NORTH FRONTENAC

This weekend marks a quarter of a Century since Ompah ceased stomping. The Ompah Stomp, a one-day Country Music Festival that took place on the shores of Palmerston Lake each Labour Day weekend starting in 1979, ran for the final time in 1999. It...

North Frontenac Council directed staff to look for possible locations to house a Post Office in the Township at its regular meeting Aug. 22 in Plevna. The request comes after Anders Carson, vice president of the Ontario Branch of the Canadian...

53 eager swimmers registered for the Sand Lake swim program this season. The group was very thankful for Aydan & Meghan as their two Swim Instructors. They are excellent swim teachers and are very much appreciated for their major rolls in the...

North Frontenac and Addington Highlands Township’s are connected communities. Even though the two townships are located in different counties, they share a highway, a fire department, and since 2010, a physician recruitment strategy as well. The...

Saturday September 14th saw the Ompah Community Hall overflowing with people who came to honour Barb Sproule and thank her for her many, many contributions to the community over her lifetime.  There were several speeches outlining her various...

It just may have been the hottest year of the 51 years of the Blue Skies Music Festival, this past weekend. To make matters more complicated, the ice delivery was late, and the water test came back clean from Kingston Frontenac Public Health just in...

They’re still looking for a new postmaster in Ardoch (including Plevna and Ompah) and the vice president of the Ontario Branch of the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association was at North Frontenac’s regular Council meeting July 25 in...

North Frontenac’s Summerfest drew over 600 people to the Clar-Mil Hall grounds last Saturday (July 20) to enjoy great music, interesting exhibits and delicious food for all taste buds! One of the super attractions had to be the dunk tank hosted by...

On Saturday August 10, 2024 at 8:00pm at the North Frontenac Astronomy Park, the North Frontenac Amateur Astronomy Club will be honoring the memory of one of our members by naming our latest Observatory the “Guy Frederick Nason Memorial...

North Frontenac Council passed a bylaw at its regular meeting June 27 in Plevna authorizing the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Rural Frontenac Community Services (RFCS) and Land O’Lakes Community Services (LOLCS) to provide services...

Pearl Killingbeck died last week. She had been staying at the Moira Manor in Tweed. It is fitting that Pearl would end up in Tweed, in a way, because of Tweed’s connection to Pearl’s favourite singer, Elvis. But Pearl will always be known as the...

North Frontenac Mayor Gerry Lichty took to social media this week to share the long awaited news that the Rogers Cell Tower just south of Cloyne, is up and running. The tower will enhance telephone service and cell-based Internet service in the Hwy....

It appears that Frontenac County will be able to complete the expropriations it requires for the completion of the K&P trail through Snow Road without any further cost, or undue delays. But trail construction will take longer as funding not been...

Harriet Riddell has lived near Mississippi Station, on Robertsville Road in what had been a mining town, for a long time, but that is not where she is from. She was born and lived her first 16 years in Snow Road, before marrying David Riddell when...

North Frontenac Council welcomed two representatives of the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) at its Jun 6 meeting in Plevna. First to speak was Sally McIntyre, general manager, who spoke on the MVCA’s Land Conservation Strategy as...

When Julie and Colin Drake took over Pleasantview Lodge on Brule Lake, north of Plevna, they loved the location, the lake, everything about the business, but they wanted to make some changes. One of them was to change the way the grounds where the 5...

North Frontenac Council directed Manager of Community Development Brooke Ross to bring back estimated pricing for Council to consider regarding hiring a consultant to complete a business plan for a municipal campground during 2025 budget...

Renewable energy is cost-prohibitive for most people but load-shifting can be affordable for some entities like colleges and universities, Lisa Asbreuk, partner at Cunningham Swan, told North Frontenac Council at its regular meeting April 26 in...

Last week, North Frontenac Council made a presentation to Barbara Sproule to mark her retirement from the township's Committee of Adjustment, on which she sat for 26 years, since the township's inception in 1998. But sitting on the Committee of...

Despite several hiccups from momentary power glitches, North Frontenac Council got through its regular meeting April 5 in Plevna without any major interruptions. Director of Emergency Management/Fire Chief Eric Korhonen delivered his annual report...

North Frontenac Council didn’t specifically say ‘no’ to the Land O’ Lakes Garden Club proposed Earth Day event April 20 but the conditions for approval do appear to be somewhat of a daunting task. Garden Club representatives Rebecca Clark...

Sydenham Water: Annual Summary Report “It’s important to me to see our officers get back in the community,” OPP SSgt. Scott Underhill told North Frontenac Council at its regular meeting Feb. 23 in Plevna. “We’ve suffered in the media . . ....

A proposed family based land use co-op on Palmerston Lake in North Frontenac has attracted the attention of The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. The Hall family from Almonte, including Amber and Craig Hall from Equator Coffee, came to...

North Frontenac Council approved in principle the Township’s 2024 budget at its Feb. 16 special meeting. The impact on the 2024 levy will be a 5.96 per cent increase. Earlier in the day, the joint Kaladar-Barrie Fire Board finished its budget...

This week, North Frontenac Council had its first look at the cumulative numbers in the 2024 draft budget that has been prepared by treasurer Kelly Watkins. Council is facing a proposed levy to North Frontenacs ratepayers of $7.28 million, a $433,000...

