SOUTH FRONTENAC

When Dave Linton learned that he is one of 23 individuals or groups to receive the Ontario-wide June Callwood Outstanding Achievement in Volunteerism Awards for Volunteerism in 2021, and the only winner from Eastern Ontario, he reacted in two...

The change of ownership at Inverary Home Hardware, formerly Northway Home Hardware, was in the works before the beginning of the COVID pandemic upended the retail environment. Matt and Will Trousdale, who run Trousdale Home Hardware in Sydenham, met...

Everett Lane Zone Change Draws Comments Council began with several public meetings set up by the Planning Department to hear comments from the public on proposed zone changes. Only one member of the public spoke, and that was to a zone change on...

Today, Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love but it's origins are unclear. One theory of Valentine's Day attributes it to the ancient pagan festival called Lupercalia. This holiday was a pastoral festival of Ancient Rome observed...

2.8% levy increase, offset by 1.06% in growth On February 8th, South Frontenac Council is set to approve the 2022 township budget, the last one during this term of council, and the third and final one to be steered by Chief Administrative Officer...

To be in your element, you are considered “in a natural or comfortable situation or environment” and when you enter this training facility in Sydenham, Ontario, it is just that! Welcome to Elements Fitness & Wellness located at 2529...

“Generally speaking, stations are well located,” Graham Holland of Operational Research in Health Ltd (ORH) told a joint meeting of South and Central Frontenac Township Councils hosted by Central Jan. 25. Holland was making a presentation for...

The borderline between the part of Kingston north of the 401 between Road 38 and Battersea Road and the township of South Frontenac has always been invisible for local residents. Now, the line may be further blurred thanks to the hiring of a...

January gave all the winter enthusiasts a run for their money.  A brutal winter storm blanketed the region with up to 2’ of snow and then the temperature dropped considerably flash freezing everything in place. For those who managed to dig out,...

Community support of the Sydenham Library (a branch of the KFPL, known to be the most heavily used of all the branches in Frontenac County outside the City) has been heard and respected by South Frontenac Council. At December 14 Committee of the...

Review of Proposed 2022 Capital Budget Note: Capital items relate to infrastructure or assets owned by the Township along with other initiatives, such as studies, which help support future capital investment decisions. This included the close-out of...

Snowmobiler Charged With Impaired Driving On January 22, at approximately 11:20pm, police from the South Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Frontenac Fire Department and Frontenac Paramedics responded to a snowmobile...

South Frontenac Council did not take a long time to decide how to handle the pending departure of Chief Administrative Officer Neil Carbone. After a very brief in Camera meeting on Tuesday, January 11, council came back into open session and made an...

As the South Frontenac budget gets closer to completion, Council considered a draft Capital Budget as proposed by staff at their Committee of the Whole Meeting on Tuesday evening (January 18) The cost of each proposed capital expenditure was...

(Update - At a council meeting on January 11, Louise Fragnito, the long serving Director of Corporate Services/Treasurer for South Frontenac, was named interim - Chief Administrative Officer for South Frontenac as of February 26. A financial...

Whenever politicians and public health officials speak about COVID vaccinations, they mention the help they have received from their healthcare “partners” from the hospital sector, family practice, paramedicine, and the pharmacy sector. The...

Roland Jensch was born in Hamelin, in the northwest part of Germany. “You know, the town with the pied piper,” he said from his new bakery on George Street (next to the One Stop) in Sydenham this week. His grandfather was a master baker and...

He spent 11 long, dusty days last summer on the Kingstown set, at the former Kingston Penitentiary, dressed up as a prisoner. He got the part by answering a call and sending in a photo to the producers of the show. “I sent in a photo, looking as...

Food. Just the thought of it makes me happy. For those that know me, if there are snacks involved, then I am a keen participant in that activity, event or outing. Food sustains us, it nourishes us and gives us the energy to make it through the day,...

It was a happy day for the Joslin family in Verona, when their daughter Maggie was able to come home from Bloorview Holland Children's Rehab hospital in Toronto for the holidays. Ever since early August, when Maggie underwent a 9.5 hour operation on...

Frontenac County quietly passes its 2022 budget with an increase of 4% in levy, offset by growth When it came time to express his dissent over the 2022 Frontenac County budget, South Frontenac Mayor Ron Vandewal first had to identify the budget...

The Saturday prior brought a windstorm and the Saturday after brought freezing rain, but Saturday, December 18 was a more typical early winter day with heavy flurries and a bit of a breeze, yet relatively mild temperatures. Although Frontenac Count...

South Frontenac Township made a year end announcement on December 30. “South Frontenac’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Neil Carbone, will be leaving the Township to take on the role of Commissioner, Corporate Services for the City of...

Reta Azulay was working at a Scotiabank branch in Kingston, and was also raising a young family in Inverary, when one day her husband Roger, who ran a tree service, came home and said he had met with Jack Barr. He’d met with Jack at a building...

I feel as though 2021 is coming to an end quicker than most. Perhaps I say this every year as another one slips by and I try to reflect upon what I had done, seen and experienced. With the pandemic closing us down for almost 2 years, with glimmers...

