SOUTH FRONTENAC

Ellie Steele is a Holistic Nutritionist and an EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)* practitioner living and working in Harrowsmith. “I grew up in Verona, and now live here,” she said in an interview with the News last week, “and I know quite a...

Sydenham’s Point Park was closed to swimming due to E. coli for much of the summer this year, necessitating cancellation of the summer’s swimming lesson programs (a loss of $18,000 in revenue) and drastic revision of day camp programs. The...

Community Grants In the season’s second intake, Council approved two Community Grants; $5,000 to Harrowsmith S&A for hall renovations and sign upgrade, and $2,500 to Storrington Lions for Breakfast with Santa. Two other applications were deemed...

(South Frontenac, ON) - Members of the Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) recovered a series of tools as the result of a search warrant. On September 6, 2023 the Community Street Crime Unit executed a search warrant on an...

The latest incarnation of the joint Frontenac County, City of Kingston Open Farms had its kick off last Friday (September 1) at Centennial Park in Harrowsmith. It was held in conjunction with the Friday afternoon Frontenac Farmers Market. The first...

Mark this date in your calendar: Saturday, September 16. After 26 years as a feature event in August, and one in September 2021, the car show is permanently moving to the middle Saturday in September. This year it is on the 16th. Organisers John and...

Note: check out the image gallery at the end of the article! Over 4,000 people attended the Fantasy in the Forest Art Show, Sat.& Sun. Sept. 2nd & 3rd. About 65 artists participated in this year's 2nd annual end of summer Mixed Media Art Show and...

It was all about tennis (basketball and shuffleboard) at McMullen Park last Wednesday, (August 30) when South Frontenac Township Staff, politicians, and some sporting kids, and youth, got together to celebrate the completion of an upgrade to what is...

Cataraqui Conservation and other regional Water Managers have begun seasonal water level adjustments on managed lakes within the Cataraqui Region. Every fall, following the summer recreation season, water levels on managed lakes (a lake with a water...

Did you know that September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month? I had the honor of meeting this young mom and her daughter at the Fantasy in the Forest Art Show. "My daughter is wearing the same sunflower dress today that she wore when she "rang...

 KFL&A Public Health has notified the Township of South Frontenac that Sydenham Point Park Beach at 4410 Point Rd is safe for swimming again as of Monday, August 28, 2023. KFL&A Public Health monitors the water quality at all municipally owned or...

Almost a year and half before the first few phone calls were made, followed by monthly meetings, a step by step approach putting the elements together and an intense final few weeks dealing with all of the details, the Sydenham Reunion weekend came...

Centennial Park was the hub of activity this past Saturday, as the B&B Memorial Show & Shine began at 10am. Beautiful cars began to arrive from towns far and wide. It was an impromptu parade of sorts as a blend of Classic Car fans blended with Fast...

Council heard from Lori Huber of KPMG, over Zoom, that the 2022 audited financial statements have been audited. At the start of her presentation, Huber said her video was not working, so it was a voice only presentation, aided by a series of charts....

Meet 16-year-old Master Warrant Officer Ryleigh Lavigne of the 2587 Princess of Wales Own Regiment, Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps, and recent recipient of the Charles Edward Bernard Trophy, a prestigious recognition for her integrity and...

Sydenham was a boomtown in the last quarter of the 1800’s, a mining and lumber centre with two 3-storey hotels and numerous smaller ones, lumber and grist mills, taverns and tannery. There were brickworks, breweries, bakeries and blacksmiths;...

Members of the Sydenham High School 150th anniversary Committee began talking and planning for the celebration weekend a couple of years ago. That led to a formal committee being established, many, many small group meetings and 16 full scale...

Turtles Kingston is an organisation that is devoted to protecting turtles in the Southeastern Ontario region. There are 8 species of turtles in Eastern Ontario, and all of them are on the Species at Risk Ontario list, either under the heading...

On Saturday, August 5th, 2023 shortly after 4:00pm members of the Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with South Frontenac Fire and Rescue and Frontenac Paramedics responded to a serious 2 vehicle collision in the 3400 block of Railton...

Approximately 9 years ago, a happenstance meeting occurred, whereby a fun, friendly, educated, blond was offered to interview with the South Frontenac Community Support Meals on Wheels program. She readily accepted and was excited to accept a role...

Wow, last week I got to eat my way around South Frontenac, and this week I had the joy of attending a few of the local beaches to see what they were about. Our first stop was at the Sydenham Beach, and it is located on Point Road. At this location...

On Saturday, August 5th, 2023 shortly after 4:00pm members of the Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with South Frontenac Fire and Rescue and Frontenac Paramedics responded to a serious 2 vehicle collision in the 3400 block of Railton...

As our series continues for great eats in the various neighbourhoods, I had the chance to eat my way around South Frontenac - a task I wholeheartedly accepted without hesitation. I started my journey in Godfrey and enjoyed the Godfrey Grill (blue...

Starting now, until August 31st, the community is invited to take a short survey on South Frontenac Township’s new strategic plan to share what matters most to them. A strategic plan is a key document that sets a common vision, mission, set of...

Be part of Wild Woods Art Walk, a unique, enchanting outdoor installation of art along the Milburn Creek Trail happening in conjunction with Battersea Pumpkin Fest. Art will be displayed along the sides of the trail, hanging from trees, set up on...

