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A full house of pasta lovers jammed into the Maples restaurant in Sharbot Lake for the annual United Way Spaghetti dinner fundraiser. The event, which is a collaboration between The Maples restaurant and Northern Frontenac Community Services,...
On November 11, Peter Brugmans' eyes welled up with tears at the Sharbot Lake Legion following the Remembrance Day service at the Soldiers Memorial Hall. Brugmans and his wife Marion just recently sold their house on Bobs Lake and will be moving to...
Chen Guan Ming is passionately committed to three causes: promoting the Olympic spirit, world peace, and environmental protection, and he has lived out that commitment by traversing 140,000 kilometres over half the world almost completely by human...
Cost of medical calls sparks discussion at Council In considering the monthly report by Fire Chief Bill Young and Deputy Chief Art Cowdy, members of Central Frontenac Council noted that the department is called out twice as often for medical calls...
Central Frontenac mayor, Janet Gutowski, who is also chair of the township's Economic Development Committee, welcomed close to 30 business operators from the area for the annual Business over Breakfast event at the Maples restaurant in Sharbot Lake...
Members of the Sharbot Lake and District Lions were not sure what to expect attendance-wise for their 37th annual seniors' night, which took place at the Land O'Lakes Public School in Mountain Grove on October 23. It was the first time in its...
Veterans and their families were honored at the annual Veterans' Dinner at the Sharbot Lake Legion on November 2. The many veterans honored included Don Antoine and Norman Garneys, who both served in the Second World War; Al Hardyman and Lloyd...
Henry Norwood, a 15-year-old country crooner with an old country soul, charmed and impressed listeners at his one set performance at the ABC Hall in Bolingbroke on November 1. Norwood rose to fame as the youngest entrant (he was just 14 years old at...
The only sound better than that of one fine flute player is the sound of more than one fine flute player playing together. Anne Archer, Melanie Fyfe and Debbie Twiddy are three very fine flutists and recently I had a chance to hear a selection of...
With the goal of “ramping up” public exposure for the business he opened in 2003, Paul Scott, owner of the Sumac Centre, is hoping to attract the attention of businesses, groups and individuals looking for a place to hold any kind of event in...
It never fails that a few rowdies can turn the Halloween holiday into an unpleasant affair. That was the case in Arden on Thursday October 31 at approximately 8pm when 16-year Arden resident and proud home owner, Bob Woodcock, heard some shooting...
In an awards ceremony slated for November the 16 (which some are dubbing the “It’s about time” awards), the North Frontenac Little Theatre will be honouring six of its own with Lifetime Recognition. Randomly chosen from over two dozen...
Those contemplating their next gala fundraiser might take a few tips from members of the Central Frontenac Railway Heritage Society. Their October 26 gala fundraiser at Oso hall attracted over 100 guests, who each paid the $50 ticket price for a...
Reba McEntire may have been the headliner at the big country music show at the K-Rock Centre in Kingston on Sunday, but for Emily and Ben Baillargeon of Parham the real treat was the opening act, Canadian County star Gord Bamford. And now Gord...
Ron Ruttan is just six weeks into his new job as CEO of Habitat for Humanity in Greater Kingston and Frontenac and since he has roots in Central, North and South Frontenac, no one is happier than he is to see Habitat's first home build taking shape...
Sharbot Lake CIP relegated to signage thus far The Sharbot Lake Community Improvement Plan (CIP) is a year old, and thus far the uptake has been slow. Of $80,000 that has been made available in grants, only $5,395 has been allocated thus far, on two...
The second of three planned public input sessions on the replacement of the Salmon River bridge was held by the Ministry of Transportation and the Morrison Hershfield design firm on October 18 at the Kennebec Hall. Arden area residents had a chance...
The Arden Legion Annual Deer Hunters Ball will be held this year on November 16. For 2013 it has been decided to follow a new format: Entertainment will be supplied by two groups of artists; one will play from 6-8 p.m. and the second from 9 p.m. on....
On October 19, 2013 the Christian Education Centre at Sharbot Lake United Church was a-buzz for the ribbon cutting ceremony to rededicate the centre after extensive renovations. We received an Ontario Trillium Grant in 2012 to install two new fire...
A self-proclaimed nerd is how Tony Dekker introduced himself to a capacity crowd that packed the Sharbot Lake Country Inn for an out of the ordinary Monday night show, which was, not surprisingly, sold out. Dekker is the front man and singer/song...
The Salmon River Bridge plan and study, which included an assessment of the intersection of the Arden and Henderson roads at Highway 7, left many Arden area residents with concerns. An information session was presented by project managers from the...
The Coffee Shop in Maberly was the place to be for lovers of British sports cars, specifically lovers of the MG. On October 6, the coffee shop's parking lot was bumper to bumper with an assortment of no fewer than 18 classic MG models spanning...
Limestone District School Board officials were being optimistic in July when they targeted a November opening for the new Granite Ridge Education Centre (GREC) in Sharbot Lake. That would have required the building to be substantially complete by...
Tracy Bamford and Sharon Mathews, both volunteers with the North Frontenac Food Bank, report that the first annual Thanksgiving Food Drive in Sharbot Lake was an overwhelming success. They, along with other volunteers with North Frontenac Food Bank...
Grades five and six students at Land O' Lakes Public School in Mountain Grove were thrilled to be able present a cheque for $200 to a representative from the Kingston branch of the Canadian Cancer Society on October 10. The students in Mr. Harding's...
