cloyne. A quick look at the library website branch page...

Central Frontenac Council is in the midst of re-vamping its open air burn bylaw and much of its regular meeting Tuesday was devoted to that discussion. The meeting was held online on the Webex platform. Acting Manager of Emergency Services/ Fire...

In another nod towards normalcy, the popular second hand store on Road 38 south of Sharbot Lake, which is owned and managed by Community Living – North Frontenac, is back in business. The store will open this coming Saturday (May 23) at 10am. In...

Linda Michie has family roots in the Horseshoe Lake area near Arden that go back to United Empire Loyalist days. Her family owned a 216 acre parcel that was sold in the late 1960’s and became a 180 lot waterfront subdivision in the area. The...

Farmers markets are on hold as of now, with a possibility of coming back later in the summer, but the likelihood of that happening is anyone’s guess. Meanwhile market vendors are selling seedlings and some early season produce through online sales...

Preparing Pulau Rice and Bengali Kheer for 400 is not everybody’s idea of a fun way to celebrate Mother’s Day, Sisters Amrit and Gian Kaillon, as well as the mother and daughter team of Arlette and Elyse Rodgers, along with other members of...

The Sharbot Lake Downtown reconstruction project had been scheduled to get into full swing just after Labour Day but following a report from Public Works Manager Tyson Myers, Council decided to shift the start date to early summer at its regular...

Mike Davidson bought the Pineridge Resort a year ago. The resort, which is on 5th Depot Lake, includes 11 self-contained housekeeping cabins, a log home/lodge and store, 28 trailer sites and 15 camping sites. It has a beach and a boat launch as well...