SOUTH FRONTENAC

Southern Frontenac Community Services has seen the use of many of its services jump dramatically during the COVID pandemic. Food bank use was up from 1517 days of food provided in 2019, to 4124 in 2020, serving 1,800 people. The Meals on Wheels...

It began with an 8-foot tall pink Easter rabbit that seemed almost as high as the tidy brick house behind it. Then came Hallowe’en, with a splendid and spooky display of ghosts and skeletons. Christmas, one could never be sure what Santa might be...

After working hard for several years to build a clientele at Prince Charles Public School in Verona, the Frontenac Farmers Market moved around a bit when the pandemic hit, but now it appears that they’ve found a home in Harrowsmith’s Centennial...

The Verona ATV Club has received money for the last two seasons from a charity with an odd name and an odder history. Unsmoke Canada Cleanups is a grant-giving program established in 2020 through a partnership between The Great Outdoors Fund and...

Building statistics released this week in both Central and South Frontenac suggest that any slowdown in home construction due to COVID was very short lived and has not been a factor for over a year. This past June, 7 permits for new homes...

Cataraqui Conservation with their Low Water Response Team has confirmed a Level 2 Low Water Condition today for the area extending from Napanee to Brockville and north to Newboro due to the continued lower than normal amount of rainfall for the...

While COVID-19 has resulted in closures of recreational facilities, South Frontenac Township has been busy with infrastructure projects, including the construction of a multiuse pad at Centennial Park in Harrowsmith. The pad, who surface was...

What is the real vaccination target for things to get back to normal? In a media call last week, Dr. Hugh Guan, the Associate Medical Officer of Health with Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLAPH) said that, “of course we...

Farmers from Frontenac, L&A and Lanark County held a socially distanced open-air meeting on June 30th, in the parking lot that is shared by Food Less Traveled and the Verona Pharmacy. They were there to hear from Tim Dowling of the National Farmer's...

The Grace Centre has been a good location for Southern Frontenac Community Services (SFCS). The former chapel is a large, welcoming programming space and the bottom floor has a large kitchen and comfortable space for the agencies’ Day Away program...

On June 29, 2021 just prior to 9:00 p.m., officers of the Sharbot Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a single motor vehicle collision on Westport Road in South Frontenac Township, Ontario. Police located...

I first met Bill Votary about 20 years ago. My wife and I had just moved to Raymonds Corners. Bill, waiting in his mid-afternoon school bus, would walk across the lawn and have a chat as I worked renovating my house. He would talk about life in the...

It all began with the question “What if?” Faced with the prospect of three weeks of online school at the end of June, LPS primary school teacher Sharon Isbell posed this question to her class: “What if you had a secret super-power that only...

On June 22, 2021, shortly after 9:00p.m., officers attended a structure fire at the general store/ apartment building on Battersea Road in Battersea and have now charged a person in relation to this event.  When officers arrived at the building the...

Cory and Shanna Priest run Thorpe Farms, an organic farm on Simmons Road in Loyalist Township, not far from Harrowsmith. They raise lamb, chicken and turkeys and sell eggs and honey. As small scale meat producers they have run into a major roadblock...

Sydenham Post Office provides outstanding service. Long ago, notice of a package arrived in our box, addressed simply “To Tess of Sydenham, K0H 2T0”. Tess was our retriever, and she usually came with me to the Post Office with a small basket in...

A year ago, Jacob Watson was just graduating from Sydenham High School, but instead of heading towards a year of virtual education at college or university, he took a different path. He joined the Canadian Armed Forces and is currently assigned to...

With summer officially here and restrictions starting to slowly loosen up, sculptor Stefan Durst is having an official Garden Art Sale/Open House Saturday, June 26 at his sculpture park/studio home at 79 Buck Bay Road. “This is a great opportunity...

Mayor Vandewal opened the meeting by introducing Troy Dunlop, the Township’s new Manager of Technical Services and Infrastructure, “who is spending his honeymoon with us.” Vandewal also recognized the recent passing of Mark Tinlin, who...

(SOUTH FRONTENAC, ON) - On June 15 shortly before 10:00 p.m. officers of the South Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a possible impaired ATV driver on road 38 near Verona, South Frontenac Township...

"In accordance with the Ontario Beach management Guidance Document, KFL&A Public Health has notified the Township that the beach located at Loughborough Memorial Park (A.K.A. The Point) in Sydenham, is currently unsafe for swimming due to high...

It’s almost 2 p.m. on a hot and sunny Saturday in Verona. The cast and crew of the movie named for the hamlet are just wrapping up shooting for the day. “We have about 40 people involved in the production,” said Maeve Kern, producer. “We...

It seemed a pretty heavy assignment to give to grade one students: a Social Studies project asking them to research, illustrate and report on historical people or buildings in their community. Teacher Sharon Isbell was delighted by the results,...

Councillor Barr took her “Declaration of Office” for her term as Deputy Mayor (June 1/21 to May 32/22). Deputy Mayor Barr has returned this spring to Council following a lengthy recovery from illness. Mayor Vandewal welcomed her into her new...

