FRONTENAC COUNTY

Next week the Community Foundation of Kingston and Area (CFKA) will be hosting an event in Kingston to present $107,000 in grants to 30 organisations. There will be a few faces from Frontenac County at that event, as among those receiving grants are...

by Jeff Green The numerous apologies offered by soon to be former Councilor David Jones from Frontenac Islands at the final Frontenac County Council meeting of the term on November 19 could be used as samples in the dictionary definition of irony....

As the term wound down last week at Frontenac County, the representatives from South Frontenac Council chose not to bring their concerns to the table - at least during open session - about a report from the county planning department on the work...

The Remembrance Day services held in North, Central and South Frontenac were all very well attended this year. That was likely due in part to the tragic events that took place in Ottawa and Quebec a few weeks ago, and the fact that 2014 marks the...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, and also the 120th anniversary of our organization, the Family & Children’s Services of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (formerly the Children’s Aid Society). For this...

After 18 months of work, and three formal drafts, the Frontenac County Official Plan was set for approval at a meeting of Frontenac County Council last Wednesday (October 15). However the prospect of a split vote on the plan has forced a delay. The...

Frontenac County is one of the recipients of $6 million in provincial funding for community paramedicine pilot projects. Community paramedicine is an attempt to make use of the skills and infrastructure of paramedic services to help serve the senior...

Family and Children's Services of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (FACSFLA) is searching the city and countryside alike for families who are able and willing to provide foster care for teenagers. FACSFLA, which is the new name for the 120-year-old...

by Susan Moore Looking to plant trees on your land? Generous subsidies are available from Trees Ontario. And we supply the planting crew. Planting trees on your property can help fight climate change, increase wildlife habitat and improve water...

Two Liberal gatherings took place on October 5 in the new federal riding of Lanark Frontenac Kingston to decide which of the two Phils, Phil Somers or Philippe Archambault, would become the new federal Liberal candidate for the riding. Former House...

The townships of Addington Highlands, North Frontenac, and Central Frontenac have received their 2015 invoices for policing, and the news is not good. Each of the townships will see an increase of $40 per household in 2015, the maximum increase that...

In a formal ceremony at last week’s Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs’ Awards Gala, two Frontenac Paramedic Service paramedics received the Governor General’s Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal, and a third received the...

The County of Frontenac will accept nominations for the 2014 International Day of Persons with Disabilities Access Award until October 30, 2014. Community members are encouraged to nominate those individuals and organizations in the Frontenacs who...

Emotional council to consider naming conference room after Clayton - Sept. 3 Just two days after Warden Bud Clayton died, emotions were running high at a Committee of the Whole meeting of Frontenac County Council. Councilors paid tribute to Clayton...

Glenburnie ON – With great sadness, the Township of North Frontenac and the County of Frontenac received news yesterday that Warden and Mayor Bud Clayton passed away on Monday September 1, 2014. Bud was 75 years of age and is survived by his...

North Frontenac Township mayor, Bud Clayton, who is also serving as warden of Frontenac County this year, remained in the Intensive Care Unit at the London Health Sciences Centre after falling ill early last week while attending a meeting of the...

The Centre for Sustainable Watersheds and Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority are seeking property owners to participate in a shoreline naturalization program for the Mississippi watershed. The “Natural Edge” project has received $60,000...

One of the misconceptions about kids' hockey that the volunteer board of the Frontenac Minor Hockey Association (FMHA) is trying to overcome is that getting kids into hockey is an expensive proposition. It costs $100 to sign up children in the Learn...

Close to 50 trail users and numerous members of staff from the County of Frontenac and Township of South Frontenac, along with other dignitaries attended the festive official opening of Phase ll of the Frontenac K&P Trail, which took place at the...

To commemorate the County’s 150th Anniversary in 2015, the County is holding a Quilt Design Contest to solicit designs for, and commission the creation of a commemorative wall hanging quilt. Entries must be submitted by Friday, Sept. 26, after...

The August long weekend is one of the best for music lovers in the area. Two of the music festivals we have been loyally covering for a number years celebrated their 10-year anniversaries last weekend. The first was the Flinton Jamboree. Founded a...

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! All garlic growers in the region. The 2014 Eastern Ontario Garlic Awards will be holding its 18th annual competition on Saturday August 30 at the Verona Lions Garlic Festival. Garlic is a relatively new vegetable crop in Canada. It...

Phase II of the Frontenac K&P Trail, from Harrowsmith to the north end of Verona, will officially open on Saturday, August 9. The public is invited to join representatives from the Government of Ontario, Trans-Canada Trail and Frontenac County for...

The second Land O’ Lakes Large and Smallmouth Bass Fishing Tournament is set to reel anglers to the region Saturday August 16. Tickets are rapidly selling! This year the top prize is for a 2014 Legend 14 FT Ultralite Boat with a motor and trailer...

Wayne Orr, the chief administrative officer for South Frontenac Township, has taken a look at the next few months and what he sees is a council that will have little opportunity to make decisions. Based on the current state of registered candidates...

A change has taken place in the way Family and Children's of Frontenac Lennox and Addington (FACSFLA) does business. The new agency was formed when the Children's Aid Society of Kingston and Frontenac amalgamated with that of Lennox and Addington in...

Submitted by Carolyn Johnston In 2015 the Land O’ Lakes Curling Club will mark the 50th anniversary of the club in Tweed. On February 4, 1965, not long after the ice plant was built in the community centre (now Memorial Arena), 32 enthusiastic...

