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As reported earlier, Habitat for Humanity is looking to come to Central Frontenac later this year. This creates a great opportunity for a hard working family wanting to own their own home. Habitat can make the dream of homeownership affordable. With...
Changes coming to local waste site Waste Management Supervisor Kyle Labbett brought a number of updates and proposals to a meeting of Central Frontenac Council this week (February 12). First, he informed Council that as of February 1st the...
CF Budget target set After listening for two days as department heads went through their budget requests, Central Frontenac Council has asked the interim CAO Cathy MacMunn and Treasurer Michael McGovern to make some cuts to the proposed budget and...
In an effort to bring Aboriginal education to students at Hinchinbrooke Public School in Parham, grade 5/6 teacher Kathryn Sawdon enlisted the talents of professional mural artist Maureen Walton of Belleville. Walton, who has been working as a fine...
Gary Giller, bass player in the Center Stage House Band, has begun a new regular musical happening in Sharbot Lake that benefits both local players and music lovers in the area. The Center Stage Café has made the Sharbot Lake Legion its home and...
The popular Walk/Run & Family Relay is sponsored by St. Lawrence Employment Services and will take place on Monday February 18. The Walk starts at 1pm; the Run at 1:30pm. Contestants may walk or run the 2k, 5k or 10k distances throughout the village...
Central Frontenac Council was given a guided tour through two of their largest departments last Thursday, January 14, and a session dedicated to the other departments was postponed because of a threat of freezing rain on Tuesday, January 29, setting...
Volunteers with the Kingston & Frontenac Affiliate of Habitat for Humanity have been quickly learning about wells and septic systems, ditching and culverts. They are contemplating expanding out of their urban/serviced land comfort zone and doing a...
At the end of the 2013 school year, Hinchinbrooke Public School in Parham will end its close to 50 years of serving students from all over the township. Back in the early 1960s the idea for one single school came about when the Hinchinbrooke...
Seven vendors offered up a wide variety of goods and services at the second Sharbot Lake Winter Farmers’ Market, which took place at the Oso Hall on January 19. Regular vendors had for sale their usual wide variety of local produce, baked goods...
Photo: Bob Miller winter camping at -24 celsius. It doesn't get any better than this Again this February the Heritage Festival will hold an overnight camping experience open to everyone. Last year eight brave souls ventured into the world of winter...
Central Frontenac in tough again over budget by Jeff Green They are already paying the highest taxes in Frontenac County, and Central Frontenac ratepayers are facing another tax increase in 2013. Central Frontenac Council received a draft budget...
t's that time again. The Polar Bear Plunge will be a key activity at the Central Frontenac Heritage Festival. The event will take place at 10 a.m. on Sunday, February 17 at the Sharbot Lake Marina. This is the 3rd annual Plunge and we encourage you...
Sharbot Lake Public School, which is slated to close at the end of the 2013 school year, will long be remembered by countless former students and staff alike as one small rural school with one big family feeling. The construction of the original...
The Strollers is a walking group for those who would rather stroll than power walk, amble rather than run. Initiated just a few months ago, the Strollers has a core group of participants from all ages and walks of life. On average, six people have...
Central Frontenac loses another CAO Cathy MacMunn was appointed as acting Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for Central Frontenac in a special council meeting that took place on December 20. She replaced CAO/clerk Shawn Trepanier, who had been...
Central Frontenac Safe Properties Bylaw already in place Central Frontenac Mayor Janet Gutowski emailed a response to a letter from a constituent opposing the proposed bylaw. The original letter had been copied to the News, and Gutowski hit the...
Parham Fair in dire straits - seeking new members to keep it afloat It was with great sadness that John Waddingham, who recently resigned as the president of the Parham Agricultural Society, the organization that sponsors and runs the annual Parham...
In a court room in Kingston last Friday, another group of small bus drivers have stopped a bussing consortium from changing the way bussing contracts are awarded. Last month, we reported about Tri-board Transportation Services, the consortium that...
Safe properties bylaw still needs work, but it is getting closer A draft version of a new Safe Properties bylaw was presented to Central Frontenac Council on Tuesday afternoon (November 27) Councilor Tom Dewey was the first to speak to the new draft...
Photo: Tom, Huck and their gang sing “Catchin' Catfish”, one of the many memorable musical numbers in the NFLT's production of Tom Sawyer It was in large part the young cast members who made the North Frontenac Little Theatre's production of...
Photo: grade7/8 students at Hinchinbrooke PS use their WITS to stand up against bullying Students at Hinchinbrooke Public School were reminded of a number of ways to deal with bullying at a special assembly in the school gym on November 26. Grade...
Safe properties bylaw still needs work, but it is getting closer A draft version of a new Safe Properties bylaw was presented to Central Frontenac Council on Tuesday afternoon (November 27) Councilor Tom Dewey was the first to speak to the new draft...
Since they received the go ahead to commmence construction after labour day, crews have been racing against the clock trying to get as much work completed on the new Sharbot Lake Comprehensive School before the snow flies. By the time the ceremonial...
Photo: Bob Srigley at his property on the Salmon River, near Arden. Three years ago, Bob Srigley bought a narrow rural property nestled between the Arden Road and the Salmon River, about 10 kilometres south of Arden. Srigley does not have a lot of...
Photo: Villages Beautiful Committee- organizers of the annual Festival of Trees in Sharbot Lake, l-r, Doris Campsall, Barb England, Patsy Lowery, Linda West, Sally Angle, Brenda Repaye, Pearl Robinson and Dee Riddell, (absent - Ann Howard). It is...
