CENTRAL FRONTENAC

Students in grades four through eight at Granite Ridge Education Centre in Sharbot Lake were taken on a wild ride thanks to a special presentation in the school gym on April 20. The dramatic production titled “Spirit Horse” is a professional...

By Andrea Dickinson Spring has finally sprung and in Frontenac County that means another big production is in the works. North Frontenac Little Theatre’s 2015 spring production is “The Music Man” – a large musical production with a cast of...

by Dawn Morden Mountain Grove Seed Company and the North Frontenac Food Bank would like you to “share your fare” this year. Keep the food bank in mind when planning and planting your garden. Add a few extra plants and share some of your harvest...

Over 125 volunteers and a number of guests packed St. James Church Hall in Sharbot Lake on Monday night (April 13) for the 35th annual volunteer appreciation event put on by the staff of Northern Frontenac Community Services. The suppertime event,...

Parham library branch under siege The future of the Parham branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) is very much in doubt. Central Frontenac Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Jim Zimmerman reported to Council on Tuesday, April 14....

With the spring and summer seasons fast approaching, those looking for a bit of personal buffing up will be happy to know that Brenda Repaye, owner of a newly opened business, Northern Radiance Aesthetics in Sharbot Lake, is offering a number of...

With nine albums to his credit, two of them gold, and having sold half a million records world-wide, famed Greek Canadian guitarist Pavlo will be performing his energetic and passionate style of Mediterranean flavoured music on Sunday, April 26, at...

Danielle Aldridge is a lucky woman. She is 34 years old, a Kingston native, has two healthy boys and a loving husband, a supportive family and good employment prospects. The only problem is that she can't enjoy any of it, or very little of it at the...

Close to 30 youngsters attended the annual Easter Party on April 4 at the Kennebec hall in Arden. The event was organized by members of the Kennebec Recreation Committee, who had their Easter ears on especially for the event. The children, who were...

Over the Easter weekend over 450 visitors curious about making maple syrup in Central Frontenac visited two farms located on Bell Line Road, where two local families have been producing maple syrup for generations. The first ever Maple Weekend,...

by Pat Fisher The excitement is building. Rehearsals are underway. North Frontenac Little Theatre is at it again and this time in a very big way: big cast, many costumes, great sets, and much music. They are getting ready to perform "The Music Man"...

Central Frontenac Township staff is working out the details of the removal of the bridge on Road 38 over the Trans Canada Trail in Sharbot Lake, and the problem of finding a detour during the construction phase of the project is proving to be...

Shea joined the News in September of 2013, at the tail end of a career in marketing that started when he worked in radio with CKWS in Kingston for over 30 years. He had great success as the Manager of the Land O'Lakes Tourist Association in the...

It turns out the idea of combining the chief administrator and public works manager’s roles in Central Frontenac came from the individual who ended up filling both roles. Both positions were advertised at the same time. Jim Zimmerman, who was at...

Fourteen seniors attended a CPR workshop on March 30 at the Anglican church hall in Sharbot Lake. Headed up by Mark Powell, a local paramedic who works with Frontenac Paramedic Services, the presentation included a plethora of information on...

Serving breakfasts to over 100 Saturday morning diners has been a regular happening for the Sharbot Lake and District Lions over the last few months. Lions member, Linda Zwier, who has been heading up the monthly event said, “This is one of our...

At a meeting of the Frontenac-Addington Trappers Council (FATC) on February 26th at the hall in Henderson, a young man in camo is handing out raffle tickets at the door for prizes to be drawn at the end of the night. A group, mostly men, stand...

Many area students and graduates looking for summer employment opportunities attended the first ever Student Job Fair at the St. Lawrence College Employment Service Centre in Sharbot Lake on March 19. Staff at the center, who organized the event,...

A double feature puppet show put on at the Sharbot Lake branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library on March 20 attracted over 40 visitors - youngsters, parents and grandparents. The show, which was in part celebrating World Puppetry Day (March...

Out with the old; in with the new Cathy MacMunn, one of the few original Central Frontenac Township employees still working for the township, was seated next to Mayor Frances Smith at the start of a Council meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Although she...

By Jeff Green Katie Doran, the education and support co-ordinator with the Alzheimer Society of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, will be facilitating a support group for caregivers on the first Tuesday of each month at 1 pm at the...

First ever Maple Weekend coming to Central Frontenac As of early this week, and the forecast for this weekend into early next week indicates nothing will change too much in the very near future, the sap has been slow to come from the maples in...

Judging by the enthusiastic welcome The Once, a folk trio based out of St. John's, Newfoundland, received at their sold out show at The Crossing Pub in Sharbot Lake on March 16- it's no wonder that band member Andrew Dale quipped to the crowd,...

by Martina Field The Blue Skies Community Fiddle Orchestra has a lot to be excited about these days. The entire orchestra is going on a trip out to PEI this July. The purpose of the trip is to learn new fiddling techniques and to immerse ourselves...

Central Frontenac Mayor Frances Smith had a long awaited announcement to make after an in camera session of council early Tuesday evening. When asked if two people had been hired or if only one of the key township management positions had been...

Central Frontenac Council bumps up reserves. Levy up by 3.4% ($218,000) Treasurer Michael McGovern followed the dictates of Council in preparing a budget that kept tax increases to a bare minimum even as the township was facing a $151,000 increase...