Effective Monday, June 7, 2021, at 4:00 pm a total fire ban is in effect across the Township of South Frontenac. A total fire ban means absolutely no open air burning, including cooking fires, brush fires, camping fires, and fireworks as defined in...

Throughout the month of May, New Leaf Link participants, board members, local families, and even the Social and Events Committee of South Frontenac, all walked, ran, cycled, kayaked and even chopped firewood to raise money for New Leaf Link...

During the early weeks of June, Verona will be the site for a feature film production, aptly named “Verona”. Production crews have been working with the Township to ensure that traffic control and public health measures are in place, and...

Maggie Keenan and Bob Lovelace have the ideal location for their garden business, in a way. “We are kind of right in the middle of nowhere,” said Bob, “about 20 minutes from Westport, 20 minutes from Sydenham and 20 minutes from Verona.”...

Craig Sindall, a teacher at Napanee District Secondary School, bought the farm property next to his home on the Camden-Portland Boundary about 12 years ago. It had an old barn on it. “Originally, I was going to knock the barn down,” he said. But...

Janet and Dwight Ritchie have been living in and operating the Sunbury General Store for 27 years, offering food, gas, work clothes, and other essentials to a large community of people in the Sunbury vicinity. Late last year, Mike Healey who lives...

The second large scale clinic, jointly organised by the Verona and Sydenham Medical Centres, filled up in 5 hours last Thursday (May 13), with little promotion. The drive-through, by appointment clinic, is being held at the Keeley Road Public Works...

A service club is more than just people or a building. For many, it is refuge in a storm. That is the case with Storrington Lions Club, a group of volunteers in South Frontenac Township that has worked hard for the past 50 years to make the...

With help from the Kingston Film office, the Township of South Frontenac, and many Frontenac News readers, the producers of Verona are all set to begin an intensive 18 day film shoot in just 10 days. Even though the provincial “stay-at-home”...

At their meeting on May 5, South Frontenac Council continued to voice concerns when faced with the decision whether or not to approve the motion: “That Council fund the cost of building permit/septic fees and development charges in the amount of...

“We are in for a difficult few weeks, the most dangerous of the pandemic thus far,” said Dr. Kieran Moore last week. “Even if we were to come out of the 'stay at home order' now, we would be in the provincial red zone, so we would still see...

Everybody, no matter their abilities, no matter the size of their contribution, can make a difference in the lives of people in need, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic. That was the lesson Lori and Jason Galligan wanted to impart on their...

South Frontenac Township Councillor Alan Revill also serves on the Board of Directors for Cataraqui Conservation (CC), where he is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors. At its recent virtual annual general meeting, Conservation Ontario,...

Southern Frontenac Community Services (SFCS) has received a grant to support the Community Garden and Greenhouse initiative that is part of its food program. The grant is made of two portions. $5,000 comes from the Concentra Bank 2021 Empowering...

Early Tuesday afternoon (May 11) Frontenac OPP confirmed that the body of an 18-year old girl had been discovered in the vicinity of the Point Park in Sydenham. A night and morning long search, making use of resources and personnel from the OPP and...

Are you a writer 18 or older who is already working on a writing project, or who is ready to start one? If you're interested in meeting online with a small group of other writers to share your work and to give and receive constructive criticism and...

Cataraqui Conservation, in association with Forests Ontario, is participating in the 50 Million Trees initiative. Cataraqui Conservation offers a tree planting program to landowners on a cost-sharing basis. The program includes project planning,...

Search ongoing at the Point in Sydenham Police, fire and other first responders were out in force in Sydenham, starting at midnight and into the morning hours of May 11. Among the personnel who were called in were South Frontenac Water Rescue...

The Rideau Trail, like the K&P Trail and the Cataraqui Trail, offers options for hikers and cyclists in our area but there are significant differences as well. Both the K&P Trail and the Cataraqui Trail take advantage of abandoned rail lines to...

South Frontenac residents and visitors are invited to take part in the development of the Recreation, Parks and Leisure Master Plan. The purpose of the plan is to provide the Township with long-term direction for the provision of recreation and park...

Moore warns again against travel outside the region. Dr. Kieran Moore, the medical officer of Health for Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington, pulled out the same map he had used a week earlier to demonstrate that continuing spread of cases in...

In addition to the well-known K&P Trail that crosses our area north to south, the Cataraqui Trail, which also crosses our area but from east to west, offers more options and variety for trail enthusiasts. Like the K&P Trail, the Cataraqui Trail...

Township Branding Proposal Last week, Committee of the Whole asked that the ‘brand positioning’ and ‘brand values’ be updated to better reflect Council’s thoughts and views on the community. These changes included: recognize the community...

Over the past 14 months, one of the few social occasions, for many housebound Inverary residents, has been a trip to the post office to pick up supplies and see the masked, but still smiling, face of Julie Colgrave, who has been the postmaster in...

Starting on May 1st, New Leaf Link is hosting "Move-A-Thon for New Leaf Link", hoping that members of the community will support and become involved. New Leaf Link is a local non-profit organization located in Harrowsmith that offers educational...

In response to the amended guidelines provided by the Provincial government on April 17, 2021, the South Frontenac township has reopened some recreational facilities and previously closed waste disposal sites for public use. The Loughborough and...