In response to the rising cases of COVID-19 in our region and introduction of the new Omicron variant, Dr. Piotr Oglaza, Medical Officer of Health at KFL&A Public Health, is urging residents to stay vigilant and take heightened safety precautions...

At one point, near the end of the KASSAA (Kingston Area Secondary School Athletic Association) Junior AAA football final at the Caraco field in Kingston, the Sydenham Golden Eagles long time coach Karl Hammer was at a loss. “We have come so close...

Four weeks into the largest, and most deadly, local wave of the entire pandemic, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLAPH) took matters into its own hands last Friday afternoon (November 26). Under his authority as the regional...

Everyone at the South Frontenac Council table expressed support for a proposal to build onto the Grace Centre in Sydenham, in order to allow the local food bank and administrative staff at Southern Frontenac Community Services (SFCS) to stop working...

Kathleen Legassick and Jen Maitland are Queen’s University Occupational Therapy students on a community development placement at Southern Frontenac Community Services (SFCS). During their placement, they are working on a survey aimed at people who...

Short-Term Rentals Further to a delegation from Gabor Solymar and Rick Ottenhof on Nov 02, regarding their call for South Frontenac to implement policies and enforceable regulations with respect to short term rentals and absentee landlords, Council...

Some local news of a rained out fundraiser   In October 2021 South Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment was to host a Slo-pitch tournament fund raiser for the South Frontenac Community Services Corporation (SFCSC), unfortunately the...

Strategic Plan Update, Long Range Financial Plan and Organizational Development In preparation for planning the 2022 budget, most of this meeting was discussion and follow-up from an earlier day-long Staff/Council planning workshop at which the...

South Frontenac Township, like everybody else, has had to adapt because of covid-19. One such adaptation was evident last Saturday as a limited number of people assembled to recognize the contributions of the Township’s many volunteers. “There...

Members of the South Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Auxiliary OPP and students from the St. Lawrence police foundations program have join up in partnership with the Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation (SFCSC), to have a...

(This article was updated on November 9, at 3:50pm) 126 COVID cases in KFL&A since November 1, 13 in South Frontenac alone. There were 65 new cases of COVID in KFL&A between November 6 and 8, and 14 more were announced on Tuesday. Alarmingly, of...

Councillor Revill, Bedford’s current Council representative, was sworn in as Deputy Mayor for the term ending May 32/22, replacing the late Deputy Mayor Pat Barr. Delegation concerning Short-Term Rentals (STRs) Rick Ottenhof and Gabor Solymar came...

South Frontenac and Sharbot Lake Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) welcomed in their new detachment Commander, Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt) Marty McConnell.   On November 1, 2021 S/Sgt Marty McConnell took over the reins from now...

As the holiday season approaches, there is an opportunity to assist people in our community who may not be able to afford the extras that many of us enjoy during the holiday season. Rural Frontenac Community Services in partnership with the...

“We always knew the barn was haunted,” says Cathy McNeill Richmond, “so everything else followed.” Mom Bev adds with a chuckle, “They thought the basement was haunted, too; even locked me down there once.” So perhaps it wasn’t entirely...

Early on November first, a Facebook post in South Frontenac quickly prompted a lot of attention. It was a picture of a chocolate bar, identified in the caption as a Kit Kat bar, with a sewing needle sticking out of the centre. The man who made the...

Kate and Pat Joslin are well known as the Bear Root Gardens couple. They run a small seed company out of their backyard on Main Street in Verona. They also work in other jobs, and have two young daughters as well. Over the years, they have been...

The Friends of the Cataraqui Trail presented their annual users survey to South Frontenac Council on Tuesday night (November 2) The survey was circulated over the summer and garnered 308 responses, 111 (35%) of them from South Frontenac residents....

“My hardest struggle is supporting a social program with property taxes. If you want to tax my income for social programs that’s one thing, but not property taxes. So that’s where I struggle with this.” With that statement, South Frontenac...

Loughborough Public School’s massive stone circle was to have been the site of a ceremony recognizing the significance of Orange Shirt Day earlier this month, but due to circumstances, that had to be postponed. Instead, on October 19 members of...

South Frontenac Township will be closing Sydenham Mill St. from George St. to Brewery St. from 6pm to 8pm on Sunday, October 31, 2021 to allow for safe, socially distanced trick-or-treating. Questions about this closure can be directed to Emily...

Council Vacancy Following the passing of Councillor Barr, Council is required to declare a vacancy and choose a means of filling it. In two other relatively recent situations where a declaration of vacancy was made by Council, the decision was made...

Advance Care Planning (ACP) is an opportunity to share your wishes and choices about your future personal and health care. It is a chance to help others to understand what is important to you, and to be clear on how you wish to live your life and be...

It was a cruel coincidence that brought the Green and the Chiddle-Young families together. Bailey Green and Blake Young were Frontenac County kids who knew each other from high school, and from their shared passion for riding. They died a few months...

Two Verona-area residents have had enough of the shenanigans at “owner-absent” cottage rentals in South Frontenac Township and have decided to do something about it. Rick Ottenhof and his neighbour Gabor Solymar launched an online petition this...