CENTRAL FRONTENAC

The planting crew rests after planting a crabapple tree-back row,l-r Mrs. Walker and Corrie-Lyn Shields, front row, l-r- Julie White, Sarah Watkins and Tori Klatt-(missing are garden friends Emily and Janet Brooks). Photo courtesy of Jayne Walker...

There are a few practical reasons why the North Frontenac Little Theatre were tempted to produce Nunsense II some 16 years ago, and Nunsense in 2010. For one thing they are small-cast musicals, allowing for the audience appeal of a musical with a...

Central Frontenac approves road projects, budget. Public works Manager Mike Richardson brought a proposed list of road projects for 2010. New projects include work on Queen and Bridge Streets in Arden, including improvements to sidewalks, as well as...

Betty Anne Blyth, Sharbot Lake & District Lions, and Kathleen White, Sharbot Lake Royal Canadian Legion, operate a station. On average, there are 55 missing children reports filed in Ontario every day. Fortunately, in the vast majority of cases, the...

Sharbot Lake students with Erica Kresin and Dave Gervais at the annual 30 Hour Famine event at Sharbot Lake high school On April 16 & 17, 88 students at Sharbot Lake High School completed the 15th annual 30-Hour Famine, a two-day, overnight...

Steve Stresman, the Community Services Officer responsible for the Sharbot Lake detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, worked with a fellow officer on a presentation about bullying that would connect with students between the ages of 9 and 13....

The Central Frontenac Railway Heritage Society has purchased a caboose from CN for $5,000. While they are pleased to have an artefact that will become the focal point for their collection, they have one small, or rather, big, problem. How do you...

It started like most good things do - just a bunch of people getting together to share something that they love to do. Back in 1994 a group of seniors would regularly finish off their meetings by gathering around a piano to sing a few songs. Glee...

Every year during Volunteer Appreciation Week, staff at Northern Frontenac Community Services (NFCS) add welcoming people, serving food, and cleaning to their list of responsibilities. This year, to mark the 30th Volunteer Appreciation event for the...

David Daski with his newly installed solar panels. When the Green Energy Act was announced in Toronto last year, the commitment to small-scale renewable energy projects attracted a lot of attention. Then, when the model for small-scale, home-based...

Tom Waller of Elm Tree farm speaks about starting seeds. A group of local gardeners hungry for tips on spring seeding gathered on April 10 at Elm Tree Farm, near Arden for Country Know-how's spring seeding workshop. Elm Tree is a Community Shared...

Damien Windover (r) with his teacher Lyle Young. On Wednesday, March 31, Damien Windover of Sharbot Lake High School competed in the Limestone Skills Competition in the Small Power Equipment category. This competition involves a theory exam with 48...

All Eyes focused on the awakening drum. Danka Brewer and the Sisters of the Drum helped to initiate some students and staff from Sharbot Lake High School into the world of Algonquin drumming at a ceremony held on a brilliant spring day behind the...

Central Frontenac Taxes to go up by 9% Acting on the instructions of Council, Central Frontenac staff went back to the drawing board and found some budget savings after the presentation of a draft budget in late March that called for an increase of...

The Child Centre in Sharbot Lake offers invaluable programming for children in Frontenac County, including enriched daycare, early learning, support for young parents, and more. But it is sometimes difficult for children to access those services...

l-r: Joyce Bigelow, Ray Fletcher, Lynette Whan and Laurie Watson in “An Anniversary to Die For” The Sharbot Lake High School Cafetorium was the scene of a mock murder on the evening of March 27 as the Sharbot Lake and District Lions Club, with...

by Barb Rodgers and the cast of Nunsense Nunsense is written by Dan Groggin. He wrote it because he wanted to share what he knew to be “the humour of the nun”. Each of the Sisters of the Sharbot Lake Convent contributes in her own way to this...

What could Masons and the Amber Alert possibly have in common? At MasoniCh.I.P. taking place on Saturday, April 24, at Sharbot Lake High School, 14358 Road #38, Masons in partnership with the Sharbot Lake Lions Club, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 425...

Although Ed Giffin lives in Inverary now, he continues to be known for the way he tied business and conservation interests together in establishing and running Tumblehome Lodge, near Ardoch, with his wife Shirley. Giffin, 70, recently received a...

Back in January, Parham's Jerry Ackerman won a trip to the Dominican Republic by purchasing a coffee from the Country Style store in Napanee. Through a series of events that trip was sold, with the help of the Frontenac News, yielding $2,100 for...

The egg race was a big hit  this last weekend as part of the Central Frontenac’s District 4 Recreation Committee’s annual Bunny Hop. Children entered colouring contests, made Easter crafts, decorated eggs and cupcakes, and participated in...

A company based in Sault St. Marie is planning to transport an out-of-commission Great Lakes barge to Frontenac County and convert it to a seniors’ housing complex. The plan, which is still in its early stages and will need to clear a Class 5...

Turkey curling attracted enthusiastic participants at Oso beach l-r: Philip Bender, Paddy O’Connor and Terry Taylor The fourth annual Heritage Festival was another resounding success and attendees young and old enjoyed a number of new events this...

Friends of Bolton Creek l-r: Ormond Lee, Dave and Sandie Barker, Beth and Dave Munro and Sulyn Cedar. Judging by the turnout of over 15 residents of the Bolton Creek watershed, who gathered at the Maberly Hall on Feb. 21, it looks as though the seed...

