NORTH FRONTENAC

Residents in the north had a chance to learn more about the essential services offered by various service groups in the area at a special fair held at the Barrie hall in Cloyne on July 12  Represented at the fair were paramedics from Frontenac...

The icing on the cake said it all - ”Pine Meadow - the Home of Caring Hands and Hearts”. That motto was at the forefront of Pine Meadow Nursing Home's special 20th anniversary celebration, which took place at the home in Northbrook on July 7....

North Frontenac achieves dark skies designation North Frontenac Township is the first municipality in Canada to achieve the designation of Dark Skies Preserve from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. The designation is in recognition of...

The 12th annual Pine Meadow Charity Golf Tournament took place on June 22 at Hunter’s Creek Golf Club on Hwy 506 near Cloyne. This year’s tournament, as in previous years, was generously sponsored by numerous businesses and organizations in the...

In a grand opening celebration on June 22, history buffs from near and far packed the recent addition to Cloyne's Pioneer Museum to help celebrate the official ribbon cutting ceremony there. Guests were invited into the museum's recently completed...

The 2013 Cancer Canvassers Dinner was held at the Ompah Community Hall on Tuesday, June 11.  Norma Granlund thanked everyone for coming and also thanked the Golden Friendship Seniors for providing supper. Mary Howes, co-ordinator for North and...

Elementary students and staff at North Addington Education Centre met with a team from OFAH (Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters) and participated in a series of activities which gave them a better understanding of their environment. This...

It is always a busy time at the Pioneer Museum as members of the Cloyne and District Historical Society prepare for the annual museum opening in late June each year. This year, however, it is busier than usual because the museum has almost doubled...

LOLTA using fish to hook big numbers (of tourists) At a meeting of North Frontenac Council on May 10, Rachelle Hardesty, the General Manager of the Land O’Lakes Tourist Association (LOLTA), stressed the same theme that formed the basis of her...

If there has been one constant in Cloyne for the past 40 years, it has been Ted Snider. Ted and his wife Verna built Snider’s Service Centre and Restaurant in 1972, and with the exception of hunting season and very occasional vacations, he has...

As you ease into summer, the North Frontenac Food Bank asks you to consider making a donation or dropping off some food items to help your neighbours.   The most recent additions to local businesses helping out is Mike Dean’s Superstore (Welcome...

Staff and the members of the board of directors from the Ontario Highlands Tourist Organization (OHTO) held a special event at Addison's Restaurant in Northbrook on May 28. The event was part of a two- day exploration and familiarization tour for...

On Friday May 10 four volunteers from Hydro One (Dalton Sproule, Nicholas Sproule, Ab Meeks and Alan Fortier) worked at North Addington Education Centre, clearing brush and fallen trees near the playground and Outdoor Centre. Using an excavator,...

The Great Ice Cream Scheme, a play written by Billy St. John, tells the comedic tale of hero Robin Baskins and cold-hearted villain I.C. Custard and the attempts to steal the coveted ice cream recipe. Custard's devious plan to steal the recipe...

Ompah fire hall renovations set for this year North Frontenac Council has accepted one of the options presented to them by Steve Sunderland, the volunteer chair of the Ompah Fire Hall Design team. The option calls for repairs to the floor of the...

The little United Churches in Ompah and Plevna were filled with song and stories on Sunday afternoon, May 19, as members and friends of the former congregations commemorated the long history of their beloved churches. In December, after the painful...

No one is more pleased with the energy, enthusiasm and efforts of this year’s Central and North Frontenac Relay for Life teams than Lesley Merrigan, chair of this year’s event. “I am in awe of all these people who have made the commitment to...

The Snow Road Snowmobile Club is well-known for its fundraising breakfasts and other events. The funds raised are used to maintain the clubhouse, pay utilities and taxes, etc. as the club does not receive any money from the sale of snowmobile...

On April 17, Jeremy Diaz, founder of Jer’s Vision, visited NAEC to talk to the students and staff. Jeremy is the force behind the International Day of Pink, a day which NAEC has embraced with growing enthusiasm since they started observing it...

North Frontenac approves budget A number of residents showed up at a public meeting concerning North Frontenac Township’s 2013 budget on Monday, and those who spoke up expressed concern about year over year increases in the cost of local...

This past Saturday’s slow, gentle rain and cool temperatures are what tree planters wish for. The crew of six tree planters from Brinkman and Associates welcomed the weather as they planted small seedlings of white and red pine in a tract of...

Now in its seventh year, the Ompah Volunteer Fire Fighters annual Spring ATV Ride, which took place in Ompah on April 27, continues to grow as riders from as far away as Ottawa, Kingston, Prescott, Sudbury and Quebec make the special trip to...

North Frontenac Council completed a long budget process last Friday, leaving ratepayers on the hook for a 7% increase in the amount the township will be levying to ratepayers to pay for local services. The budget took several months to finalise in...

Sometimes you have to mix things up. So, this year the staff at Northern Frontenac Community Services decided to hold its annual Volunteer Appreciation Lunch in the evening. To do that they had to change it to a dinner, which wasn’t that hard to...

Two weeks ago students from NAEC competed in the Limestone District School Board Skills Competition. This year saw a different format with students competing at various high schools around the board over several days instead of the usual one day...

