NORTH FRONTENAC

Additional Residential Units (ARU) A public meeting was held as part of the October 2nd meeting of North Frontenac Council last Friday. The subject was a proposed amendment to the township’s zoning bylaw to permit up to two “Additional...

We continue our municipal election this week with profiles of the ten candidates who are seeking office in North Frontenac. There are three candidates for Mayor in the township. The incumbent Gerry Lichty is facing challengers Kelly Willis and Art...

Gerry Lichty Gerry Lichty decided to run for mayor of North Frontenac in 2022, even though he had never sat on North Frontenac Council. He said that he had been talking to friends and neighbours about how disenchanted he was with the way then Mayor,...

Cyndy Bonello Cyndy Bonello moved to North Frontenac in 2020, when she and her husband bought a resort on Big Gull Lake near Harlowe. “We lived in Clarington before, and ran a business there,” she said, “and our experience with the local...

Roy Huetl When Roy Huetl was elected to Council for Ward 2 in 2022, he thought his experience in municipal government at York Region as Director of Water and Wastewater, would be an asset for the position, in order to represent all residents of...

The word “journey” can mean the physical act of traveling, and also the personal path an individual follows over time. For those who appreciate taking a journey, the Fall 2026 North Frontenac Back Roads Studio Tour offers the best of both worlds...

A number of election signs that were put up by North Frontenac Ward 1 candidate Mike Hage have been remove from locations on Road 506, Harlowe Road, Skootamatta Road, Myers Cave Road, and Hwy 41, and in the hamlet of Cloyne After noticing signs...

Come out on October 3rd and 4th to the Snow Road Community Hall for Culture Days. Taking place from 10 am to 4 pm each day. Meet the Artisans, and watch them as they work on their creations from painting to jewelry making. See their displays of...

At their council meeting last week, (Friday, September 12) North Frontenac Council received a report from the Economic Development Task Force (EDTF) that will change the way the new EDTF operates, should it be reconstituted after a new council comes...

One of North Frontenac’s rarest natural treasures got a vital lifeline this season thanks to a hands-on community conservation effort on 27 August. Local volunteers from the Palmerston Lake Association recently partnered with national charity...

45 swimmers participated in the Plevna Sand Lake Swim Program this season! The group was very thankful to their swim instructors Shannon, Amber & Meghan. All three instructors provide a major role in the continuation of this Amazing program in our...

Kelly Willis and Art Hannigan are brand new to North Frontenac politics as they seek to become the mayor of North Frontenac. The current Mayor, Gerry Lichty, who is seeking re-election in a three-way race, was also new to North Frontenac politics...

North Frontenac signed on to an agreement to help fund Dr. Masu’d Adewusi, who will be accepting patients at the Lakelands Family Health Team in Northbrook and Denbigh as of September. The agreement, which is identical to agreements signed by the...

Nine North is the new name for Hunter's Creek Golf course, a hidden gem of a nine hole course, located just a kilometre from Hwy. 41 on Road 506, south of Cloyne. A small sign on the south side of Road 56 leads to a wooden laneway that gives way to...

North Frontenac Township Mayor Gerry Lichty was accused of breaching the Code of Conduct that governs municipal officials, by statements that he made via email and Facebook messenger, earlier this spring. This accusation triggered the township to...

Alexis Irish was at North of 7 one day last week, when she came upon a senior citizen who had run into car troubles and found himself stranded in the parking lot of the grocery store. Irish, a mother of four young children, took the time to help the...

Kelly Willis made a presentation to Council regarding the former Robertsville Mine site on Road 509. At one time the site housed a large crushing building, as well as a mine. The building was rarely used and in 2007 it was leased to a small uranium...

Clar-Mill Community Volunteers (CMCV) held a drop in Open House on June 15 and 16 at the Plevna Hall to thank its volunteers and let visitors know what CMCV does in our community. They also welcomed guests to view the upgrades made to the storeroom...

Back Forty Artisan Cheese, Mississippi Station, North Frontenac Back Forty Artisan Cheese is celebrating 10 years at its North Frontenac farm with the return of Curds and Cooks on Saturday, June 27 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., rain or shine. Held on the...

The highlight of last Friday's (June 12) North Frontenac Council meeting was certainly the presentation of a senior of the month plaque to Lois Emond. Mayor Lichty said that although Emond has been active with the Lions Club for years, her efforts...

Last Saturday Night, just after midnight, Connie and David Arama were getting ready for bed, when Connie saw smoke coming from the corner of the restaurant. The couple live in a house just across from Marble Lake Lodge and Hungry Moose Restaurant...

The Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust (MMLT) is inviting the public to discover one of its newest protected properties while contributing to citizen science at a community BioBlitz on Saturday, June 27, 2026. Held at the Aird Creek MapleCross Nature...

At an announcement in Smiths Falls last week with Premier Ford in attendance, the Ontario government talk about a “$14 million to upgrade and rehabilitate critical water infrastructure in Lanark and Frontenac counties” as part of “Ontario’s...

by Jeff Green Fire department annual report Adam Robinson, Director of Emergency Services / Fire Chief, and Andrew Watson, Assistant Fire Chief, presented their annual report concerning the operation of the North Frontenac Fire Department. The...

