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Sharbot Lake Pentecostal Church celebrates it’s 100 th anniversary this year. Because I am one of the older lifetime members of the church, I have been asked to share some of my memories as well as some of the early history of the church....
Sharbot Lake Pentecostal Church celebrates it’s 100 th anniversary this year. Because I am one of the older lifetime members of the church, I have been asked to share some of my memories as well as some of the early history of the church....
It is no secret that the Parham Fair suffered a financial setback early this year when its reserve funds went missing. The matter is still before the courts, but the fair board was supported by local individuals and businesses so it could get back...
Jeff Green | Aug 28, 2025 When proposing that the township purchase the Simonett building on Road 38 as a new township office, Central Frontenac Township Chief Administrative Officer, Cathy MacMunn said that the sale of the former office, along with...
Even at the end of two long days of dancing, The "Two Step" at the Silver Lake Pow Wow brought dancers young and old back to the circle around the Four Drums that turned out this year. The rules are to do whatever the lead couple does, and that...
By the time Frank and Sandra White sold the Sharbot Lake Country Inn in June of 2023, they had earned the support of the local community after 13 years of hard work, improving the property. They had consolidated the kitchen and dining room in the...
By the time Frank and Sandra White sold the Sharbot Lake Country Inn in June of 2023, they had earned the support of the local community after 13 years of hard work, improving the property. They had consolidated the kitchen and dining room in the...
On Monday night (August 11), the sleepy village of Sharbot Lake stirred with music and memory as Seven Town rolled in for a stop on their Cottage Country Tour. The venue was cozy—just sixty or so gathered in a private, intimate setting that felt...
Jeff Green | Aug 21, 2025 Sonya Bolton, Manager of Planning for Frontenac County, which provides contract planning services for Central Frontenac, presented an updated report to Council on the number of vacant lots that are available for building in...
The cool of an August morning greeted Parham Fair goers last Saturday, but soon enough the heat of the day took over. The Slip n Slide, scheduled to run for two hours, was mercifully kept up though the entire afternoon, by the helpful crew from the...
Eastern Ontario-based Celtic folk band Seventh Town is bringing its traditional music to cottage country this August in a tour with stops in the Rideau Lakes, the Land O’ Lakes region, Prince Edward County and Trent Hills. Heavily influenced by...
Of the three brewers in Frontenac County, the Harrowsmith Brewing Company, the Local Brewery, and Kick and Push, only Kick and Push has an active brewery in place while the other two continue to operate as contract brewers. As reported in the News,...
A warm, but not too hot, rain-free August long weekend is always good news for the Blue Skies Music Festival, which draws a couple of thousand people to a rolling site halfway down the normally quiet Clarendon Road, which runs east off Road 509...
Like many, council members look forward all year to the summer. For them, it is not only the beach weather and the BBQ's that they wait for, it is also the once a month meetings. Somehow missing the second meeting each month feels like a holiday....
When Peter Bell retired at the end of June, he was keenly aware of the historical context of his 54 year stint as a Family Doctor in Sharbot Lake, and his role in the development of the Sharbot Lake Family Health Team, where he served as the lead...
The Beach Bash has become a premier country music venue each summer in Eastern Ontario. This year’s event is no exception, with four stellar artists performing throughout the evening this Saturday (July 26) at the Sharbot Lake beach bandshell. The...
Jeff Green | Jun 12, 2025 Under brilliant sunshine, supporters and former and current staff and board members of Rural Frontenac Community Services gathered at the Child Centre on Saturday to celebrate the 50 th anniversary of the agency that...
Jemma Dooreleyers | Jun 19, 2025 Community Events: The council approved a request from the Country Music Association of Ontario for the annual BBQ beach bash at Sharbot Lake Beach, including approval for a street closure and a beer tent. Medical...
Sydenham High School – Isabella (Bella) Thake Bella Thake has been a consistent high achiever academically at SHS, posting 97% averages in all four years at the school. She also has receivd early acceptance into the University of British Columbia...
Jun 26, 2025 In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the K & P Railway north from Kingston to Sharbot Lake in 1876, the Central Frontenac Railway Heritage Society is adding a new piece of rolling stock to its collection....
Sarah Hannon | Jun 26, 2025 The Sharbot Lake Farmers Market kicks off the long weekend, and unofficial start of summer, with its first Market of the season on Saturday June 28 from 9am to 12 noon on the Sharbot Lake beach. This year marks the fourth...
In a split vote after an in-camera meeting on Tuesday evening (May 13), Central Frontenac Council decided to proceed with an offer to purchase the Simonett Building at 14216 Road 38 in Sharbot Lake. The building is the former home of The Robinson...
Dianne Lake | May 15, 2025 May 15 marks 150 years to the day that Matthew Garrett was awarded a Crown Grant from Queen Victoria to purchase 95 acres of property for the sum of $75.00. This property is now the entire village of Sharbot Lake. Matthew...
May 21, 2025 Table of Contents Arden Battersea/Storrington Cloyne - Northbrook Denbigh Godfrey Harlowe Harrowsmith Henderson Inverary Maberly-Bolingbroke Ompah Parham-Tichborne Perth Road Plevna Sydenham Snow Road Sharbot Lake Verona Arden by Brent...
Safe Yard Bylaw Draft Update: An updated draft of the Safe Yards Bylaw came to Central Frontenac council at the regular council meeting on May 27. This updated draft included several changes from earlier drafts, which resulted in a strong community...