More than 400 tickets were sold at the Frontenac-Addington Trappers Council's annual fishing derby on February 28. The weather cooperated for this year’s event, which since its inception over a decade ago has been taking place on Big Gull Lake...

by Mary de Bassecourt, SLFM Market Manager Eager and enthusiastic farmers attended the Sharbot Lake Farmers Market farm vendor information session Wednesday evening, February 25, at the St. Lawrence College Employment Centre in Sharbot Lake. Current...

by Pat Fisher It's a musical. It has a big cast - actors of all ages. It will be staged the first two weekends in May at Granite Ridge Education Centre. It's The Music Man. The Music Man was written by musician Meredith Wilson and his friend...

For those adverse to the idea of plunging into an icy Sharbot Lake in February, reversing the old adage of “better late than never” to “better never than late” might fit the bill more. But that was not the case for the 32 Polar Bear plungers...

Jon Roberts from Hydro One's Kingston office presented $10,000 to the Hinchinbrooke District Recreation Committee and Central Frontenac Mayor Frances Smith on Tuesday. The money comes from the Hydro One Power Play granting program, and will help pay...

Early this year, Central Frontenac Council gave township staff instructions to bring in a budget with an increase of no more than 2.5%. This translates to an increase of $158,465 in the levy, the total amount that Central Frontenac ratepayers will...

The students and staff at Granite Ridge are hard at work preparing for their Fundraising Dinner and Talent show to be held on February 25 th .  Musicians, vocalists, dancers, story tellers and song-writers will be sharing their talents. A greek...

As usual, the Sharbot Lake Snow Drags, which took place at Oso Beach on Saturday February 14, attracted winter speed demons of all ages. The annual event, now in its fifth year, was resurrected in 2011 after a long hiatus by an enthusiastic group of...

So just who was that tall, lean, fur-cloaked man who toured Sharbot Lake village, speaking with a Scottish lilt and sparking off this year’s Frontenac Heritage Festival? He was no one-time, off-the-cuff impersonator. Paul Dyck, who played our...

Highlights included the opening Friday night talent show, which took place for the first time at the cafetorium at Granite Ridge Education Centre. A large crowd of music lovers gathered for an eclectic line up that covered a wide expanse of musical...

by Joan Hollywood Twenty-one brave souls toed the line and took off running when the town crier rang the bell. On this Family Day, the first family was the Melkmanaters, Liam, Elizabeth, and Derek. Two k winners were: 1. Hazuki Ono, 2.Natsuki Ono,...

Family and Children’s Services or Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (formerly known as the Children's Aid Society) has announced this year’s winner of the annual Family Advocacy Award – Maribeth Scott, the Manager of the Ontario Early Years...

Under the leadership of J.P. Pendergast, operations officer with the Princess of Wales' Own Regiment in Kingston, 34 soldiers and cadets spent a cold weekend camping on the property of Jen Farnum and Marcus Saunders, located near Clarendon in...

Chiaroscuro, the technique of painting light and shadow, is one of the techniques that has been used by realistic painters for hundreds of years. It was the topic introduced to the 20 students at Land O'Lakes Public School on February 9 at their...

Labbett aims to take the load off township. Council is choosing to wait a bit longer to come to a conclusion on eliminating the amnesty load for 2015 and will reach out to the public over the next two weeks to get their opinion before making a...

Have you enjoyed the market experience and considered applying to be a farm vendor yourself? If so, you’ll want to know that Sharbot Lake Farmers Market (SLFM) is offering an information session for potential farm vendors on Wed. Feb. 25, 6:30-8...

The Frontenac Heritage Festival this year kicks off on Friday evening, February 13 in Sharbot Lake at a new location, the cafetorium at Granite Ridge Education Centre. Not only will the Town Crier be on hand, Sir John A. Macdonald will be there as...

Empty Bowls, the quarter-century-old fundraiser that started up in Michigan as a grass roots organization, was founded with the goal of fighting hunger through the sale of hand-made pottery bowls. It has been uniting potters in communities all over...

Andrew Kovacs had an idea, and the former Sharbot Lake Seniors’ Home is where he is turning that idea into a reality. Kovacs is a Certified Professional Accountant who worked for years in supply chain finance. However he has wanted to make a...

At the kick off event for this year's 2015 North and Central Frontenac Relay for Life, which took place at the Sharbot Lake Legion on January 23, long-time chair Lesley Merrigan announced that it would be her final year heading up the event....

Thanks to professional drum facilitator and instructor, Leo Brooks, and a grant from Blue Skies in the Community, grade 7 and 8 students at Granite Ridge Educational Centre in Sharbot Lake are now able to keep the beat on their very own hand made...

The Central Frontenac Volunteer Fire Department often provides bartending services for public events at the Oso Hall in Sharbot Lake. They provide a selection of two or three brands of beer, rum, vodka, rye whiskey and mixes, soft drinks, water, etc...

A number of the professional staff members of the up and coming website Fisherman.ca spent three days braving some cold weather on local lakes last week. They were fishing and filming on Kennebec, Big Gull and Sharbot Lake, among others, with a...

Fire Report Fire Chief Bill Young asked council to approve a request that was proposed to him by staff at the Granite Ridge Education Centre for the Central Frontenac Fire Department to fill a water storage tank at the school, which feeds the...