CENTRAL FRONTENAC

Canadian Blood Services is holding a community blood drive at the Fire Hall in Sharbot Lake on October 4, from 2pm – 6pm. Interested residents will need to book an appointment either by calling 1-888 2DONATE (236-6283) or online @blood.ca or on...

Central Frontenac’s Statement of Financial Position (which is a report on the Township’s assets and liabilities) shows “a healthy financial position,” auditor Ryan Moore, a partner at MNP told Council at its regular meeting Sept. 10 in...

Krista Veryzer spent 20 years running a wedding cake and cake business that she more or less fell into, as a member of the Card family, of Cards bakery, a Kingston institution. Working in the cake business, and always being interested in athletics...

Charges have been laid against the driver of a vehicle that crashed on Burke Settlement Road on May 9th, killing 1 person and injuring 4 others. The 17 year old driver, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, has been charged with...

Charges have been laid against the driver of a vehicle that crashed on Burke Settlement Road on May 9th, killing 1 person and injuring 4 others. The 17 year old driver, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, has been charges with...

The sun shone all day on Friday (August 16) but the forecast for Saturday was anything but promising, rain all day. For organisers of the Parham Fair, this was not particularly good. Attendance at the horse pull and slip n' slide events on Friday...

Imagine a “Day Spa*” in Central Frontenac, more specifically in Arden, just over the Salmon River, down the winding Cranberry Lake Road.  Well, it’s here! *Day Spa - from Wikipedia. A day spa is a business that provides a variety of services...

Thumbs-up! That’s the reaction from early users of a new digital visitor guide. The guide, developed by the volunteers of the Central Frontenac Economic Development Committee, was launched in July as a prototype, and it’s already helping...

As haying is finishing up, and gardens are reaching their peak, so too comes the 132nd Parham Fair. As the last Fair in all of Frontenac County, the Parham Agricultural Society has been working hard to continue the tradition of building community...

Central Frontenac Council gave its blessings to a pilot project to combat invasive species on Kennebec Lake at its regular meeting Aug. 13 in Sharbot Lake. Kennebec Lake Association Chair Bill Wong told Council they have partnered with Quinte...

At an unveiling ceremony on Thursday (August 1) the Kennebec Lake Association, celebrated Aileen and Gray Merriam, who have been practicing, advocating and advising good lake stewardship since 1997, when they moved to the lake. The plaque, which was...

Sam Arraj, the owner of Seeds & Company, an accounting firm based in Sharbot Lake, is a big country music fan. So much so that, he is the former Board Chair and current member of the Advisory Council of CMAOntario (Country Music Association of...

The washrooms at the Sharbot Lake beach have been controversial ever since they were installed over 15 years ago. They replaced an outhouse, and were paid for by both the township and public fundraising, in an effort led by local residents Wayne and...

The second concert presented by the Frontenac Folk Club, which is a project of Jonas Bonnetta and his Port William Sound studio in Mountain Grove. It featured a performance by BC born, Montreal based, country-folk singer-songwriter Lauren Spears,...

Ed and Christine Chaplin purchased Springwood Cottage Resort on Kennebec Lake in 2021, the height of the pandemic. For the Ottawa based couple, taking on the resort was a big career change, trading the urban corporate world concerns for worries...

Council approved the purchase of two (used) fire vehicles after several proposals had been rejected to deal with the Piccadilly substation situation at its regular meeting July 9 in Sharbot Lake. The Piccadilly station had been housing a pickup...

Juana Gramajo is a Registered Nurse with years of experience working in community care within an urban setting. She relocated to the Sharbot Lake area a few years ago, choosing to live a rural lifestyle and leave the stress of nursing care behind,...

Three years ago, the Country Music Association of Ontario (CMA Ontario), and their partners at Seeds Accounting, put on their first event in Sharbot Lake to showcase some of the best country music artists who are making their mark across the...

Join the Frontenac Folk Club on Thursday, July 18th at Belong Sharbot Lake for the second instalmenet of the concert series - an evening of music by Montreal folk country songstress Le Ren, joined by freak folk friend Farser, presented by Port...

While the Sharbot Lake Beach wasn’t quite as packed as Canada Day, there was still a considerable crowd Sunday (July 7) for the first of what organizers hope will become a regular occurrence — Music in the Park. It was essentially an older crowd...

“There are going to be lots of beer tents all over the place this summer,” said Mayor Frances Smith at Central Frontenac Council’s regular meeting June 25 in Sharbot Lake. Council authorized CAO/Clerk Cathy MacMunn to sign documentation of...

North Frontenac Little Theatre’s (NFLT) Lily Legacy is putting on Youth Theatre Workshops to be held at the Downstairs Community Room, 1005 Medical Center Rd, Sharbot Lake, ON K0H 2P0 (below the Medical Centre) on Thursdays from 9:45am-2:45pm in...

The Kennebec Recreation Committee has been a force in the Arden/Mountain Grove community for many years, keeping the Kennebec Recreation Centre and Kennebec Park busy year round, with events designed to promote an active lifestyle for young and old....

(Arden, ON) - A head on collision involving two vehicles on Highway 7 near Arden Road, has resulted in one person fatally injured and five others hospitalized with serious injuries. Frontenac detachment (OPP) officers responded to a report of a...

When Rina Thibault and Frank Carone decided to purchase a house near Sharbot Lake, they thought they would be commuting to the massage therapy clinic they ran together in Kingston. They had been living and working in downtown Kingston, running a...