(Reporter Kelli McRobert has gone through the process of becoming a Community Responder with the “Neighbours Saving Neighbours pilot program, and she has prepared a primer for he benefit of readers who are interested in joining the program) The...

Last Saturday, Southern Frontenac Community Services held an unusual, low-key event open to anyone dealing with bereavement. Organized by Katie Buckley, Bereavement Counsellor, it was focused around the release of butterflies in the memory of a...

Watersheds Canada Presentation Robert Pye, Executive Director of Watersheds Canada, gave a brief presentation on the value of naturalized shorelines. Pye began by acknowledging that his agency regards South Frontenac Township as a great example of...

Last Friday (luly 23) over 100 people attended a lunch and learn session at the Harrowsmith Free Methodist Church, hosted by the Southern Frontenac Community Services (SFCS) and Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (SALT). Attendees were eager to...

On Saturday, July 15th, folks from South Frontenac, Kingston and as far away as Ottawa, flocked to Long Road Ecological Farm in Harrowsmith for a very special summer experience. A guided farm tour and outdoor, homegrown, dim sum lunch! The farm, on...

The South Frontenac Stocksport Club is set to host teams from across the Americas, and the Austrian Ambassador, in Harrowsmith. South Frontenac Stocksport Founder and President Karl Hammer is excited about the upcoming tournament. Hammer started...

I still remember the first time I entered a movie house and found the perfect seat. Popcorn in hand, maybe some licorice, and an ice-cold beverage to wash it all down. The screen looked massive as it loomed over me, center row, center seat, was the...

Many grandparents are parenting grandchildren alone during the summer, without external social interaction. Southern Frontenac Community Services (SFSC) stepped in to help with a program called Activities Days. Thursday afternoon, July 6, in...

For years, South Frontenac Township’s stationery has carried the phrase “Natural, Vibrant and Growing - a Progressive Rural Leader”. That may be about to change. South Frontenac holds only one Council meeting a month during July and August, so...

Testing at the beginning of this week showed that the E.coli levels in the water off the Point Beach in Sydenham Lake had returned to safe levels, and the beach was reopened to swimmers on July 12. One week earlier, on July 5, KFL&A Public Health...

Canada Day fireworks in South Frontenac was a cliff-hanger. Environment Canada began issuing tornado, thunderstorm and hail warnings in the early afternoon. Dark clouds tumbled across a rumbling sky, it began to spit rain, and by mid-afternoon all...

David and Patty Lahey are big fans of Gould Lake, where they live half of the year, and of Sydenham. The couple are classic GTA escapees. They bought their home 5 years ago as a second property for summer and holiday use with the idea of retiring at...

It started in 2009 with a chance phone call to Rural VISIONS (Volunteers in Service in Our Neighborhoods) Centre, what today is known as Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation (SFCSC). Jennifer Linton was filling in at the front desk for...

Heather Rogers has taken on the role of Executive Director (ED) at Southern Frontenac Community Services at a critical time for the agency. Rogers has been doing the job on an interim basis when Ken Foster left the agency back in May, after coming...

In 1961, Robert Ball's father started up a small busing company. When Robert was old enough, he got his “B” license and joined the company, and eventually took it over and expanded it. The company now has 7 buses, running routes to Harrowsmith...

Public Meetings: Bob’s Lake Co-op Tracy Zander came to Council on behalf of the Bob’s Lake Cooperative, (the Co-op) to request a zoning By-law amendment, which would change the property zone from Limited Service Residential – Waterfront...

Battersea Pumpkin Fest is excited to invite people from South Frontenac to contribute installations to this year’s Wild Woods Art Walk! Wild Woods Art Walk will be a display of art along the path of the Milburn Creek Conservancy Trail....

In a month’s time we will be wrapping up South Frontenac’s (SF) first ever international sporting event. The “America Cup of Stock Sport'' will be contested at SF’s new facility called the “Centennial Grand Pavilion”. Both the event and...

Last chance for tickets, time is running out. Only a few days left to get your tickets on the 2023 Arctic Alterra 450 ATV pictured below. Only competing with 199 other people for a chance to win, and tickets are $100 each. The draw will take place...

The fire that destroyed Toppers Convenience Store in Verona, two weeks ago, also left two men homeless and without all of their belongings. The two men, Tony Wand and Ed Ball had been living in the two units, at the back of the store, for a number...

South Frontenac Fire Crews were quick to respond to the fire at Topper’s Convenience on Wednesday, June 7, but there was no chance to save the store or the living units at the rear of the building. They managed to keep the fire from getting near...

Bulk Water Sales A bulk water filling station is currently being installed at the Sydenham water tower on Sydenham Road. Having locally-offered potable water sales will provide residents, businesses, and farmers with new options to purchase bulk...

The Kingston Field Naturalists KFN have been holding an annual BioBlitz for a quarter of a Century, and for most of the time Anne Robertson has organised them. And although she turns 80 next year, her enthusiasm for nature, the KFN, and its annual...

John Kemp is fed up, and doesn’t mind telling everyone and anyone about it. Even his local council. Kemp, who lives on Otter Lake with his wife Tracey Mallen, spoke to the News on Monday in advance of making a presentation to South Frontenac...

After a long process that has spanned over 2 years, the final statutory public meeting for the South Frontenac Official Plan took place at the Sydenham Town Hall in the format of a council meeting. The meeting was similar in many ways to open houses...