CENTRAL FRONTENAC

Twenty-seven years ago, Dr. Peter Bell opened the Sharbot Lake Seniors Home in order to provide a residential setting for local seniors who required the level of support that only a seniors’ residence could provide. “There were people then, as...

Local taxes up by to 5.7% Local taxes up would be up 9% as Central Frontenac Council passes budget, however a cut in county tax reduces increase to 5.7% Collectively, Central Frontenac ratepayers will pay $6.15 million for local services in 2013,...

In an effort to get the word out about the benefits of supporting the local food economy as well as to lay to rest many common myths about local food's costs to consumers, members of the Sharbot Lake Farmers Market enlisted one very passionate local...

Debbie Barkley knows a thing or two about transportation services and it is her decades-long experience in the business that has prepared her for her latest business venture. For 30 years Barkley worked in the taxi business and then she worked for...

For the second summer in a row, the North Frontenac Telephone Company (NFTC) will be providing free WIFI service to visitors at Sharbot Lake beach. Once again the company will be broadcasting a high speed signal from their central office, which will...

Matson Insurance Brokers (MIB), now a division of Insurance Specialty Brokers (ISB) of Kingston, will be celebrating the opening of their office in Sharbot Lake on Wednesday, May 15, between 12 noon and 4 p.m. The office has, in fact, been up and...

The North Frontenac Little Theatre's "God of Carnage" is not for everyone. But for those wishing to delve beneath the surface of couple-dom, marriage and parenthood to find what dirt might be lurking there, the NFLT's production of Yasmina Reza's...

It was more of a whirlwind at the end that anything else, as crews have transformed an ageing Sharbot Lake Freshmart into a shiny Mike Deans Superstore in 23 days. On Friday morning, May 3rd, the superstore opens its doors. Shoppers will be greeted...

Since it was first produced in English on Broadway in 2009, “God of Carnage” has been an unlikely hit. It's about two couples who meet at one of their houses to talk about their sons, 11-year-old boys who got into a fight after school. Although...

Members of the community are being invited to participate in a special, first time ever spring community clean up event courtesy of staff at Community Living-North Frontenac. The event, which is being organized by Ryan Wood, Community Activity...

CF Fire Chief requests OPP training for dealing with meth labs As a result of his team being called in by the OPP to dismantle a meth lab in Mountain Grove last week, Fire Chief Bill Young asked council to consider providing more OPP training for CF...

“Last in, first out” was how Caitlin Norwich-Stevenson, a Public Education Coordinator with the Alzheimer Society, described the memory loss that accompanies Alzheimer disease. She was referring to the fact that people with Alzheimer’s lose...

On April 22, after donning blue gloves and with garbage bags in hand, bands of students from Sharbot Lake Public school spread out through the village of Sharbot Lake and did their fair share of garbage gathering in a special community clean up...

Anyone who has driven past The Oaks Cottages on Crow Lake recently may have noticed two new friendly faces there. They belong to Karen and Dan Lahey, the new owners of The Oaks, the cottage rental property and resort located in Crow Lake village on...

Habitat for Humanity Kingston and Frontenac have found a building lot. It is in Tichborne right on Highway 38 and Habitat plans to build the first home in our community with your help this summer. Thank you to everyone who called with potential...

Josh Goodfellow first came to Sharbot Lake High School as a student. He returned fully grown, and accepted a position as an Educational Assistant on a casual basis, and started work in the School to Community classroom. Josh has a strong commitment...

In 1986, Anne Howes, who was then Anne Ferguson and then in her early 20s, started up a small bakery at her mother’s Sears Catalogue store next to the Brewer’s Retail store near the junction of Highway 7 and 38. “I thought it would be a good...

The North Frontenac Little Theatre play God of Carnage, by Yasmina Reza, will be performed at Sharbot Lake High School Auditorium on Thurs., May 2; Fri., May 3; Sat., May 4 at 7:30 p.m. and at a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, May 5. The play is centred...

On April 6, the duo Madison Violet, who have made Toronto their home base for the last decade and a half, proved that their good looks are not what has earned them their due as musicians. The multi-talented winners of the 2009 Folk Music Award took...

On April 6 a wide range of activities took place at an all-day fundraiser at the Arden Legion. The events were organized to help pay back the roof shares that the Legion sold to help pay for roof repairs to the hall in August last year. Legion...

It's official. Loblaws has sold their Sharbot Lake Freshmart store to Mike Dean's Super Food Stores, a company based in Winchester, Ontario. A press release confirming the long anticipated purchase was released late on Monday. “Mike Dean’s Super...

Because Easter came early this year, organizers of the Good Friday Easter services in Arden opted for a Cross Walk this year instead of their more elaborate Passion play. A total of 31 members of the community, who included members of the Kaladar,...

Love was definitely in the air on March 21 in Sharbot Lake as music lovers filled the Legion for the third installment of the Centre Stage Cafe. Members of the CSC house band, Jim MacPherson, Gary Giller and Terry Reynolds and Dave Limber...

With March being Nutrition Month, Saman Iqbal, the registered dietician at the Sharbot Lake Family Health Team, was putting her best food forward. In order to share her know-how with those seeking to improve their everyday eating habits and overall...

