CENTRAL FRONTENAC

Anne Marie Langan has taken an unusual path to the legal profession. Her first career was in social work, where she worked with the chronically homeless, mostly in the far north. “This gave me an understanding of how poverty is connected to all...

Organizers of this year’s Frontenac Heritage Festival have been busy planning some new and exciting activities for the festival, which will take place Friday February 25 to Sunday February 27 in various locations around Central and North Frontenac...

File photo: Keith Hawley. The old saying “as ye sow, so shall ye reap” is often used to talk about payback for bad deeds, but in the case of Keith Hawley, the seeds he has been sowing for 60 years ended up saving his life. On December 10, during...

In the rush to purchase gifts for this holiday season, shoppers should remember the wealth of creative local talent that lies hidden in the multitude of artisan home studios down the back roads. Many, I learned, would be happy to assist shoppers in...

On December 11, the Senior Girls’ volleyball team travelled to Loyalist College for a tournament consisting of eight teams.  The girls’ first game of the day was against the strong Marc Garneau team. The girls all played well and won the first...

Bill MacDonald is always ready for a challenge. Ever since he went down to defeat in 2006 after serving as mayor in Central Frontenac for three terms he has set his sights on Queen's Park. He tried for the Liberal nomination in 2007, but lost out in...

Photo right: Bill & David Young. It was a good thing there were no fire calls on December 11 in Sharbot Lake. If there had been, the St. James Major Catholic Church, which was packed with members of the Oso fire crew and other Central Frontenac...

by Julie Druker and Jeff Green 20-year struggle over rail lands over for Central Frontenac CPR lands to be transferred: Central Frontenac Council met on Tuesday evening, December 14 and heard some good news just in time for Christmas. CAO John...

By Jim Tysick, Northern Connections Adult Learning Centres –Sharbot Lake Susan Ducharme has something extra to celebrate this Christmas. As of December 16, Susan will have completed her college program at Northern Connections Adult Learning...

Photos Left: Ms Jones' grade 6/7 class of Hinchinbrooke PS enjoy the Festival of Trees at Oso Hall It began over a decade ago as a millennium project in 2000 and as the sole fundraising event for Villages Beautiful, an organization whose goal is to...

Photo: Students and staff of Ms. Steele’s School to Community class On December 7, students in Ms. Steele's School to Community class at Sharbot Lake High School presented a cheque and toys to Ms. Meaghan Dodgson in the school cafeteria,...

Photo: Volleyball Champions at Hinchinbrooke PS, courtesy of Ms. Julia Schall Hats off to grade 6, 7 and 8 students at Hinchinbrooke Public School who were crowned this year’s Division 6 Co-ed Volleyball champions. The team’s season ran from...

Photo: Jeanne Jenner, Sue Clinton and Sandy Singers in Sharbot Lake. The Lanark Frontenac Lennox and Addington NDP Riding Association held a timely forum on food banks in Sharbot Lake on December 5. Participants from Perth and Kingston were in...

Photo: New councilors for Central Frontenac l-r, Tom Dewey, Heather Fox and Wayne Millar At Central Frontenac Township’s inaugural council meeting in at the community centre in Mountain Grove on December 7, three new councilors, Tom Dewey,...

Photo: author Tom Pawlick at Oso Hall On November 16, Tom Pawlick, award-winning journalist, editor and author of a number of books including his most recent, “The war in the Country: How the Fight to Save Rural Life will Shape our Future”,...

Photo: Toots and Bob Harvey, at home. When Central Frontenac Township Council held the final meeting of the 2006 mandate, council said goodbye to Bob Harvey, who has served on council for a total of 19 years, including six as a councilor in Oso...

Photo: Marc Walter and The Sowers, Fieldwork’s newest installation While most farmers’ fields have now been laid to rest, one just east of Maberly has recently come to life, thanks to the creative hands and mind of land and mixed media artist...

Photo:Terry Kennedy, Sarah Hale, Dorothy Procter, Glen Matson and councilor Gary Smith Long-time Arden resident Dorothy Procter was floored when over 70 Arden and area residents who turned out for the Arden Revitalization Forum that took place at...

Photo: Co-owner Linda Tremblay at the grand opening of Nomad's Rest It was a dream eight years in the making and on November 14 glass artists Linda Tremblay and David Daszkiewicz welcomed the public to their new business on Hwy 7 near Mountain...

Photo: Marc Veno as Joe Todd and Kelli Bell as his sister Carrie Family strife has been the stock in trade of theatre since the days of Euripedes and Aeschylus in ancient Greece. They offer a recognition factor for the audience, as there are...

Photo: Dave Gervais with Melissa and Kevin and their son Owen, in front of the new building. From the dining room to the rustic cabins, you can almost feel the bustle of summers in the '30s, '40s and '50s, when dusty cars full of families and...

Sharbot Lake resident Geoffrey Murray loves to draw and wanted to share his enthusiasm with the community, so last spring he started a drawing group for those looking for an opportunity to hone their skills, practise the art or just give it a try....

In the final meeting of the current incarnation of Central Frontenac Council, the members kept debating to the end, and their Committee of the Whole meeting extended past its two-hour time frame. The first item on the agenda was the consideration of...

Danielle Nevins (L) and Andrea Dickinson (R) are the mother-in law/daughter in-law characters (sort of) in Drinking Alone, a North Frontenac Little Theatre Production that runs tonight and tomorrow night and Sunday afternoon at Sharbot Lake High...

As of Nov. 8, a bald-headed vice principal for one. In an effort to raise funds for the School to Community program at SLHS the student council organized their second annual Teacher Torture event. In mid-October four jars were put out in the...