Cheryl Bertrim, centre, and her colleagues at Sharbot Lake RBC. These days there is something extra on the crowded desk of Cheryl Bertrim in her cubby near the entrance to the Sharbot Lake branch of the Royal Bank, a golden statue, the Royal Bank...

Achy and blue? Need a new perspective? Here's an idea for you - get on a horse. But not just any horse - one of the gentle, friendly, obliging horses at Meadowridge Farm on Willis Armstrong Road. I can't think of a better way to improve your view....

Central Frontenac Council stands up for LOLPS On the eve of the final public meeting before trustees from the Limestone District School Board will decide the fate of all of the schools in Central Frontenac, Central Frontenac Council has taken a...

Editorial by Jeff Green There are some pretty complicated setups for making maple syrup. Professional producers often talk about vacuums and osmosis and sugar percentages and the like. But at its root maple syrup is very basic. All a person has to...

The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) has confirmed the Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw amendments that were needed for North Frontenac Not-For-Profit Housing to construct a five-unit seniors’ complex off of Clement Road in Central Frontenac Township....

The 2010 municipal election is still seven months away and nominations will be open for another five months, but there are already a couple of new candidates for what has been one of the most stable wards in Frontenac County. The Oso ward of Central...

CF budget balloons: staff asked to take some of the air out Central Frontenac Council invited staff from its various departments and representatives from its recreation committees to bring forward their wish lists to the 2010 budget process, and...

The Sharbot Lake Alzheimer office celebrates its first anniversary in April 2009. It has been an exciting and challenging year helping to support over 100 clients and caregivers in our area. We have shared many emotions together on their journey...

One of Carol's cement counter tops. Cement and stucco are usually materials used in construction but in the hands of Sharbot Lake mixed media artist Carol Pepper they are a means of creating functional and decorative surfaces in the home that are...

Master spinner Beth Abbott of Godfrey demonstrates on her Lendrum spinning wheel Master spinner Beth Abbott of Godfrey showed off some her skills and the tools of her trade at a recent gathering of the Land o`Lakes Artisans`Guild (LOLAG). Beth...

Carmine and Laurel Minutillo of Parham show their son Richard the ins and outs of maple syrup making Last week’s sunny days and chilly nights had maple syrup makers out in force tapping trees and gathering sap prior to this week’s weather taking...

Four dead nuns in the convent freezer? Believe it or not, that's the problem that must be solved in the hilarious musical Nunsense, now in rehearsal at Sharbot Lake high school by North Frontenac Little Theatre. The Frontenac County health inspector...

The mural is available for viewing during business hours at the Child Centre. A trio of local artists have worked with students from St. James Major Catholic School, and Sharbot Lake, Hinchinbrooke and Land O'Lakes public schools to complete “The...

Shabot Obaadjiwan Chief Doreen Davis presenting former Ontario minister of Aboriginal Affairs Brad Duguid with a memento of his attendance at the opening of the Algonquin consultation office in Pembroke on January 11th. The Algonquin Land Claim...

The children dressed in African dress and sang several songs for the congregation at Parham United Church. On Friday March 5, several churches in the area observed the World Day of Prayer, an ecumenical event that was started in 1922. The service...

Council rejects 1% solution – March 9, 2010 Central Frontenac Council continues to debate the cost of living increase for township staff for 2010. Several weeks ago, Councilor Gary Smith went to figures from Stats. Canada to determine how much the...

Editorial by Jeff Green On March 2 in Sharbot Lake, the final death knell for schools in two communities might be rung. The meeting at Sharbot Lake High School will be the last opportunity for public expression before the Board of Trustees of the...

The senior girl Panthers at Sharbot Lake High School battled hard in what was a historic game even before it began. In fact it was the first ever KASSAA match to be held at the school since 1999 and the first time a Sharbot Lake team has seeded...

Saying that the current council does not “deal with any of the issues that are necessary and important”, Logan Murray has begun his campaign for mayor of Central Frontenac. A flyer outlining his background and future plans was sent out in the...

Barry O’Connor, who served as principal of Sharbot Lake High School in the 1980s and eventually climbed the administrative ladder to become Director of the Limestone District School Board, has died of cancer at the age of 60. O’Connor was only...

Throughout Central Frontenac, events are planned for the celebration of the past and the present that is the Frontenac Heritage Festival. The fourth annual festival will include many of the features from previous years, and a few new events as well....

Martin Racine, Andrew Neale, Justin Tryon, Jamie Lavoie and Keilan Kelsey For die-hard anglers,  a biting, raw wind is not enough to keep them from packing up their gear and heading onto the frozen lakes. Over 100 participants took part in the...

Central Frontenac budget Central Frontenac Council had their first chance to go over budget numbers this week, when Public Works Manager Mike Richardson spent three hours going over some of the numbers in the public works budget, which could run...

It’s grrrreat to be a Lion. And what a grrrreat feeling to know that you can positively affect some aspect of another person’s life. Many hands make light work and we have a lot of work to do. Whether you have a few hours a week or only a couple...

Mayor Janet Gutowski conducts a sign war. People travelling along Road 38 south of Sharbot Lake may have noticed some unusual signs along the road over the past week. “Mayor – Seniors should not be put in forests” is one of them. The signs...

“Freedom to Roam” by Swedish artist Henny Linn Kjellberg, installation #6 of the fieldwork project Members of the fieldwork project collective l-r: Susie Osler, Chris Osler, Erin Robertson and Chris Gosset. Photo courtesy of Suzie Osler Rural...