It sure didn't feel like a competition, due to the fact that creative people often prefer to collaborate rather than compete. But compete they did on March 27, when six students in total competed in the first round of the 2D Computer animation...

CF Council flexes muscles, cancels equipment purchases It is unusual for a township council to turn down a budgeted equipment purchase at the 11 th  hour, particularly when the price is lower than the estimated cost that was originally brought to...

Fate of Parham Library still Unknown In a verbal report to council regarding the fate of the Parham Library, Central Frontenac's chief building officer, Jeremy Neven, reported that moving the library portable to township property as a temporary...

Annette Gray-Jackson, a registered massage therapist who has been working out of her home in Mountain Grove, has set up a clinic in the former dining room of the Sharbot Lake Country Inn. She will be seeing clients four days a week, Monday, Tuesday,...

The Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board recognizes students who are the Beacons of Hope of their school and community. Each school selects one student whose contributions reflect our Catholic virtues and contribute to the...

In the ’90s they were just about everywhere. They called themselves Country Church at that time and hardly a week went by without the smiling band of bluegrass gospel musicians taking the stage at a church gathering, a community picnic or a...

Revelers young and old put on their greens in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day at a party held at the Legion in Sharbot Lake on March 16. Legion President Dave Whalen said it was the first St. Paddy's Day celebration held there and he wanted to...

Lovers of folk music packed the MERA school house in McDonalds Corners on March 9 to welcome two exceptional singer/songwriters who are making waves in the folk/roots traditions both here and abroad. P.E.I. songstress Catherine MacLellan took to the...

A small group of theatre members are very busy these days learning lines and rehearsing for the spring show under the direction of Kelli Bell. The show chosen is God of Carnage by French playwright Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton. It...

Council scraps free Amnesty Load program In a report to council, Waste Management Supervisor Kyle Labbett recommended that council cancel their amnesty load program. He cited “high costs and no identifiable benefits”. The program, which has run...

As many are aware, Hinchinbrooke Public School will be closing its doors as an elementary school at the end of June. We would like to mark this occasion by remembering and celebrating the history of this wonderful school that has educated so many in...

Students in Stephanie Leeder's grade 5/6 class at Sharbot Lake Public School fired multiple questions at one local hockey hero when he visited the school on March 8. And like the great goalie he is, Graeme Gemmill easily managed to catch and return...

Over 20 residents from North, Central and South Frontenac were bussed into Kingston on March 6 to attend the a meeting of the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) at the school board office. The residents made the trip in support of Jamie Riddell,...

Of the close to 60 guests who attended the official Kick Off for the North and Central Frontenac 2013 Relay For Life on March 2, none seemed more excited than Lesley Merrigan. Merrigan, who is chairing the event for her second consecutive year, was...

The atmosphere may have been less raucous last Saturday night at the Crossing Pub in Sharbot Lake than it was during the Heritage Festival when Sherman Downey rocked the house. But another sold out house enjoyed an evening of new sounds from Birds...

Arlene and her twin sister were born at Long Lake, near Parham, in her Grandma Stinchcombe’s farm house. She immediately recognized a good place when she saw it and she’s lived in the area ever since. She went to school near Wagarville,...

As construction continues on the new school in Sharbot Lake, a protest against the name chosen for it, Granite Ridge Education Centre, is bubbling along on Facebook. It is clear, at least in the minds of the Facebook group, Granite Ridge Education...

The Center Stage Café house band sparked off a lively second installment of the Centre Stage Café on February 21. The house band has made the Sharbot Legion a popular draw for their new music series, whose aim is to showcase local musical talent....

In October 2013, staff at the Sharbot Lake Family Health Team (SLFHT) received an award at the Primary Care Forum, which was held in Kingston. The award was from Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health and recognized the success of...

The Limestone District School Board has chosen the name Granite Ridge Education Centre for its new school in Sharbot Lake, which is slated to open in September. The name has not gone over very well, and has sparked a bit of a media campaign in...

Have you ever had a bad day and wondered why this had to happen to you?? Many of us experience a lot of these. When you are having a bad day, just stop and look around you. There is always someone who has more going on then you realize. Think of...

His voice may not be what it used to be, but Neil Diamond can still sell out concerts and provoke girlish screams from the audience. His charisma was - and still is - legendary. Joey Purpura has lived and breathed Neil Diamond since 2004, travelled...

There was something for everyone at this year's 7th annual Frontenac Heritage Festival, which ran from February 15 to 18 and included a plethora of events in Central Frontenac put on by various community groups. The festival was moved to Family Day...

The Sharbot Lake Snow Drags continue to attract racers from all over Ontario as the number of racing events for riders in the province continues to dwindle. With only a handful of events currently offered to riders, many are grateful for the Sharbot...

There was a Devil, an Angel, a Ballerina, Pirates, Panthers . . . and the weather was definitely Polar as spectators, EMS personnel and 40 Plungers braved the elements in the third annual Frontenac Heritage Festival Polar Bear Plunge. Over $8,500...

Although Bob Seger was referring to “that old time rock and roll”, many of us are reminiscing about “the days of old” as we look back affectionately on all the wonderful times spent at Sharbot Lake High School. Even with all the excitement...