CENTRAL FRONTENAC

Photo: The Working Group of the North and Central Frontenac Area Seniors Health and Fitness Directory, l-r, Kelly Cowdy, Dorothy Fraser, Ray Fletcher, Betty-Anne Blyth, Ruth Pearce, Joyce Bigelow and Susan Leslie Campbell. Courtesy of Betty-Anne...

Talk of increased shoreline development in CF Township planning co-ordinator Cathy MacMunn, and planning consultant Glenn Tunnock brought up the question of whether the township should permit increased shoreline development in the form of storage...

Photo: John Pariseli leads a Tai Chi demo at the Frontenactivity Festival at SLHS Back to back demonstrations kept visitors to the first ever Frontenactivity Festival busy on their feet for a good part of the day on April 21. The event, which took...

Police are being tight lipped about the circumstances that led them to start and then abruptly end a manhunt on Shibley Road near Sharbot Lake last Wednesday, April 11. The large scale search included officers from the Lanark County detachment, the...

Photo: Shawn McCullough will be releasing his new CD, titled “This is Me” at the Cove in Westport on April 28, 7:30PM-11:00PM. Anyone familiar with the local music scene likely knows of local guitar guru Shawn McCullough. What they might not...

Good bye pot holes, hello blue bins! In his activity report Public Works Manager Mike Richardson reported that all of the gravel roads in the township have now been graded. He also said that the purchase of an asphalt hot box last year improved the...

CF Council appoints new fire chief Council passed a motion appointing long-time Deputy Fire Chief Bill Young as the township's new fire chief. He replaces outgoing Chief Mark MacDonald. Mayor Gutowski congratulated Chief Young following his monthly...

Photo: Mayor Janet Gutowski, dressed in royal garb. Central Frontenac has come to the attention of Buckingham Palace, and not in a good way. Last year Mayor Janet Gutowski donned a royal costume and with a British accent welcomed participants for...

Owners of woodlots who wish to save money on their property taxes can take advantage of the Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program (MFTIP) workshop. Landowners who apply and qualify for the program have the eligible portion of their property...

Photo: Don Nielson, outgoing executive director of Community Living. When Don Nielsen took over the helm of Community Living - North Frontenac in 1994 from Paul Melcher, the agency, and the province, were in the middle of a huge transition from an...

Photo: Past and present students at LOLPS with teacher Mr. Hull gathered for a fundraiser at the Arden Legion on March 24 to help pay for their year end five day canoe trip in June. With darts in hand members of the community gathered at Legion...

Photo: Don Amos, executive Director of Northern Frontenac Community Services, receivi.ng a cheque for $7300 from Mark Montagan (righto) and Frontenac Heritage Festival Committee member Tom Dewey (centre) A cheque for $7300, which was raised from the...

Swapping bags tags for clear bags - Central Frontenac Council had announced as part of its new waste management strategy that as of March 31, 2012 the township would no longer be accepting the old bag tags, but only clear bags at its waste sites....

Photo: Patty and Don Middleton each received a Certificate of Merit from Provincial Command at the Sharbot Lake Legion's Annual Honors and Awards Dinner on March 11 Following a gala roast beef dinner on March 10, members of the Sharbot Lake Legion...

Old timey fiddling and banjo playing and singing duo Sheesham and Lotus moved what was to be an indoor Sunday concert at Oso Hall in Sharbot Lake to the steps outside to take advantage of the fine pre-spring temperatures and sunshine. The duo...

Photo: County staff Joe Gallivan and Anne Marie Young outline the goals of the Sharbot Lake CIP at a public meeting held on March 8 to gain public input into the plan. Judging by the close to 50 people who attended a public meeting held at Oso Hall...

Photo: Joshua Amlin of Upholstery Bay in Sharbot Lake transforms a 1920s Ontario pine lounge chair with the skills he has honed over 25 years in the upholstery business Nothings compares to the handiwork of a craftsman who has spent decades...

Photo: Searson at The Crossing pub in Sharbot Lake, l-r: Erin, Colleen and Heather Searson The band of three sisters, known simply as Searson, got the crowd on their feet at The Crossing pub at the Sharbot Lake Country Inn on Saturday night with...

  Festival walk/Run Photo: Eating their just rewards – Any thoughts of saving the Gingerbread medallions given out to these participants in the Heritage Festival 2-10 km walk/run did not last long. The second annual Heritage Festival Fun walk/run...

Back to HomeFeature Article - February 23, 2012 old is new again on the Fall River Roadby Jeff Green Photo: Seed swappers at MERA Sulyn Cedar, Lori Beckstead and Karen Rodgers Doctor Peter Bell of the Sharbot Lake Family Health team has been...

Photo: Seed swappers at MERA Sulyn Cedar, Lori Beckstead and Karen Rodgers Doctor Peter Bell of the Sharbot Lake Family Health team has been interested in the way people lived in eastern Ontario ever since he opened his medical practice over 40...

Back to HomeFeature Article - February 16, 2012 Local midwife offers services to expectant momsby Julie Druker Photo: Primary health care provider and registered midwife Amelia Drydyn of Village Midwifery Care is now offering her services to...

Photo: Primary health care provider and registered midwife Amelia Drydyn of Village Midwifery Care is now offering her services to expectant moms in a large catchment area. Here is some good news for moms-to-be. Amelia Drydyn, a registered midwife...

Students at Land O'Lakes Public School had a day off last Friday, but not because buses were cancelled due to icy roads, as has been common in recent weeks. School was cancelled because of a power failure, and the failure was caused by one of the...

by Jeff Green and Julie Druker CF Council finalizes budget Local budget up 4.25%, but education and county rates will lower increase to rate of inflation As Central Frontenac Council met on Tuesday night to finalize their 2012 budget, they received...