Central Frontenac Deputy Fire Chief Bill Young has responded to many calls over the years, as have his sons Billy and David. But a call came in two weeks ago that was different from the rest. Bill Young didn’t hear the call at first, because he...

What is Diabetes? Your body makes energy by turning carbohydrate foods (fruit, milk, and grains and starches) into glucose. To use this glucose properly your body needs insulin. Insulin is a hormone that helps to regulate the amount of glucose (or...

Ian Trickett, who has been the only Chief Building Officer Central Frontenac Township has known, died in Perth on Sunday night. He was 62. Trickett was as well known for his mop of hair and his rural English accent as he was for his command of the...

Photo: 18 vendors attended the 2nd annual Sharbot Lake Natural Health Fair Eighteen vendors took part in the 2nd annual Natural Health Fair at Oso Hall in Sharbot Lake on Nov. 6, offering a number of alternative healing treatments and therapies....

There have been annual general meetings in the eight-year history of the Central Frontenac Railway Heritage Society that have felt like they might be the last one. The society, which was born out of an interest in building a railway museum at the...

New planner in the works for Central Frontenac? By Jeff Green Central Frontenac Council received a letter from their planning consultant, Glenn Tunnock, this week, advising them of his pending corporate move to North Bay. As of December 1,...

Photo:Joan and Roy Shepherd (front far right) present a cheque to Ms. Julia Schall and her class in support of the Hinchinbrooke School of Rock music program On October 28 Joan and Roy Shepherd, founders of the Frontenac Old Time Music Championships...

Photo: Sharbot Lake and District Lions organized a seniors’ night to remember in Sharbot, which included a tribute to Rosemary Wadham of Arden The annual Seniors’ Night put on by the Sharbot Lake and District Lions was another overwhelming...

Photo: Ron, Sandi and Mikey share a Halloween scare at their home in Parham Halloween revelers looking for a fright were sure to have gotten theirs in Parham, where residents Sandi Blair and Ron Zuther go all out every Halloween. This year was...

Photo: Central Frontenac Fire and Rescue undergo evaluation for water shuttle accreditation On October 30, 29 Central Frontenac volunteer firefighters gathered at the former Arden Station site near Mountain Grove on Highway 7 and underwent their...

Heather Adamson and her husband retired to Arden about four years ago, and they have settled in and enjoy village life after spending their working lives in Toronto. While her husband has had heart problems in recent years, aside from arthritis and...

It was about 13 years ago that Doug Black, who had recently moved into a new home on a pond near Bolingbroke where he intended to retire with his wife Dorothy, agreed to help out at the Sharbot Lake Medical Clinic “just for the summer”. To say...

Photo: Joe Slater, left, receives the award. Joe Slater is well known in the Crow Lake area as a charter member of the Crow Lake Association and a resource person and volunteer for the Bobs and Crow Lake Association. Joe is the former Director of...

Photo: Pam Lemke and Sharon Macfarlane At a time when people are becoming more and more aware of need to reduce their garbage output, David Yerxa of Silver Lake continues to do his part with his recycling activities. David has run a can recycling...

Photo: Pam Lemke and Sharon Macfarlane In an effort to raise awareness of the early symptoms and risks of ovarian cancer and to encourage its early detection, the Land O' Lakes Community Services (LOLCS) in Northbrook hosted a talk called “Listen...

Photo: back row l-r, Laurie Love, Judy Cooke, Cory Thompson, Marie Vinkle and Nancy Thompson. front l-r Michael Thompson, Candy Thompson Family friends and supporters from the community went to bat last weekend to raise fund funds for 22-year-old...

Photo: Candace Bertrim, Heather Balogh, Sylvia McMenemy and Ruth RuttanOn September 24, three local Advanced Footcare Nurses attended the 14th Annual Footcare Conference in Gormley, Ontario. The conference theme this year was "In Pursuit of...

Photo:  Bob and Catherine Bowyer, the new owners of Fall River Espresso in Maberly Catherine and Rob Bowyer took over the Fall River Espresso one month ago and are enjoying their new line of work. The couple, who originally met in Toronto, moved...

Photo: Mayor Janet Gutowski presents Helen Praskey (photo left) with a paddle in recognition of her contribution to the arts scene in Arden. Arden and the Arts celebrated its fifth anniversary last Saturday in front of the largest crowd ever to...

KIDS FIT: Where kids get fit and kids fit in: New to the area is indoor soccer. Northern Frontenac Community Services would like to thank GoodLife Children’s Foundation for their generous grant to enable this program to start up in Harrowsmith,...

Photo: Jody Lemke made the valedictory address at Sharbot Lake's 2010 commencement ceremony on Oct. 8 Jody Lemke was chosen as the class of 2010 valedictorian and made her speech at the end of the commencement ceremony held in the school’s...

Septic Re-Inspections Eric Kohlsmith of the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority presented his report to council regarding the voluntary re-inpection program on Sharbot and Eagle lakes that commenced on August 16, 2010. A total of 25...

Photo: Josh Goodfellow and Tammy Steele at the new Snoezelen room at Sharbot Lake High schoolAfter two years of fundraising efforts an official ribbon cutting ceremony opened the new Anoezelen Room at Sharbot Lake high school on Oct. 12. The 7x15...

What if you had the power to fight cancer head-on and passed it by? Join the biggest cancer event to make the biggest difference. Survivors, volunteers and participants in Sharbot Lake will meet at the Parham Ball Field – in teams of 10 fighters...

The Zealand Women's Circle was created from the Zealand Women's Institute in April 2004 because the members were dissatisfied with the fee hikes and the emphasis on sending money to support the organization on a provinicial, national and...