Looking for a great place to gather, explore and celebrate on the upcoming Family Day weekend? We are pleased to announce the return of Back Forty’s Winterland! This unique and beautiful venue has become a favorite destination for those seeking...

North Frontenac Council responded with a flat “no” to Frontenac County Manager of Economic Development Richard Allen’s request for $5,000 to aid in a grant proposal for development of the K & P Trail. Allen said he was reaching out to the...

Not everyone can say they received a new property for Christmas! Such was the case for the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust (MMLT) this holiday season. In late November 2023, Kay Cartwright approached MMLT with a vision to protect her 256-acre...

North Frontenac Council gave the Township’s Community Development department its blessing to begin work on a draft business plan for a potential municipal campground at its regular meeting Jan. 12 in Plevna. Economic Development Officer Matt...

Despite apparent opposition from Coun. Fred Fowler, North Frontenac Council gave its approval and support to a proposal for putting traffic lights at the corner of Road 41 and Hwy 7 at Kaladar. Council was responding to a request for such at its...

A lot happens at Riverhill Farm throughout the year. Lots and lots of sap gets boiled down for syrup in the spring, the summer is devoted to vegetables, and as the fall rolls around and the frost gets into the ground, it is time to tend to the...

Representatives of the Perth & Smiths Falls District Hospital Foundation were at North Frontenac Council’s regular meeting Nov. 24 looking for a $15,000 commitment for its new MRI unit. The unit is already installed at the Smiths Falls site and...

A request to level off a hill on Mosque Lake Road was denied and replaced with additional warning signage by North Frontenac Council at its regular meeting Nov. 3 in Plevna. The Township received an email Sept. 27 from Jim Ford of the Southside Road...

Rose Wood saw an opportunity when the restaurant and the Mazinaw Lakeside resort closed down. She had experience in the restaurant business in Denbigh where Rose owned a pizza restaurant several years ago. Now, based in Flinton, she decided it was...

North Frontenac Council voted to commit “up to $20,000” for physician recruitment by the Lakelands Family Health Team at its regular meeting Oct. 13 following a presentation by LFHT Executive Director Janice Powell. Powell said the funding,...

Fire Prevention week was Sunday October 8 - Saturday October 14 and to help make our Community aware the North Frontenac Fire Department hosted a very informative and fun Open House at the Ompah Community Centre last Thursday evening. There was a...

Snow Road Community Centre was filled with adoring fans last Thursday afternoon anxious to meet Prize Winning Canadian Author Elizabeth Hay. My daughter and I were two of the lucky people that got to enjoy the literary talents of the lovely Ms Hay....

In presenting the five murals that North Frontenac artists have completed for 2023, North Frontenac Councillor John Inglis, who chairs the economic development task force, noted that the program started in 2017, this the 7th year. The murals are...

North Frontenac Township won’t be assuming maintenance of a bridge and the roads in the Palmerston Highlands Subdivision, following solicitor’s advice outlined in a rise and report following a closed session of the regular Council meeting Sept....

As part of its provincially funded Derecho recovery, North Frontenac Township organised a one-time Sugar Maple free tree program for residents this past spring. About 1,000 sugar maple seedlings were provided to local residents who responded to a...

Get ready for the 10th annual North Frontenac Back Roads Studio Tour on the weekend of September 23/24. The Tour ran very successfully during the last two Covid years, but this year it is back up to full strength once again. There will be 25 artists...

North Frontenac Township will consider streamlining the planning approval process following a report tendered at the Sept. 7 regular Council meeting in Plevna. “Planning staff are proposing to streamline the development review process by asking...

There has been a lot of hand-wringing in Toronto over the last couple of weeks because of a lack of star power at TIFF (The Toronto International Film Festival) due to Hollywood strikes. But there is no such problem at the North Frontenac Astronomy...

For Jacquette “Jackie” Jackson, there truly is no place like home. At 94 years of age, she reflects on her time growing up and living in Plevna. From her birth in the general store owned by her parents, to growing up on the farm, to the house...

What the Township charges for various services and such took up a sizeable portion of the Aug. 17 North Frontenac Council meetings agenda in Plevna. First, an amendment to the fees and charges bylaw on what the Township will charge for sponsoring...

At their meeting later this week, North Frontenac Council will consider a proposal by Public Works Manager Darwyn Sproule to begin sending recycled materials to a Napanee based Material Recovery Facility instead of one in Belleville which they have...

The COVID pandemic may have been the biggest challenge that Blue Skies Music Festival has faced since it started as a community picnic back in 1974. Oskar Graf hosted the festival on part of the property where he built a house and Luthier shop and...

A homicide investigation is under way in North Frontenac,  Two individuals have been arrested and charged in connection with a homicide near Bishop Lake. Members of the Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a...

North Frontenac Township Council wants to confer with its lawyer before further considering a request from the Palmerston Highlands Owners Association to take over maintenance of the roads in its subdivision, which the Association says are owned by...

A notice of motion for better communication from Coun. Roy Huetl evolved into a post-mortem on the handling of the recent wildfires at the regular North Frontenac Council meeting June 29 in Plevna. “The fire, at the end of the day, we handled it...