FRONTENAC COUNTY

There is good news and bad news these days for Frontenac Transportation Services (FTS), which provides rides to medical and other appointments for residents of North, Central and South Frontenac from its base in Sharbot Lake. The good news is that...

Family and Children's Services of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington is looking to recruit new members for the Board of Directors. We are a Children's Aid Society - a not-for-profit agency that protects children from abuse and neglect. We receive...

Last week, it was reported that Federal grants under the Canada 150 program were going to Frontenac townships. Below is the complete breakdown of grants in Lanark Frontenac Lennox and Addington, including a grant that was just received by Frontenac...

In response to a request from North Frontenac Mayor Ron Higgins, Frontenac County Chief Administrative Officer Kelly Pender has produced a report into alternatives to OPP policing for Frontenac municipalities. At the end of his 15-page report,...

Early Sunday morning Ayla Fenton meets the van from Roots Down Organic Farm at the busy Memorial Centre Farmers Market in Kingston, where she will set up and vend produce into the afternoon. She is an energetic presence; you rarely see her standing...

Lawyers for Frontenac County have gone all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada to assert that statements made by council members at its meetings are subject to the same protections as statements made by MPs in Parliament. That challenge has...

The 17th annual non-profit Wolfe Island Music Festival will be running August 7-8. The line-up is a diverse mix of Folk Country, Alternative, Pop and Rock. The music will be presented on four separate stages Friday night and the main stage in full...

Resources and support for people with disabilities Independent Living is a world-wide movement of people with disabilities working together to create resources and support for themselves. It is often considered a key part of the disability sector,...

Council compensation study reveals “poor cousins” standing At Frontenac County's regular council meeting, which took place in Sydenham on July 15, council discussed a council compensation study prepared by Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)...

Putting patients first, the South East CCAC (Community Care Access Centre) is seeking a few people who are passionate about improving health care delivery in the community. The CCAC invites patients or their family members who have received services...

The County of Frontenac marks its 150th Anniversary this year, a milestone that will culminate in a three-day celebration at Centennial Park in Harrowsmith, August 28 – 30. Admission and all activities are free. Volunteers and vendors are needed...

Canada Day photo essay Harrowsmith Sharbot Lake Sydenham

Taxes to remain stable, on an upward curve Frontenac County ratepayers will not see large increases in the county portion of their tax bill in coming years. However, as long as the Consumer Price Index goes up, so will taxes, but at a little higher...

A total of 13 locations opened their doors to curious history buffs at the special Doors Open event, which took place on June 13 to celebrate 150 years in Frontenac County. At the Railway Heritage Park in Sharbot Lake, members of the Central...

Taylor Salmond ha s been a quiet leader at North Addington Education Centre, but when things need doing the students and staff at the school know who to look to. She has used her skills in Volleyball to set up lunchtime mentoring sessions with...

This Saturday June 13, at 14 locations throughout Frontenac County, community and historical groups will be participating in a Doors Open event to showcase their communities' history and mark the 150th Anniversary of the county. Among those...

Steady rains over the last week have had an impact on lake levels, but three lakes in the Mississippi watershed system remain very low. Gord Mountenay of the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority has been monitoring the water levels for years,...

Frontenac County’s online mapping website, www.FrontenacMaps.ca, has been updated with new 2014 imagery that can be viewed down to a scale of 1:250. “This project is another great example of collaboration between the county and townships. The...

Negotations to ramp up this summer for K&P Trail Anne Marie Young, the Manager for Economic Development at Frontenac County, reported to a meeting of Frontenac County Council last week (May 20) on the next steps in the ongoing effort to complete the...

Liberal candidate for the newly formed Lanark-Frontenac-North Kingston riding, Phillipe Archambault, said that Perth Mayor John Fenik omitted some details when he announced he was seeking the NDP nomination for the riding. Last week, Fenik announced...

Tina Bailey, Executive Director of the Community Foundation for Kingston & Area (CFKA) says the organisation, which provides grants for community organizations on a twice-annual basis, has been seeking to raise its profile outside of Kingston. At...

According to an email from Janet Gutowski to the News, The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled against Frontenac County in its attempt to throw out a defamation case the has been levied against 4 members of its 2010-2014 Council for statements and...

John Fenik, who has been the mayor of the Town of Perth since 2006, and was acclaimed to the position during the last two elections, will be a familiar face in Frontenac County this summer and into the fall as the expected federal election date...

by Jonathan Davies It was by all accounts a record turnout at Frontenac County's Sustainability Breakfast on May 8 at the Grace Centre in Sydenham. Interested citizens, representatives from each of the county's municipal councils, as well as people...

Randy Hillier took a back seat during the Conservative Party of Ontario's recent leadership campaign. This was in stark contrast to the role the two-time incumbent MPP played the last time his party chose a leader. At that time he ran for the...

Frontenac County’s Sustainability Advisory Committee invites you to the county’s 2015 annual Sustainability Breakfast, free of charge, on Friday, May 8 at the Grace Centre (4295 Stage Coach Road in Sydenham), 7 – 10am. Celebrate our...

by Jonathan Davies Titia Posthuma believes that all land deserves to be loved. Anyone who farms knows that land is classed by its current capacity to grow desirable, marketable crops, and Frontenac County, while it has a beautiful diversity of...