David Jones, a member of Frontenac County Council representing the Township of Frontenac Islands, expressed his continuing unhappiness at the rate of absenteeism among Frontenac County employees at a meeting of council last week. His comments were...

Municipal races set for mayoralty; some ward contests as well Mayoralty candidates have been making the rounds at lake association meetings this month, seeking elusive seasonal voters. Meanwhile, some potential candidates for council are waiting in...

There are two focus points for funding from the Eastern Ontario Development Plan, a federal granting program that is administered locally by the Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation (FCFDC), which is based in Harrowsmith. The first is...

Canada Day celebrations took place through out the Frontenacs both on the weekend leading up to and on the day of the July 1 holiday. While the communities of Denigh, Arden, Long Lake and Kennebec Lake, Bedford, Ompah, Snow Road and Verona held...

After concerns were raised last year about increased absenteeism at both Fairmount Home and Frontenac Paramedic Services, monthly updates were ordered by county council. Five months into 2014, indications are that the rate and costs of absenteeism...

A detailed population, housing and employment projections study, completed by Watson and Associates for the Frontenac County planning department, indicates there will be limited growth in the County over the next 20 years, and that growth will be...

Frontenac County Council has developed an obsession with finding a home for $3.5 million in reserve funds that had been accumulating in their working fund reserve, which in the municipal world is the equivalent of a checking account. Early this year...

Anyone who thought Randy Hillier would remain quiet about the fate of his party, and the province, after the recent election saw him returned as an opposition Conservative MPP, would have been mistaken. He stayed loyal to the party message during...

After five weeks on the job, fresh from his daughter’s wedding in Calgary, Kelly Pender seems to be relaxed and happy about taking on the CAO position in Frontenac County. He is certainly aware - and this was likely made clear during the hiring...

by Jeff Green If you thought the provincial election was fun, get ready for a real blast. While in a few local townships candidates have been pretty coy about declaring themselves, likely leaving it until near the September deadline, most of the...

Two local students who participated in the Kingston Regional Heritage Fair will join 68 other students from across Ontario at the Provincial Heritage Fair in Toronto this Saturday. Loughborough’s Cameron Anderson, along with classmates Adam Hull...

Earlier this week we conducted phone interviews with the four candidates who will be on the ballot on June 12. The profiles in our election primer, which is on page 10, are based on those interviews and statements made by the candidates at two...

Green Party – Cam Mather Cam Mather is the only first time candidate in Frontenac Lennox and Addington in this election. Although new to electoral politics, he has been active politically as an advocate for energy conservation and local food...

Liberal Party - Bill MacDonald After the last provincial election in 2011, Bill MacDonald was spent. He had campaigned hard and expected a better result than a distant second place finish. At the time he said he would not be running again. Well,...

  New Democratic Party - Dave Parkhill Dave Parkhill likes to say he knows the Lanark Frontenac Lennox and Addington (LFL&A) riding, particularly the Frontenac County end of it, from the inside out. “I've started hearts in this riding, and I've...

Progressive Conservative – Randy Hillier Randy Hillier says that when he started his career in electoral politics, seeking the Progressive Conservative nomination for the then newly constituted Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington riding in 2007,...

Mississippi and Rideau Valley Watersheds - Thanks to a generous grant of $149,500 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), community groups, scientists and watershed agencies are teaming up to learn about what is impacting the health of lakes in...

Frontenac County was well represented at a Student Achievers awards ceremony at the Limestone District School Board offices last week. Emily Delyea and Skyler Howes of Granite Ridge (Sharbot Lake) and Stephanie Jones from Sydenham High School were...

The candidates were not surprised that the most popular line of questioning at the first all-candidates’ meeting in Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington in the current election campaign had to do with power generation and electricity rates. The...

To help celebrate the 150th anniversary of Frontenac County, the Frontenac News is embarking on an ambitious story-telling project with the support of Frontenac County Council. The project will include feature stories in each issue of the Frontenac...

In spite of a plan to “park” $3.5 million in reserves in a number of different funds as they had agreed among themselves to do two weeks earlier at a Committee of the Whole meeting, Frontenac County Council got cold feet at a formal council...

An Ottawa Superior Court Justice has ruled that a defamation lawsuit launched by former Frontenac County warden Janet Gutowski against four members of Frontenac County Council (including current warden, Bud Clayton) can proceed to trial. The case...

Youth Diversion seeking mentors By Jeff Green Youth Diversion is a Kingston-based not-for-profit organization that works with youth, families and the community to assist youth to “develop and grow and realise their potential”, in the words of...

Do you want to know where the local candidates stand on the issues of concern in our corner of the province? The Frontenac News is providing two opportunities for you to find out. On Monday, May 26 at 7 pm, we are teaming up with the Friends of...

MATH CHALLENGE - FOR STUDENTS ONLY ALL AGES The Frontenac News has just finished a contest whose participants had to find the largest number with all its digits different and which is the sum of two numbers that involve at most four distinct digits....

In an attempt to tap into a pool of $6 million that the Province of Ontario has earmarked for community paramedicine, Frontenac County has submitted an application for a $195,000 grant. The largest portion of the grant, $116,298, would fund the...

by Madeliene Tarasick Last weekend, a sold-out crowd enjoyed the 11th annual fund-raising event hosted by Canadians for Women in Afghanistan, raising $20,000 to support educational programs for girls, women and families in Afghanistan. The gala was...