The second annual North Frontenac Township business dinner was last Friday night (April 17). It was a chance for business owners to get to know each other and their businesses. Guest speakers included local MP Scott Reid, Mayor Gerry Lichty, Deputy...

Updates to Community Improvement Plan North Frontenac will continue to offer a matching grant program to local businesses, a Community Improvement Plan. The plan was established several years ago, using funding from Frontenac County. While the other...

At the direction of it Board of Directors, staff at the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) prepared an assessment of environmental impacts of the proposed rail line with a view towards minimizing damage to sensitive areas within the...

On March 10th, the Govenment of Ontario announed that the 36 Conservation Authorities in the province will be disbanded, and 9 new regional organisations will take their place, but the timing and details were left to be determined. Some of that has...

Tom Allen is best known as a CBC radio host, but he is also an author, a musician, and writes what he calls Chamber Musicals. He is bringing one of them, Bach's Long Walk in the Snow, to the place it was written for, even if he did not know it at...

North and South Frontenac townships are each receiving $50,000 from the Ontario Community Emergency Preparedness Grant (CEPG) program, which is designed to strengthen emergency preparedness by helping communities improve their local resilience. The...

Plevna Rink Roof Project Staff have made two attempts to tender the contract for a roof and change room at the newly built Plevna rink. The first one, last September, did not attract any bidders, and the second one, early this year, did result in...

NF Council Feb. 27 Lindsay Nash, Outreach and Stewardship Coordinator from Quinte Conservation, made a presentation to Council over Zoom. She was seeking a letter of support for an application to the Green Municipal Fund for a matching grant from...

(Editors note - There is a photo caption error in the print edition of this article - It says the photo is one of Stephanie Regent. who was replaced on council by Mike Hage, who is pictured in the photo - the News regrest the error) Mike Hage will...

North Frontenac township has removed Councillor Stephanie Regent and declared her council position, as council member for Ward 1 (Barrie), vacant. Section 259 of the Ontario Municipal Act says that the “office of a member of council of a...

For five years now, KXO has been designing and building custom timber frame and log homes with a passion for traditional building techniques. Owners Danielle and Istvan have been involved with construction their whole lives, and after building their...

This Roar will not be about our club, The Lions Club of Land O’ Lakes, but rather about our collective as individuals and groups of our communities. I am sitting in front of the little, but very mighty wood stove watching the flames. I am...

Based on the findings of Tony Fleming, the township's integrity commissioner, North Frontenac Council approved the suspension of Councillor Stephanie Regent for a period of 7 days. The report was filed with Fleming on August 8th. It asserted that,...

It was Deja Vu all over again for North Frontenac Council. Just as had taken place a few weeks earlier, for a property owner seeking to build on Lafolia Lane, on Palmerston Lake, Council again rejected a recommendation from their planner, Jenny...

North Frontenac is the kind of place where the wildlife has more confidence than most politicians. The deer look at you like YOU’RE in THEIR yard, and honestly, they’re right. It’s where a “short drive” means 40 minutes through backroads...

Last week, Ompah resident Stan Seitz was honoured twice. He received a plaque from the township marking his 45th anniversary as a member of the North Frontenac Fire Department (he started with the Palmerston-Canonto long before North Frontenac was...

Freshly back from a BC tour, local musicians Jenny Whiteley and Joey Wright opened the packed Snow Road Community Centre, on Nov 27th, with a set of crowd favourites. Then after the break, they were joined by Julian Brown, to create Le Volume, a...

Firefighters from North Frontenac and Lanark Highlands arrived quickly to the scene of a barn fire in Snow Road, just after 8am on Sunday, November 30th. But even before the firefighters were called, the fire was working its way through the large...

Back Forty Farm will host its annual Holiday Open House on Saturday, December 13th, welcoming the community for a festive day in the country. Visitors can stock up on award-winning artisan cheeses, enjoy complimentary tastings, and take advantage of...

In a show of force, five of the six members of North Frontenac Council who were present at last week's meeting (Friday, November 21) voted against Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw amendments that would have enabled the establishment of a co-op on...

After several years, a number of changes, and an organised opposition campaign from other Palmerston Lake residents and lake associations across the township, a proposal to develop a family compound with multiple cottages on Gravel Point is coming...

In advance of the North Frontenac Council regular meeting last Friday (October 31st) Council, Staff, and some interested members of the public were expecting a potentially divisive vote on a proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project, at...

(Editors Note: the following was posted on the North Frontenac Township website on Thursday, October 30, at 10am - " Important Notice Alectra has requested the proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project be put on hold. Specifically, that...

Fire Destroys Four Cottages on Birch Island, Bobs Lake. Fire crews from South and Central Frontenac responded to a fire call at about 3:30 on Sunday afternoon (October 19) from Birch Island, near Crow Bay on Bobs Lake, not far from South Frontenac...

Over the past week, both Derrick Lancaster of Lancaster Resort, and Doug Hallman, a Representative from the Board of Directors of Frontenac Shores, have written open letters to North Frontenac Township/the public at large, and the Frontenac News....

There was a light agenda at the regular meeting of North Frontenac Council last Friday (October 10). Not enough to keep councillors in the chairs for more than 45 minutes, even with a 15 minute question and answer session with a couple of observers,...