SOUTH FRONTENAC

Below are excerpts from a release that came from South Frontenac Township. for the complete text, click here Communty grants - The deadline for 2020 Community Grant Submissions has been extended to April 30, 2020. Please continue to email your...

Canadas ice stock teams won gold and silver medals at the Ice Stock World Championships that wrapped up this weekend in Regen, Germany. The mens team captured gold with a 20 win - 2 loss record in the 12 team field, going an undefeated 11-0 on the...

The News contacted some restaurant and food business owners on Monday, in advance of the announcement on closure. The situation was fluid at the time as on Monday morning Ontario’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams, said that...

Six members of the South Frontenac Stocksport Club, who will be representing Canada at the Ice Stock World Championships in Regen, Germany, took the train from Kingston last Friday (March 6) on their way to Toronto for a flight to Germany. There are...

Joe Gallivan (Director of Planning and Economic Development) and Megan Rueckwald (Manager of Community Planning) came to Council as a delegation from Frontenac County. They brought an update on population projections for South Frontenac and...

Loralie Emslie is a Sydenham resident who works at CFB Kingston. She went to Sydenham High School (SHS) back in the day, and her daughter Gracie is in her graduating year at SHS and is one of the prom organisers That’s how Loralie learned about...

Creek levels and flows are already elevated due to recent snow melt runoff and rainfall events; the ground remains frozen. The forecasted temperatures and rainfall are expected to cause further water level and flow increases. Water Managers, who...

The Frontenac 4H Association met at Glenburnie United Church last Friday night for their annual rally night. It’s an interesting night, as the 15 or so clubs-withinaclub try to convince 4H members to sign up for their particular club. There are of...

Ten residents and one neighbour of Lyons Landing came to Council to express unhappiness about the rezoning of eleven lots curving around the outside of Kona Crescent. The topography of these lots is awkward: the back portion of most of them drops...

Steaming Hot Chili, garlic buns and fantastic cinnamon buns were enjoyed by a hungry crowd after the Polar Bear Plunge. Great entertainment put the finishing touch to a great Heritage Weekend. The word is out! Wednesday noon at the legion for euchre...

There was a lot of reminiscing going on Saturday at Glendower Hall as the Bedford Historical Research Centre’s annual open house. “All people are interested in things, it’s just what are they interested in,” said Paul Younge, who was back...

Peggy Hallett (owner/manager/head chef) of the Sydenham Country Café, is a ball of energy, especially when she is talking about the café. The café has been open for less than a month and it already has an established clientele and serves...

There were 120 registered participants and 30 walk-ons as ice fishing for kids took front and centre Sunday on Sydenham Lake. “I’d say there were about 100 parents on the low side,” said organizer Clint Lawrence. “Some parents brought three...

Ontario shifts gears on alcohol sales, but not supply There has been talk about ‘beer in the corner store’ in Ontario for many years, and change has come incrementally, over time. Last summer, the province announced a Request for Proposal (RFP)...

The council meeting began with an acknowledgment of Dr Duncan Sinclair’s appointment to the Order of Canada: Mayor Vandewal presented him with a plaque, and everyone in the room rose, clapping. Dr Sinclair is being honoured for his contributions...

LPS teacher Al MacDonald and some of his fellow Loughborough Public School teachers pulled together an ‘ad hoc’ musical group to entertain passers-by and SHS-across-the-road on Tuesday. And to keep up their own spirits on a chill, grey day when...

At the end of the day, they may be just benches, but to some people, they mean a little more than that. So when students from Prince Charles Public School in Verona came to Atkinson Home Hardware in Hartington for paint and supplies to fix them as...

South Frontenac Museum Society’s AGM at the museum in Hartington was well attended last Tuesday. Chair John McDougall began by drawing attention to pictures of two life members, Barb Stewart and Ken Brown and spoke in remembrance of Ron Paul, a...

About 30 residents attending the Town Hall meeting in Perth Road Village last Saturday. The event was organized by the two South Frontenac Council members representing Loughborough District — Coun. Randy Ruttan and Dep. Mayor Ross Sutherland....

Family Day at the Frontenac Community Arena grounds has become the largest gathering of people from across South Frontenac each year. Unlike Canada Day, which is a local community celebration. “One of the things I love most about Family Day is...

Public meeting procedure clarified At the opening of a public meeting to hear a rezoning application, Claire Dodds, Director of Development Services, presented an update on the procedure for appealing a Council decision in respect to zoning. (This...

On February 17, 2019, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Frontenac Detachment responded to a collision on Sand Lake, west of Frontenac Provincial Park. At approximately 1:00 a.m. a pick-up truck had been driven onto the ice where it struck two...

The Sydenham Women’s Institute is over halfway through its 100th year celebrations and 100 years of service in the community. Inspired by Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless, an internationally recognized speaker and advocate for family education,...

Pam Raby of Lavalee's Cookery in Inverary with the artisanal baguette breakfast sandwich that greets travelers along Perth Road every morning of the week. One of the secrets to this sandwich is the bagel, which is fashioned out of light, crispy...