Recommendations re proposed new property standards by-law by Julie Druker In a delegation to council that was attended by over 30 members of the public, Terry Kennedy, president of the Kennebec Lake Association, presented to the group's...
When Tracie Goodberry, the organiser of the recent Health and Wellness Fair in Sharbot Lake, was thinking about bringing the event back to life after a one year hiatus, she decided that she would onlyh do it if she could get funding in order to...
Photo: Tracie Goodberry and Jeremy Bennett at the Health Fair In early October Tracie Goodberry, a Reiki practitioner from Lanark County with deep family roots in the Parham area, make a commitment to bringing back a natural health fair to Sharbot...
Tom Sawyer, The Play, will be an historical event for both North Frontenac Little Theatre as well as Sharbot Lake High School. Since 1979, NFLT with cooperation from administration and staff, have been presenting two plays or musicals per year. Tom...
The new K-12 school in Sharbot Lake is proceeding apace, on several fronts. In terms of the building project itself, the substrate work has been done, concrete has been poured and some preliminary walls are going up. A naming contest for the new...
Photo: Jean Hewson performed at the Sharbot Lake Country Inn for one night only When Frank and Sandra White completed renovations to the Sharbot Lake Country Inn a couple of years ago, they thought it would be a good idea to space out some dinner...
Photo: 10-year-old fiddler Jessica Wedden performed at the Sharbot Lake & District Lions Senior's Night This year's line up of entertainers made the Sharbot Lake & District Lions' Seniors' Night a notable and memorable one. The annual event has been...
Photo: Salamander Conservationist Matt Ellerbeck at the Kennebec hall Champion of creatures great yet small, Matt Ellerbeck will use any opportunity he can to spread awareness of the fate of salamanders on our planet. On October 27, Ellerbeck, who...
For two years, the Friends of Arden have been tackling everything from major clean ups, to park improvements, sign installations and trail building. All of the initiatives have been undertaken with volunteer labour and the only funding the group has...
Clock is ticking for Parham Library branch The Parham library branch is located in a portable classroom attached to Hinchinbrooke Public School, and with the school being slated to close as early as June 30 next year, members of Central Frontenac...
Photo: Sharbot Lake 39ers- front row, Donna Reid, Virgil and Beryl Garrett, back row, Dorothy (Dot) Fraser, Norm Riddell, Ken Hollywood and Doreen Kirkham It doesn't take long to see that this group of elders likes nothing more than a chance to...
On Saturday, October 27, Bonita Lawrence, whose research into Algonquin communities led her to the publication of “Fractured Homelands”, the most comprehensive account of contemporary Algonquin communities in Frontenac County and the surrounding...
Photo: Oh Susanna in concert It's always a tricky enterprise organizing a first-time fund raising event. However by joining forces, Jane Drew, executive director of Central Frontenac Housing, and Marcel Giroux, a board member with the Kingston...
Photo: badminton enthusiasts get their game on at SLHS As temperatures take a plunge and the fall leaves are dropping faster than you can sing “Bye, Bye Birdie”, badminton enthusiasts are digging out their racquets and birdies for another season...
Central Frontenac Chief Building Official Jeremy Neven confirmed last week that the township has issued a building permit for the new school at the Sharbot Lake High School site. The township has not received a septic permit for the project from the...
by Julie Druker and Jeff Green Council commits to consider the purchase of Hinchinbrooke PS, maybe Central Frontenac Council heard from Sue Leslie and Bob Teal, a delegation from a group called the Central Recreation Center Committee about plans for...
Photo: regular market vendors celebrate the last and final day of the Sharbot Lake Farmers Market at the beach on October 6, l-r Craig Pittman, Peggy Green, Tom Waller, Janet Ducharme, Kathy Martin and Mary de Bassecourt Vendors at the Sharbot Lake...
Photo: Gary Cooke with his “flat Gary" counterpart, a life sized cut out of him as conductor of the Railway Heritage Park's caboose. Appearing a bit flatter than usual was Gary Cooke, the visionary and instigator behind the Sharbot Lake Railway...
Photo: US National Champion Elaine Steele of Mountain Grove and her winning horse Zena The Warrior Princess “It definitely took a while to sink in,” said Elaine Steele of Mountain Grove, who took first place in the 70-mile National Championship...
Photo: Crews continue work on the excavation site for the new school in Sharbot Lake, filling and compacting the lowest spots, where the water vein was revealed last week. For years, the Gable family, Greg, Barb, and their daughter Katie, have lived...
Fish, fish, she got her wish On Sept. 25, Central Frontenac Council opened their nets wide for LOLTA (Land O' Lakes Tourist Association) general manager Rachelle Hardesty's presentation and all councilors agreed to give her the $5,000 in Fish TV...
Photo: Ralph and Vera Steele with Zone Commander Dan Bush and Legion President David Moore at the Arden Legion Branch 334's awards ceremony on September 22 In a special awards ceremony, numerous members of the Arden Legion Branch 334 were honoured...
Photo: athan and Reed Whalen of Odessa and Riley Lyons of Yarker (centre) checked out an ambulance Northern Frontenac Community Services and Community Living North Frontenac joined forces and attracted a big crowd at their “Roaring Reptiles and...
Photo: Non-Profit Housing manager Jane Drew with some of the items for auction at the fundraiser. Central Frontenac Not-for-Profit Housing and the Azheimer's Society are putting on a unique event next month. Where else can you listen to a great...