After listening to Ojibway Elder and Queen's University Professor Eileen (Sam) Conroy speak so passionately about turtles, it is hard to think of them as other than magnificent and magical creatures worthy of our care and respect. Conroy, a retired...

Emotions were running high at the 50th Anniversary celebrations that took place at Clarendon Central Public School in Plevna on April 13. Over 200 past and present staff and students, along with friends and family gathered at the school to reunite,...

North Frontenac Council questions government’s commitment to fight contraband tobacco Members of North Frontenac Council expressed support for the Ontario Convenience Stores Association's (OCSA) initiative to pressure the Ontario Government to...

It is no surprise that the plans for a 50-year anniversary celebration at Clarendon Central Public School (CCPS) in Plevna began with two women who both have had a long and rich history there. Heather White, an early graduate and former caretaker at...

n an ongoing effort to boost its public profile, Community Living - North Frontenac has launched a new website (communitylivingnorthfrontenac.com), which provides information that is useful to potential clients as well as to the community as a whole...

Clarendon Central Public School in Plevna will be celebrating its 50th anniversary on Sat. April 13 from 10 a.m. -4 p.m. Everyone is welcome whether you attended the school or not. For community members who moved into the area in retirement, you...

Ompah fire hall savings to be diverted? It was a proposal that did not sit too well with some of the Ompah residents attending Monday’s meeting of North Frontenac Council. Noting that the township has $250,000 put aside for a solution to the Ompah...

The Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs (Ontario) has sponsored a series of meetings throughout the region to talk about the Agreement in Principle that has been reached between the Algonquins of Ontario and the governments of Ontario and Canada. Last...

North Frontenac to move towards smaller Council Faced with long-term financial challenges, which were highlighted in a recent Services Review by the auditing firm KPMG, North Frontenac Council is looking inward first. At a meeting last Thursday, Feb...

In an invitation-only meeting, property owners whose lands border the proposed 30,000 acre provincial park surrounding Crotch (locally pronounced as Crutch) Lake in North Frontenac were received by officials from the Ontario Ministries of Natural...

The lack of cell phone service in parts of North Frontenac has long been cited as a major obstacle to the economic viability of the region. But now that Bell Canada has decided to put up cell towers in compliance with a complex arrangement with the...

The volunteers at the Ompah library had satellite internet service reinstalled last week, to replace the federal government’s CAP program, which ended last year. It has now been reopened in memory of John Conrad, who was a great help and friend to...

It was business as usual at a meeting of North Frontenac Council on Monday afternoon, but earlier in the day the accounting firm of KPMG presented a report that put hard numbers to the cost of running the township. In a presentation about an ongoing...

Proposal for park at Clar-Mill Hall Jocelyne Lemke appeared before Council to advocate for a park in the Plevna/Ompah region of the township. “I am grateful for everything that we have in the township and for the efforts that the council makes....

Proposal for park at Clar-Mill Hall Jocelyne Lemke appeared before Council to advocate for a park in the Plevna/Ompah region of the township. “I am grateful for everything that we have in the township and for the efforts that the council makes....

Volunteers make pitch for ATV runs Brian Moffitt, representing the Ompah Volunteer Firefighters Association, brought information about the increasingly successful ATV runs that the association has been sponsoring each spring and fall. In 2012, the...

Perseverance begins with a vision, and a vision begins with a dream, and a dream begins with an idea. Pineview was an idea -a dream and a vision of several people who were not satisfied that Cloyne and area did not have a Free Methodist church....

Construction numbers down, but not department costs Construction starts were up in September as compared to last year, but with the quiet late fall months upon us, the yearly total seems sure to lag behind the numbers from 2011. In September, led by...

  On Oct. 15, 40 Clarendon Central students from all grades attended the municipal office for Local Government Week activities. This was  a great opportunity for the kids and teachers to see what is involved with the day-to-day operations in North...

Fire hall task force gets its marching orders North Frontenac Mayor Bud Clayton saved some time by directly appointing Councilor Gerry Martin to chair a task force to come up with a design and costing for a solution to the Ompah fire hall conundrum....

Photo: Laura Schwager, great-great-granddaughter of Johnny Bay After much research into her family tree, and in particular her Mohawk ancestry, Laura Schwager presented her findings in a presentation she gave at Barrie Hall in Cloyne on Sept.17 as...

Ompah Library Marily Seitz presented an update on the Ompah Community Library. She said the library, which sprung up as a community venture when the Kingston Frontenac Public Library closed the Ompah branch in the spring of 2011, “is alive and...

Ompah fire hall project survives Council vote In a vote of 5-2, North Frontenac Council agreed this week to move the Ompah fire hall project forward, although there is still no guarantee about the size of the building or even that it will be built...

Photo: Survivorman Les Stroud performed at Marble Lake Lodge on August 30 Les Stroud, whose Survivorman TV shows have garnered him numerous fans worldwide, made a special appearance at Marble Lake Lodge near Cloyne and showed his fans that he is as...

CIIF grant application – North Frontenac, one of the smallest of 400 municipalities in Ontario, is seeking some of the $50 million that is available in matching grants under the Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund (CIIF) a federally funded,...