CENTRAL FRONTENAC

June is Seniors' month and each year Central Frontenac Township honours seniors from each of the four township wards who have made contributions to the life of the township. This year the honorees were: from Kennebec Ward, Tom Hughes; from Olden,...

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...

The cream of Sharbot Lake society (and some others) were decked out in their finest evening wear for the premiere screening of seven short films by Jesse Mills profiling some new and not so new-comers to Central Frontenac. The films provide an...

Students and staff at the Granite Ridge Education Centre in Sharbot Lake gathered for a special ceremony celebrating the recent planting of the school’s new tree nursery. Shawn Lavender, who teaches the Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program...

Wintergreen Studios, the eco-lodge/educational retreat on Canoe Lake Road near Godfrey, birthed a new and separate business in November 2012. The Wintergreen Renewable Energy Co-op was founded following a community energy retreat that was held at...

North and Central Frontenac's Relay for Life team, June's Angels, offered up a wide array of family fun under perfect sunny skies on June 7 at the Parham fairgrounds. Visitors enjoyed getting up close and personal with several reptiles courtesy of...

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...

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...

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...

Township sets ambitious goal for energy conservation Chief Building Official Jeremy Neven has been working on an energy management plan for the township. The provincially mandated process required an audit of energy consumption by the township,...

In conjunction with the new Subway Restaurant in Sharbot Lake, which will be opening in late June in the building on Hwy. 7 that used to house the Rising Bun Bakery, the St. Lawrence College Employment Centre in Sharbot Lake is hosting a job fair at...

Staff at Community Living-North Frontenac (CLNF) in Sharbot Lake held their annual community BBQ on May 27 and the event was very well attended. Staff served up hot beef on a bun, hot dogs, ice cold beverages and cake to the close to 100 guests who...

Students from the Granite Ridge Education Centre, assisted staff member Shelley Bertrim with the two-day Returns For Leukemia bottle drive that took place on May 24 and 25 at the Beer Store in Sharbot Lake to raise funds for the Leukemia and...

by Julia Schall Teamwork, communication and music are alive and well at Granite Ridge Education Centre! The GREC School of Rock have been meeting weekly since the end of March. The primary goals of this extra-curricular program are to build...

If the motto for the parent council at Land O' Lakes Public School in Mountain Grove is not “the show must go on”, it definitely should be. That was the case for the school's annual Fun Fair, which took place on May 22 despite some heavy...

While the road to building the new 65,000 square foot kindergarten to grade 12 Granite Ridge Education Centre (GREC) in Sharbot Lake and relocating 500 plus students and staff there has been a bumpy one, the official dedication ceremony that took...

by Bob Brooks In less than a month the Parham fairgrounds will be lit up by hundreds of candles to celebrate the lives and strength of the people in this community who have battled cancer. This disease has touched virtually everyone of us in some...

Property owners appeal for boat launch Even though he was not on the agenda as a delegate, Kevin Browne, president of the Sharbot Lake Property Owners' Association, was allowed to address council at their meeting on Tuesday afternoon (May 27 Browne...

Cars lined both sides of Road 38 as far as the eye could see for the third annual Day of the Pig at Seed to Sausage in Sharbot Lake on May 17. The event, now in its third year, is the season opener for the business’s retail store, which offers up...

Young Kylie Babcock and her battle with cancer is what inspired her family and friends to enter Team Kylie for their fourth time in the North and Central Frontenac Relay for Life. Kylie was diagnosed with liver and lung cancer over five years ago...

Unseasonably chilly temperatures could not keep close to 350 shoppers from attending the opening day of the Sharbot Lake Farmers Market at the Oso beach on May 17. The market, now entering its fourth year, has seen its numbers increase steadily over...

The Truth that Wampum Tells: My Debwewin on the  Algonquin Land Claims process, by Lynn Gehl. Ever since the draft Agreement in Principle to the Algonquin Land Claim was released in late 2012, there have been political debates and controversies...

On May 10 a small group of local residents concerned about the issue of climate change gathered outside the United Church in Sharbot Lake to make their concerns known. Their efforts coincided with those of 10,000 other Canadians who staged a number...

5th Lake/Wagarville Road project underway A large road project linking Central Frontenac and Stone Mills Township will be getting underway in the coming weeks. Cruickshank Construction has been awarded a tender at a cost of $1.83 million. This...

On April 26 a crowd of well wishers gathered outside the new Habitat for Humanity house in Tichborne to help the Roberts family celebrate the dedication of their new home. The family will be moving in on May 1. Donning a hard hat, Town Crier Paddy...

Rick Law, the sole owner and operator of RL Classic Lawless Paints in Godfrey, is as passionate a business owner as there can be. And to help spread the word about his new business, Law opened up his body shop and warehouse showroom to guests at an...

Procedural bylaw: Much of the meeting this past Tuesday, April 29, was devoted to a discussion of the new procedural bylaw that is slated for adoption at the next meeting of Council. The item that generated the most debate was the matter of...