The Sharbot Lake Farmers Market is set for its first market day on Saturday, June 29th, at its home base at the Sharbot Lake beach.  Market manager Sarah Hannon, from the Rise Farm, said she is happy to confirm that there are 15 full time vendors...

Now in its 45th year the North Frontenac Little Theatre held its Annual General Meeting in Oso Hall on Saturday June 8. After a fabulous potluck punctuated by much excited talk about past successes and potential of the future productions, followed...

The question of what to put in the fire department garage in Piccadilly was seemingly settled at Central Frontenac Council’s regular meeting May 28 although there were some terse exchanges and Fire Chief Chris McDonough still has one more report...

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is seeking video footage in relation to a fatal two-vessel collision investigation on Bobs Lake. Investigators are requesting anyone with video captured around the Bucks Bay area of Bobs Lake during the day and into...

The popular Frenchie’s Chip Hut was out of commission for a few weeks in early May, as owner Chris Charlebois was working out all the details around re-locating his business. He did not move far. The hut had been located near Road 509 and Hwy. 7...

... And How Much Does it Cost? Central Frontenac Council decided to ‘let there be light’ at the Cole Lake Free Methodist Church parking lot at its regular meeting May 14 in Sharbot Lake. The burnt out light bulb at the church parking lot became...

In 2022, Sharbot Lake's Mia Craig cycled 1100 kilometres as part of the 7 Days in May fundraising event, which raises funds for research into pancreatic cancer, in association with Pancreatic Cancer Canada. The ride was an emotional as well as...

Burke Settlement Road is winding and hilly, and last week the worst thing happened, as 6 teenagers in one vehicle were headed up the road at lunchtime. There was a rollover and the vehicle struck a tree. One boy, Alex Cryer, who lived in Mountain...

A plaque has been installed next to the front door of the Sharbot Lake branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library, naming it the Marcel Giroux Room. Giroux’s connection to the Sharbot Lake Library goes back to the founding of the library in...

A lot went into the excellent production of “Oliver” at the Oso Hall in Sharbot Lake last weekend. It all started with Brian Robertson, who felt that the North Frontenac Little Theatre (NFLT) needed to dream big, after struggling with two issues...

A student was suspended, in late April, from Granite Ridge Education Centre in Sharbot Lake, for refusing to remove a t-shirt that said, “there are only two genders”. The matter has been taken up by the streaming service of a website called...

The ownership of, and therefore the responsibility to repair, the streetlight on the corner of Road 38 and White Lake Road took up much of Central Frontenac Council’s regular meeting April 23 in Sharbot Lake. The light in question sits in the...

It’s that time of year again when Central Frontenac Council awards the grounds maintenance and custodial services contracts. Generally, it’s a rubber stamp process with Council accepting the lowest bid unless there are some extenuating...

David Francey is a local folk singer and a songwriter of 13 albums, the latest being ‘The Breath Between’, which recently won him his fourth Juno Award, putting him in the top 100 Juno winners. David is steeped in traditional folk music. In the...

Community Service agencies, whether they be churches or service clubs such as the Oddfellows and Lions’ Clubs, or community service agencies such as the 50 year old Rural Frontenac Community Services (RFCS) or its younger cousins at Southern...

At the Feb. 27 Central Frontenac Council meeting, Council asked Fire Chief Chris McDonough to ‘investigate’ what it would take to replace the pickup truck currently occupying the Piccadilly location with a piece of fire ‘apparatus.’ At the...

The North Frontenac Food Bank (NFFB) provides food for individuals and families in need, throughout Central Frontenac and in much of North Frontenac as well. The food bank has been well supported in recent years by a strong core of volunteers and...

As the Province of Ontario transitions to its Circular Materials Ontario (CMO) program, also commonly referred to as the blue box program, the system is finally getting around to the smaller rural municipalities and Central Frontenac’s turn is...

RKY Camp Charity Album Launch Brings Rocket Surgery, Paul Langlois Band, and Other Top Kingston Talent to the Isabel. On April 12, the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts (“the Isabel”), Full Frequency Productions, and RKY Camp present...

At a special meeting of council that was called as the result of a petition signed by 5 members of the 9-member council, Central Frontenac heard more from Treasurer Michael McGovern about how township reserve funds are being used and impacted by the...

Putting a piece of ‘fire apparatus’ in Piccadilly would be an expensive process, Fire Chief Chris McDonough told Central Frontenac Council at its regular meeting Feb. 27 in Sharbot Lake. CAO/Clerk Cathy MacMunn said it would require going back...

No one can say how many businesses there are in the spread out communities that make up this region. But in houses along main streets, hidden along the back roads or around the many lakes, there are a diverse set of enterprises serving customers...

North Frontenac Little Theatre is trying something new for its spring production of “Oliver!”: online ticket sales.  Traditionally, twice a year when production time rolls around, local businesses throughout Central and South Frontenac...

Tax impact limited to 3.5% for most residents. Central Frontenac Council began its third session for the 2024 budget looking at a draft budget levy increase of 7.5 percent, totalling $716,272 more dollars than in 2023. By the time council left Oso...

Dating back to as early as 1904 in South Boston, Massachusetts, plungers have been jumping into lakes, ponds, and rivers to celebrate New Year. Canada soon followed in 1920 in British Columbia where a record was broken in 2000 with 2,128 jumpers...