Toilets at Sharbot Lake Beach need immediate attention The Sharbot Lake Farmers Market is a major user group at the Sharbot Lake Beach. Over the last three weeks the market has drawn over 1,500 people to the beach. The market also partnered with...
When the premier’s office decided to include the completion of the Ontario section of the Trans-Canada Trail as a legacy initiative in conjunction with the 2015 Pan Am games, they didn’t bother to check with anyone in Frontenac County. The...
Parham fire hall likely to stay put Lingering questions about the future location for a fire hall in Parham, and the future of the existing fire hall, were addressed by Central Frontenac CAO Larry Donaldson at a meeting of Council on Tuesday,...
On Sept. 25, Caitlin Norwich-Stevenson of the Alzheimer’s Society gave a valuable seminar in Sharbot Lake on coping with the challenging behaviors that are sometimes exhibited by people with Alzheimer’s. Although Alzheimer’s sufferers may look...
Organizers of the Joe Goodfellow Memorial Race held the event at its usual location at the Hinchinbrooke Public School, although HPS officially closed it doors last June. The popular race took a hiatus last year, which was the result of a decision...
Tom Revell, of Little Betty and Bauder Road infamy, has a penchant for playing heavy rock and blues, guitar-based music. When he teamed up last week with the Centre Stage band, which has just added Denis Larocque, a second electric guitarist along...
On the Thanksgiving weekend, volunteers with the North Frontenac Food Bank will be working with Mike Dean’s Grocery Store and other local businesses for the first of what they hope will become an annual food drive. Even the local school children...
Over 250 young runners tested their mettle at the annual Timber Wolf Run at Land O'Lakes Public School in Mountain Grove on October 1. The event, which was founded by retired LOLPS French teacher Brian Robertson, was taken over by LOLPS grade one...
On Sept. 24, Central Frontenac's own celebrity chef extraordinaire, Andrea Dickinson, gave the last of a three-workshop series on cooking with local food. The free workshops, which were all held at Oso Hall, were sponsored by the Sharbot Lake...
Although the township is loathe to take on the maintenance or ownership of any private lanes for fear that it will open the floodgates for similar requests from every private lane owner in the township, staff and council have looked favourably on a...
There is nothing more inspiring than gaining access to the studio of a master artist and seeing first hand great art in the place where it is created. That was the case for those who visited studio #10 on the Inroads Studio Tour, the home and studio...
Students of the Skills Link Blossoms Pre- Construction Program, an eight-week program offered through the St. Lawrence College Employment Centre in Sharbot Lake through Services Canada, have strapped on their tool belts and hard hats and have been...
MP Scott Reid has a bit more time available these days than he normally would at this time of year because Parliament has been prorogued. In what might seem an odd coincidence to some, he is using some of that time to work on what he describes as...
They line up in three rows, taking up most of the room in the Oso Hall, to begin their 108-move set. Those who have been doing Tai Chi for five months, as well as the instructor, Dennis Dong from Kingston, who has been doing it for 27 years and has...
In an effort to raise public awareness about development on “at-capacity” lakes – i.e. ones that are labeled as highly sensitive lake trout lakes –the Township of Central Frontenac held a workshop on September 7 at Oso hall outlining exactly...
Public cheers as CF Council votes to remain as is Cheers and applause echoed through Oso Hall as a motley crew of attendees at a public meeting on Tuesday night, September 10, showed their support for Central Frontenac council's final decision to...
Keith Dee, the Director of Membership Services with Community Living – Ontario was the keynote speaker at the 37th Annual General Meeting for Community Living - North Frontenac (CL-NF). The meeting was held on August 26 at the Sharbot Lake Country...
The septic system for the Granite Ridge Education Centre, currently under construction in Sharbot Lake, has been the subject of consultation between the Limestone District School Board and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for a year. Because...
No, it’s not the name of a tool or the revival of a heavy metal band. It’s the name of a gruelling 1200 km bicycle ride that follows the same basic rules as the Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) Randonee, one of the oldest bicycle races in the world,...
The Grand Parade of the Silver Lake Pow Wow is not an entirely solemn event, but it carries the weight of ceremony. The dancers enter the ring in a prescribed order, the flag bearers hop from one foot to the other to the beat of the drum, which...
One local guest, who paid the $125 ticket price for a fundraiser to assist with the funding of the first Habitat for Humanity build in Central Frontenac, said that the fundraiser dinner that took place at Seed to Sausage on August 16 offered up some...
The septic system for the Granite Ridge Education Centre, currently under construction in Sharbot Lake, has been the subject of consultation between the Limestone District School Board and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for a year. Because...
No, it’s not the name of a tool or the revival of a heavy metal band. It’s the name of a gruelling 1200 km bicycle ride that follows the same basic rules as the Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) Randonee, one of the oldest bicycle races in the world,...
The original Royal Canadian Legion was formed in 1945 by returning veterans from World War 2 and was called the North Frontenac Legion. Between 1945 and 1983 Legion meetings were held at available homes, halls and the Kennebec Community Centre, just...
wo local farmers are jumping on the band wagon and are following the latest trend of bringing urban foodies from the big cities of Ottawa and Toronto to enjoy a unique culinary experience right in their own rural farm yards. Allaine Nordin and Tom...