For their spring production, pressed with venue restrictions, the NFLT chose well with their pick of two short one-act comedies by Norm Foster, which were presented on April 25, 26 and 27. The two plays, which called for small casts, simple costumes...

After being hosted by St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Sharbot Lake, for many years, the North Frontenac Food Bank is moving to the back basement of the Village Courtyard at 1095 Garrett Street. Access is at the rear of the building. Among the...

To celebrate spring, Earth Day and the completion of the second round of eight-week seniors’ fitness classes at the medical center in Sharbot Lake, organizers held a special fitness and potluck event there on April 22. The event was attended by...

The Sharbot Lake St. Lawrence College Employment Service office is excited by the new staff position recently created here. Lesley Pickard has been hired as the new Employer Liaison and will be traveling all over South, Central and North Frontenac,...

The Toronto-based band, The Wilderness of Manitoba, offers up a sound so unique that they are hard to categorize. If you have only seen them on YouTube, take it from me; their live shows add an extra dimension, like most stellar bands' live shows do...

Conservation authorities throughout the region were posting and updating flood advisories early this week as the higher than average winter runoff combined with the latest in a series of spring rains caused floods along the Mississippi, Rideau,...

Joyce and Mel Conboy have been making maple syrup for decades. At one time their operation involved 30,000 spigots and 2000 buckets and was a much more labor-intensive operation than it is today. Now, just six buckets hang from the trees closest to...

(film to premiere on TVO next week) Derreck Roemer and Neil Graham spent four years on a project that was sparked by a singular observation. Riding his motorcycle between Tweed and Perth one day, Neil Graham noticed the number of abandoned business...

North Frontenac Little Theatre is excited to present two one act plays by Norm Foster at the end of April. Norm Foster is our group’s favourite Canadian comedy writer. We’ve performed several of his plays before: Maggie’s Getting Married, The...

A talk on Lyme disease was sponsored by the Frontenac Addington Trappers Council on March 26, and close to 60 listeners filled the Kennebec hall in Arden, hoping to better understand the disease. Myra DeCou of the Lyme Disease Association of Ontario...

The Greenstreet family, which owns the former gym at Highway 7 and Clement Road, as well as Goodfellow's Flowers and a wine-making store that are operated by Michelle Greenstreet, has been in a two-year battle with Kingston Frontenac Lennox and...

Snyder family wants to donate fence to honour Bill Sharon Snyder, the widow of recently deceased long-serving councilor, Bill Snyder, sent a letter to Council last week. In it she said that she would like to pay for a new fence for the Piccadilly...

The 24 student artists and members of this year’s Land O' Lakes Art Club wrapped up the results of their ten-week course at the Land O' Lakes Public School on April 2 in a very arty celebration. The students gathered in the school’s main pod,...

A spokesman for the Villages Beautiful committee today revealed that our extended winter was due, at least in part, to the fact that winter decorations had not been removed from the Sharbot Lake causeway in a timely fashion. A recent study by...

The Frontenac News has been sold to Jack Benjamin, of Saskatchewan. Benjamin's wife Jolene Henderson-Benjamin, is a member of the new management team that will be running the Ambassador hotel in Kingston for a company based in Saskatchewan. The...

Judging by the numbers at the kick off breakfast on March 29, this year's North and Central Frontenac Relay for Life will be the best one yet. Over 150 breakfasts were served up by the relay committee. The event raised donations for the local food...

Not only did Sharbot Lake teen, Madeleine R. Field-Green live up to the challenge of directing a play at the Sears Ontario Drama Festival; she had her own original script produced. Last week, high schools from around the region took part in the...

Demolition crews have begun to pull down the 60 year old Sharbot Lake High School building. The process began two weeks ago, and this week the demolition crews are working in earnest, removing the walls where the former wood and auto-shops were...

On March 28, musician, drummer and percussionist Leo Brooks brought his talents and musical know-how to students at the Granite Ridge Education Centre. Brooks’ presentation was part of the Blue Skies in the Community music program, which strives...

Growers like nothing more than exploring new gardening options for the (hopefully!) upcoming spring. That was the case at Oso Hall on March 22 where organizers of the Sharbot Lake Farmers Market included a number of heritage seed vendors in their...

Central Frontenac to honour Bill Snyder Central Frontenac's meeting this week on Tuesday (March 25) started with the oath of office being taken by Phillip Smith, who is representing Hinchinbrooke ward until the election this fall. At the tail end of...

In the second of their winter series of Center Stage Café concerts at the Sharbot Lake Legion, the Feral Five house band comprised of Gary Giller, Terry Reynolds, Jim MacPherson, Dave Limber and Dennis Larocque were joined by a stellar line up of...

Demolition crews have begun to pull down the 60 year old Sharbot Lake High School building. The process began two weeks ago, and this week the demolition crews are working in earnest, removing the walls where the former wood and auto-shops were...