Photo: Primary health care provider and registered midwife Amelia Drydyn of Village Midwifery Care is now offering her services to expectant moms in a large catchment area. Here is some good news for moms-to-be. Amelia Drydyn, a registered midwife...

With 14 inches of ice and cold nights ahead, the Sharbot Lake Snow Drags are a go. Organizers are expecting that upwards of 250 riders will compete at the 2nd annual rejuvenated Sno-Drags on Saturday, February 11. Crews have been working hard all...

Photo: Rev. Nancy MacLeod, The Venerable William Clarke, Mark Howes and Lois Webster at the special 125th Anniversary Evensong service at St. James Anglican church in Parham St. James Anglican Church in Parham was filled to capacity on January 25...

Photo: Chief Doreen Davis, Penny Tryon and Joyce Bigelow at the Open House at Northern Connections in Sharbot Lake on Jan. 28 An open house was held at the Northern Connections Adult Learning Centre in Sharbot Lake on Jan. 28 to celebrate the...

Photo: Award-winning Canadian songstress Lynn Miles on stage at the Crossing Pub in Sharbot Lake with Keith Glass. Canadian Folk Music and Juno Award-winning songstress Lynn Miles wowed the packed room at the Crossing pub at the Sharbot Lake...

Editorial by Jeff Green Ok, I’ve decided to take my local township at its word and agree that by ensuring that all of our properties are neat and tidy we will all be richer and happier. I still don’t like the idea of one of those...

Photo: SLHS graduate and new nutrition expert on the Marilyn Dennis Show Miranda Malisano with Marilyn Denis. courtesy of Miranda Malisano Miranda Malisani (Tallon), who graduated from Sharbot Lake High School in 2000, recently landed a job as one...

Central Frontenac Council cuts $400,000 from budget, asks staff to find another $100,000 Central Frontenac Council took another jab at their 2012 budget at their regular meeting on Tuesday night, cutting the increase in their own budget to just...

Photo: Central Frontenac's Chief Building Officer Jeremy Neven leads a public meeting re property standards at Arden's Kennebec hall on Jan. 18 standards in CF On Jan. 18, Kennebec hall in Arden was the location of the first of two public meetings...

Council Grinds Away at 2012 Budget Central Frontenac Council has worked through the public works, fire department and township facilities part of their 2012 budget at meetings last Wednesday (January 11) and this past Tuesday (January 18). With over...

DH Nevins, a.k.a. Danielle Harding, teaches at Sharbot Lake Public School and is married to Barry Harding of Land O'Lakes Public School. She is also the writer of the post-apocalyptic thriller “Wormwood”. Although the book was released in...

Photo: Jeannine Albert of Plevna in the new retrofitted NFCS van, which can now offer subsidized wheelchair accessible transportation to clients in central and north Frontenac. Courtesy of Catherine Tysick For those in need of...

Photo: Skills Link Blossoms program participants show pride in their work. Participants included Katie Hoadley, Jessica Patterson, Sonni Teal, John Sweet, Brittany Knapp, Tiffany Ducharme, Josh St. Pierre, and Nick Tanner under the tutelage of Bill...

Photo: Meals on Wheels cook Pat Rhyno (right) with volunteer driver Erlene Lee at the Sharbot Lake Seniors Centre pack up meals to be delivered to clients When the Sharbot Lake Seniors Centre opened in January 2009, the long-term vision of the...

Photo: New director Cindy McCall leads the Blue Skies Orchestras at their annual New Year’s concert at Maberly Hall. If the January 8 concert at the Maberly hall was any indication, the Blue Skies in the Community's annual New Year’s fiddling...

Photo: Mel Good holds part of the mail plane’s propeller that crashed into Long Lake in 1930 Fragments of history can often be found by accident. That was the case recently for Hope Stinchcombe of Parham, owner of Hope’s Place, the historic...

Draft budget calling for over $1 million increase in local taxation. A lot of numbers were presented to members of Central Frontenac Council in their preliminary budget presentation, but the final line of the budget, line 1202, presents the most...

For the past few years, as part of the Frontenac Heritage Festival, Bob Miller and Mike Procter have provided a snapshot look at pioneer life in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Through displays, demonstrations and hands-on teaching, we have given...

Photo: Emma Maloney, wearing the paper dress she made as a school assignment. For Grade 12 student Emma Maloney, showcasing her artistic talents is not something she feels naturally comfortable doing. In fact it was her two art teachers at Sharbot...

Recipes One of the great traditions of Christmas in France is the Reveillon dinner. In some incarnations it is a dinner that only starts after midnight mass, and continues on until the morning, when parents greet their children for opening presents...

Photo: Austin (left), a student in Aaron West’s grade 5/6 class at SLPS, rehearses a presentation on outer space that he will give to his class using the SMART Board. Aaron West’s grade 5/6 class at Sharbot Lake Public School is abuzz with the...

In their final meeting of 2011, Central Frontenac Council received a lot of information about planning matters, roads and waste management issues, and learned that they will be deep into budget deliberations in early January of 2012. Kennebec Lake...

Photo: Architects drawing of the new school. Trustee Ann Goodfellow, along with Limestone Board Manager of Facility Services David Fowler, and Manager of Planning Wayne Toms, brought the preliminary drawings for the new Sharbot Lake Kindergarten to...

Photo: Rick Fines I remember the first time I saw Rick Fines. It was about 30 years ago in Peterborough, and it must have been one of the Saturday night dances at the college dining hall at Trent University. It cost $5 to get in, and you could buy...

Photo: Members of the Blue Skies Community Fiddle Orchestra were working hard at their first ever performance under new Director Cindy McCall at the Festival of Trees in Sharbot Lake Friday, December 9.  6.5-foot trees: North Frontenac Little...