Rural Frontenac Community Services (RFCS) will celebrate its 50th anniversary this Saturday, at open houses starting at 11am at the Child Centre off Road 38, at the adult services building 'the mother ship' on Garrett Street, as well as at the...
On May 13, just before Central Frontenac Council voted to move forward with the purchase of 14216 Highway 7 (aka the Simonett building), Councillor Duncan McGregor asked Chief administrative officer Cathy MacMunn if a report would be “coming to...
During their regular meeting on May 13, Central Frontenac Mayor Frances Smith addressed some of the concerns Council and community members have expressed about the implementation of the strong mayor powers. Mayor Smith, along with 169 other heads of...
In a split vote after an in-camera meeting on Tuesday evening (May 13), Central Frontenac Council decided to proceed with an offer to purchase the Simonett Building at 14216 Road 38 in Sharbot Lake. The building is the former home of The Robinson...
May 15 marks 150 years to the day that Matthew Garrett was awarded a Crown Grant from Queen Victoria to purchase 95 acres of property for the sum of $75.00. This property is now the entire village of Sharbot Lake. Matthew Garrett was born March 21,...
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was first performed, as a 22 minute mini-musical, as a school production in 1968. It was the first collaboration between 20 year old Tim Rice and 17 year old Andrew Lloyd Webber, who did pretty well for...
By Kelli McRobert Last Wednesday, the air at the Parham Fairgrounds was alive with excitement as Central Frontenac’s Touch-a-Truck event unfolded in a perfect celebration of community and curiosity. The sound of beeping trucks filled the evening...
30 members of the fire and emergency services department, all of whom have joined the department over the last 3 years, were recognized for the training and service they have brought to the township since then. “Fighters whose unwavering...
Popular Victoria Day Event Returns to Seed to Sausage The tourist season will kick off in style on Road 38, south of Sharbot Lake, next weekend. “The Day of the Pig” was first held in 2012 at the Seed to Sausage factory store to mark the...
Members of Central Frontenac Council were surprised by a document they received during their regular meeting on April 22nd. They had met a week earlier (April 15) in a special meeting to talk about strong mayor powers. The subject of the special...
A streamlined version of the controversial draft Safe Yards Bylaw was presented to Central Frontenac Council at their regular meeting on April 22. In receiving the draft bylaw, Council members assured the public that they had received the...
A joint effort by the Sharbot Lake and Arden based Recreation Committees, the first ever helicopter Easter Egg drop in Central Frontenac proved to be a bigger draw than anyone could have anticipated. The weather in advance of the event, which was...
A special meeting of Central Frontenac Council took place on Tuesday, April 15, at the request of five members of Cen tral Frontenac Council. The councillor wanted to beat a provincial deadline of April 16 for municipal responses to the pending...
Sonya Bolton, Manager of Community Planning for Frontenac County, appeared before Central Frontenac County at their regular meeting last Tuesday (April 8). Bolton was there because her department not only oversees county level planning operations,...
by Lynn Klages The Kennebec Recreation Committee hosted the annual Fool's Plunge. We had 3 plungers this year (Since we had to change the date a few times it we lost a few people available to jump.) Our brave jumpers were Parker Ryder, Kali-Lynn...
Two months later, the water was still cold! Sharbot Lake Polar Plunge As if to remind everyone that the forces of nature are not aligned with this year’s Sharbot Lake Polar Plunge, on an otherwise calm, cool, grey morning, which eventually yielded...
Meet Lori McIsaac. Lori moved to Kingston from the GTA, to be closer to family and to get out of big city life. She bought a cottage on Bobs Lake in 2019, which was high on her bucket list. She has had a career in project management and was working...
The Central Frontenac Economic Development Committee is bringing back to life some of the concepts outlined in the Downtown Revitalization Project. In partnership with Villages Beautiful (and in the spirit of community and patriotism) we hope to...
By Jemma Dooreleyers Hydro One crews, firefighters and satellite/internet providers were busy from Saturday, March 29 to Monday, March 31, as they worked to restore power, internet and reduce damage caused by the multi-day ice-storm that pummeled...
Central Frontenac Council met last Tuesday afternoon (March 25) for a final look at the 2025 budget. At the start of the meeting, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Cathy Mac-Munn pointed out that at the previous budget meeting Council had...
Tyler Lalonde, the Administrative Coordinator for the Frontenac Municipal Services Corporation (FMSC) brought a presentation about the corporation, which is partly owned by the township, and also introduced the new, part-time Chief Executive Officer...
by Jaskirn Basra A few days ago, my brother called, panicked. Tulsi—who you may also know for jumping on the counter at the store—had leaped out of our car at the cottage and bolted onto the frozen lake. "Jaskirn, I’m so sorry, but I think we...
Last Friday, Karen Burke's cat Truck, got spooked somehow. Burke, lives in Sharbot Lake on Medical Centre Road, in a house she moved into a few months ago. Truck climbed up a hydro pole in front of the house, all the way to the top. Karen contacted...
Grace Guigue just completed an 11- week consolidation practicum for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree program for Registered Nursing at the Sharbot Lake Family Health Team, working mostly with Certified Diabetes Educator Cassandra Forshner....
Mobile Dental Clinics for seniors are coming to Central Frontenac, North Frontenac, and Addington Highlands in the spring. The new clinics are an initiative of the South East Health Unit (formerly Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public...