Southern Frontenac Community Services Corp. (SFCSC) has added an additional day of deliveries to their Hot Meals on Wheels program. The program offers nutritious meals prepared by a professional cook. Each meal includes soup or salad, an entrée and...

While the majority of South Frontenac Council supports a flat playing surface facility requested by the South Frontenac Stocksport Club, they’d like a little more information as to the multi-use aspects of the facility before committing $85,000 to...

Southern Frontenac Community Services’ food bank received a generous and very welcome donation from the parishioners of St Patrick’s Railton this week, when Grand Knight Rob Planetta presented a check for $2,128.50. The Railton parishioners...

Early in the morning, every day of the week, people are on the move in Frontenac County, driving, often in the dark, to work. On their way, many stop for a breakfast sandwich and a coffee. Depending on their route, people have their own favourites....

Angie Young celebrated her 40th birthday recently by reflecting on her accomplishments. The proud mother of two girls, Angie says with a chuckle about her career, “I went to school for hairdressing, worked in retail and ended-up in food services...

Sydenham area resident Ann Barlow came as a delegate to explain, from her perspective as a senior citizen without a driver’s license, the importance of the Frontenac Transportation Service.. This service provides access for grocery shopping,...

The coming year marks the 30th anniversary for Southern Frontenac Community Services Corp. (SFCSC). Thirty years delivering on our mission to work with others in the provision of health and social services and to contribute in ways that improve and...

Wow, what a year 2019 was for New Leaf Link! In January, NeLL was the grateful recipient of a United Way KFLA Grant to implement an Adapted Diabetes Awareness, Prevention & Management Program. This grant provided funding for a project facilitator,...

The last Council meeting of the year brought the conclusion of many months’ work by both Council and staff to chart a new path for the Township of South Frontenac. On Tuesday, December 17th Council approved an ambitious new Strategic Plan as well...

Jordan Troyer, a 5th year student at Sydenham High School, signed commitment on December 18 to play varsity football with the University of Ottawa Gee Gees starting next fall. Jordan has been an offensive lineman for the junior and senior Sydenham...

When Neil Carbone was hired as the new Chief Administrative Officer in South Frontenac last summer, it signaled that the council of the township was ready for a new future. Carbone, who is in his mid-thirties, is from a different generation than the...

Next month, Leonard Chan and the team at Inverary Pharmasave will be celebrating their second anniversary. It has been an eventful two years for Leonard, who has started a family during that time and seen his business progress steadily. “The...

On December 13, 2019 shortly after 9:00 p.m. Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle collision of Rutledge Road west of Wilmer.  As a result of the investigation, Peter MURPHY, age 51 of Verona Ontario, was charged...

Members of the Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating thefts from vehicles and a home in the Battersea area of South Frontenac Township.  The investigation started on January 4, 2020 when a resident of...

From November 26 to December 8, 2019 officers from Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received several complaints regarding theft of alcohol from the Sydenham LCBO store. After interviews with employees and pictures from the store security...

On December 17, 2019 an officer from Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report from a Canada Post employee about theft of mail. Several people who live in the Inverary area noticed that mail was missing from their mailboxes and...

In their fall community grants announcement on Monday night (December 16) in Kingston, the Community Foundation for Kingston and Area (CFKA) focussed on regional service delivery. Frontenac and rural Lennox and Addington are the focus for one of the...

For the first time in its 27-year history, the Verona Christmas in the Village tree-lighting ceremony was held indoors. “With the weather this year, we thought we’d hold it indoors rather than have everybody have to dress up to go outside,”...

While an actual official count of the number of Nativities on display at St. Patrick’s Church last Sunday in Railton may be elusive, suffice it to say there were a lot of them. “This is the biggest one we’ve ever had,” said Mary Murphy, one...

Perhaps you can go home after all. When Astrid Tanton was in Grade 5 at Prince Charles Public School in Verona, she covered Taylor Swift’s Mean in a school talent show. Last Friday, she was back in the same gym, and when the audience asked for her...

For the first time in its 20-year history, the Rock’n’Roll Toy Drive has been sold out before the night of the event. “All of the 250 tickets have been sold,” said Tom Revell, Verona-area musician who’s been instrumental in bringing the...

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 with a group of other writers to share your work and to give and receive constructive criticism and helpful...

Ryan Vowles lives on Morgan Drive, in a newer subdivision in Sydenham, not far from Sydenham High School, with his wife Maegan Leavitt and their young children. The family moved into their new home 5 years ago and say they love living in Sydenham....

This sounds like…fun?? It was not only fun, but an up-roaring success, last Wednesday night (November 27) at Loughborough Public School in Sydenham, when the library filled with parents and children from kindergarten to grade 3 enthusiastically...

Christine Fader spent 20 years at Queen’s University as a career counsellor, with a focus on helping students with disabilities. She now runs Career Cupid, which helps people define and achieve their goals, and is the writer of career related...

“It’s been steady,” Parents Council chair and 14th annual holiday market organizer Ali Williams said Saturday morning as Prince Charles Public School was full of holiday shoppers, vendors and people making merry. “It’ll probably pick up...