Jonathan Davies is a farmer himself, and operates Long Road Eco Farm near Harrowsmith with his partner X.B. Shen. Jonathan is contributing a series of articles called Frontenac Farming Life, which profiles the lives of local farmers who are trying...

The first burn ban of 2015 was declared by South Frontenac Fire Chief, Rick Cheseborough, late last week, but was lifted after the rains on Monday. Spring burn bans come into place because as the snow recedes, the dead grasses, leaves and other...

Frontenac County is holding meetings at each of the four townships over the spring and summer months. The first of these meetings took place last Wednesday (April 15) at the North Frontenac Council Chamber in the mezzanine of the Plevna Fire Hall....

Prior to their regular board meeting on April 8 at the Limestone District School Board offices in Kingston, school trustees handed out their annual Outstanding Service Awards. Among the recipients were three local residents who were honored for...

by Jonathan Davies There has been a lot of focus recently on the crisis faced by honeybees, but for people outside of the conservationist loop, tallgrass is probably not a top-of-mind issue. Where pollinators, as well as birds and a host of other...

The Ontario Sunshine List came out last Friday, and while there are still only a few people working for local townships who receive over $100,000 a year in salary (two from South Frontenac, one from North Frontenac) the number at Frontenac County...

The OPP has come up with a way to deal with two major problems in Frontenac County: excessive littering at the side of roads, and the cost of policing. And they plan to use modern fingerprinting technology to do it. Sgt. Frank Hardy, formerly of the...

By Madeliene Tarasick Canadians for Women in Afghanistan is pleased to announce its Annual Fundraising Gala to be held on Friday, May 1 at the Vimy Officers Mess at Canadian Forces Base Kingston. Guest speaker will be General (Ret.) Walter Natynczyk...

Uneventful County meeting Frontenac County Council's March meeting provided an opportunity for updates on previously approved initiatives as well as appointments to various committees, but did not feature any new initiatives in the lull following...

Politicians from South Frontenac had been waiting for a year to find out if their ratepayers would be subsiding planning services for residents of the three other townships in Frontenac County. At a Committee of the Whole meeting of Frontenac County...

Three days were set aside last week for Frontenac County Council to hammer away at the 2015 budget. In the end it took only two days for the council to accept not only the base budget proposed by County staff, but the extra projects that were...

Two talented musical groups will be joining forces for the first time at a special one time concert that will take place Friday, February 20 at the Kingston Christian Fellowship Church. The concert will feature performances by the 19-member Trinity...

The strike by 230 care co-ordinators who work for the Southeast Community Care Access Centre (CCAC), which covers Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, Leeds Grenville, Lanark and Hastings Counties, is already having an impact on patient care,...

Absenteeism at Fairmount Home concerns new council Throughout the 2011-2014 term of council, former Frontenac County councilor, David Jones (Frontenac Islands), spoke at length and with considerable vitriol about the absenteeism rate at Frontenac...

This year, Frontenac County marks the 150th anniversary of its founding in 1865. To mark the year, we are embarking on a multi-media project. Our intention is to publish stories about people, places, groups and institutions from the past and present...

At the inaugural meeting of the new Frontenac County Council, Frontenac Islands mayor, Dennis Doyle, took on the job of warden for 2015, the first year of a new four-year term. The meeting took place on December 17, the day after the last 2014...

A number of bus companies that serve students in Frontenac County are joining with other members of the Independent School Bus Operators Association (ISBOA) in taking Tri-Board Transportation to court. Tri-Board, which handles busing for students in...

For many it is the local Santa Claus parades that mark the start of the Christmas season in these parts and the numerous parades that took place in North, South and Central Frontenac are always welcome and exciting events, especially for youngsters...

It was ten years ago this week that 911 service was introduced in North and Central Frontenac and upgraded in Kingston and South Frontenac, tying civic address numbers to land line phone numbers in all of Frontenac County for seamless dispatch of...

Much like some of the animals, plants and watersheds that it is devoted to protecting and fostering, the Frontenac Stewardship Foundation (FSF) has had to evolve quickly in order to survive in a changing environment. In its case that environment has...

Much like some of the animals, plants and watersheds that it is devoted to protecting and fostering, the Frontenac Stewardship Foundation (FSF) has had to evolve quickly in order to survive in a changing environment. In its case that environment has...

The Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund was originally set up as a way to compensate small, rural townships for costs that were downloaded to them from the Province of Ontario in 1998. Since then it has morphed into a means of helping those...

Hundreds of children in Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington will have a Christmas present this holiday season thanks to the Tree of Hope campaign. The toy drive and fundraising campaign is now underway across the region. “The Tree of Hope is...

The Land O' Lakes Tourist Association's (LOLTA) promotional efforts will be front and centre on outdoors television in December as episodes of Fish TV, The Fish Finders and Crappie Kings set on lakes in South Frontenac will be airing. “Through a...