Jeff Green
Dr Shahram Masouleh, Practice Ready Ontario, and Sharbot Lake Family Health Team
In late December of 2024, 53 years after starting his practice in a trailer in the parking lot of the Sharbot Lake Country Inn, Dr. Peter Bell finally found a pathway to retirement. And that pathway came in the person of Dr. Shahram Masouleh, who is gradually taking over Dr.… READ MORE
New Name, Same Great Orchestra
New name, same great orchestra For over 20 years, the Blue Skies Community Fiddle Orchestra has been on the same mission, to promote fiddle music, and all music, as an activity for young and old to enjoy and incorporate into their lives. The vision behind the orchestra, which has been… READ MORE
Scott Reid Seeking Re-Election for the 9th Time
Scott Reid was first elected, as a member of the Canadian Alliance Party, on November 27, 2000, and has been an MP ever since; 24 years, and counting. He has been acclaimed as the Conservative Party candidate for an election that will take place this year, perhaps as early as… READ MORE
Recycling Transformation Underway In Central Frontenac
It has been about a decade since the Province of Ontario decided to change the way recycling in Ontario is collected and funded.The intention was to create a recycling system that is financed and operated by the companies that produce the plastics, glass, metal, tetra-packs, cardboard and other materials that… READ MORE
NF to look at its ‘Letter of Concurrence’ in Vennachar Tower Case
Donnie McAlear, a landowner who lives in close proximity to a cell tower site under development near Vennachar, in North Frontenac, appeared before a meeting of North Frontenac Council last Friday (January 10th). As reported in the News last week, the appearance was preceded by a sting of back-and-forth emails… READ MORE
3 Area Health Unites Merge Into One
Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLAPH) Hastings Prince Edward Public Health, and the Leeds Grenville Lanark District Public Health Unit officially merged to form the South East Health Unit (SEHU) on January 1st. The inaugural board meeting took place on the 1st, over Zoom. Jan O'Neill, the mayor… READ MORE
The Cell Tower Blues in North Frontenac
Margie McAlear is not a fan of North Frontenac Council, nor is she keen on a cell tower that is slated to go up in the township, just across from her home on the Matawatchan Road, in Renfrew County Her neighbours, who live across the road in North Frontenac, entered… READ MORE
Central Frontenac Mayor Frances Smith asks staff to target a tax increase of "about 7%"
The Central Frontenac Township budget process is somewhat different than the township's neighbours to the south and north, both of whom have finalised their budgets, which include increases the range of 5% for 2025. The North Frontenac total levy increase is 4.55% and the increase in South Frontenac is 5.69%… READ MORE
Sad Start To a Year of Change
It is my tradition, in the first issue of the Frontenac News each year, to ask readers to consider supporting the cost of delivering the paper to their post box each week. I will get to that later, but first, many readers may notice this week that even though it… READ MORE
Barrett, Fred
Nov. 29, 1947 – December 28, 2024It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Edmund Stewart Fredrick Barrett, known to all as Fred, on December 28, 2024, at the age of 77. He was predeceased by his wife Nancy (Duggan) Barrett, his parents Mary and Richard… READ MORE
