Jeff Green
Canada Post Strike
Rural communities are feeling the brunt of the impact of a postal strike that is now in its 7th day. Post offices are open, and customers with post office boxes can still access them. Service was even available for neighborhood mail customers, such as the Frontenac News, to place mail… READ MORE
Festival of Trees - Everything Ice
The Villages Beautiful Festival of Trees is set for December 6th (1pm -8pm) and Saturday December 7, (10am-4pm) at which time the draw is held to find who will win the trees, baskets, wall hangings and other artwork that will be on display throughout the festival. Festival entry is free… READ MORE
Municipal Budgeting For 2025 – Five Is The New Zero
When Central Frontenac Council met last week to talk about their 2025 budget direction, Treasurer Michael McGovern was a bit of a wet rag, dampening enthusiasm for new spending by outlining how taxation was already heading to an increase of over 5% because of costs that our out of council’s… READ MORE
Sharbot Lake Has Lost Some Movers & Shakers
It has been a brutal year in our communities. It began with a car crash on Burke Settlement Road in early May, an event that continues to devastate the Sharbot Lake community and Granite Ridge Education Centre, This was followed by the Bobs Lake boat crash that is back in… READ MORE
The Frontenac News In The Coming Weeks
As we were preparing this issue of the Frontenac News, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) gave a 72 hour strike notice. The notice comes into effect on Friday, November 15, so it should not affect delivery of this particular paper, which was delivered to Canada Post locations in… READ MORE
Bail Hearing For Matthew Splinter, Charged In Bobs Lake Boating Fatality That Killed 3, Set For November 14
Matthew Splinter is being held in custody at this time, after being charged last week in connection with his role in a boat crash on May 18, in a channel next to Buck Bay on Bobs Lake. The crash left three dead and 5 in hospital. Splinter was driving a… READ MORE
County budget at 5.8% increase - final approval set for November 20
Frontenac County Council listened as county senior staff from multiple departments presented 5 year business plans for a day and a half last week, poking and prodding occasionally. Most of the presentations that councillors heard were updates on the work done by the various departments, and 5-year business plans. And,… READ MORE
7% Baseline Increase Dampens Central Frontenac Brainstorming Session
Mayor Frances Smith spelled it out at the start of a special meeting of Central Frontenac Council to hear from both staff and council about budget priorities before Treasurer Michael McGovern prepares and presents the 2025 township budget. “It is not going to be an easy year,” she said. Each… READ MORE
Poppies Enter The Information Age
The poppy's that are available just about everywhere in the week's preceding Remembrance Day haven't changed much over the years. It is a red paper flower with a black fabric dot in the middle and a pin that never seems to stay put when affixed to a jacket or a… READ MORE
High Speed Rail Project Will Feature “A Limited Number of Stops”
Just under a year ago, the federal government established a new corporation to explore, once again, the possibility of a new rail corridor liking Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto. The corporation is called VIA HFR (High Frequency Rail) but at the corporations inaugural Annual General Meeting (AGM), which was… READ MORE
