SOUTH FRONTENAC

For the third year in a row, Dorothy and Viren Oogarah of Wagar Oogarah Farm near Centreville took home the top prize at the Verona Garlic Festival. Saturday’s event was the 23rd annual edition of the Festival, which was started by Garlic Guru...

St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Railton, the Catholic community in Southern Frontenac County has been anchored by St. Patrick's since 1832. At that time, Lawrence Raile sold 6 acres off of the 200 acre property he had purchased in 1824 to the Right...

In response to a study by Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFL&APH), the South Frontenac building department has made changes to its building permits force builders to provide for radon mitigation in all new homes. “The...

The day started out calmly enough. Brad Telford, who has lived on the Campbell Road near Sydenham with his wife Megan and their 2 1/2 year old son John for about a year and half, did some indoor chores last Saturday morning (August 10) because it...

Susan Sutherland of Loughborough lake has been dubbed 'the butterfly lady of Inverary'. Susan and her husband, Ken Burns have built a safe butterfly hatching habitat called 'the monarch mansion' where the full spectrum of the stages of a monarch...

It’s early on a Tuesday evening. The call comes in that there has been smoke spotted coming from the change rooms at the Frontenac Community Arena. It’s a realistic scenario that South Frontenac Fire and rescue want to be ready for. And so, last...

“I had always wanted a job in a business that operated on a human scale; where I could know what was going on overall, not just in one separate department. I wanted to be able to see the larger picture, and South Frontenac seemed to offer that...

The 24th annual Verona Car Show Sunday was the biggest ever, with 303 entries. When show originator Ed Asselstine did his last one before handing the reins over to John and Julie Nizman, there were 171 entries. The very next year, that rose to 270....

Ewe Can Knit in Verona was a busy place Saturday as Heather Woodward and her mom, Darlene Slack, host All Dyed Up and the Purlin’ J’s Roving Yarn Van for a “Mini Fibre Festival.” It was the fourth year they’ve done this and it was the...

Dan Desjardins welds old pieces of metal together to make animals, birds, flowers, etc. And this past weekend, he made his art world debut at Art in the Sawmill, Verona’s summer visual arts showcase. He’s a rookie at this, but like a baseball...

Among its assets, The Point Park in Sydenham has a fenced in court, which has fallen on hard times. “Right now it is not being used at all,” said recreation Supervisor Tim Laprade this week. In the 2019 township budget, $8,000 was set aside to...

One of new CAO Neil Carbone’s first acts at his first solo Council meeting was to overrule a suggestion that work for improvements to Point Court in Sydenham go to a suggested vendor. Council had originally budgeted $8,000 for improvements However...

Stella Ter Hart has spent the last five years, with her husband, bringing a farm property with a heritage orchard back to production. It has been a labour of love, with the emphasis on labour, at their property just north of Inverary on Loughborough...

No one really knew what to expect when members of the Horseless Carriage Club of America – Southern Ontario Region said they were planning to make Sydenham a lunch stop on one of the touring days of their annual gathering... which is centred at...

For those unfamiliar with the Fantasy In The Forest Art Show, it takes place every year in a mythical forest Kingdom somewhere down Draper Lake Road, allegedly in the Township of South Frontenac. But for two days every summer (this was the 24th...

Saturday … in the park … I think it was the 20th of July. With apologies to Robert Lamm, there wasn’t a man selling ice cream but there was a ton of other stuff going on at The Point in Sydenham Saturday for the 3rd Annual Lakes & Trails...

On July 16, 2019 at approximately 10:50 p.m. Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a vehicle fire that was parked in a driveway at a residence on Verona Sand Road in the Village of Verona, South Frontenac Township. Upon police...

When you run a home for geriatric dogs, there are always expenses. One way Sheba’s Haven Rescue has found to help defray costs is to set up a booth at craft fairs and shows. It helps them spread their message about providing a home for older...

Southern Frontenac Community Services has been serving South Frontenac and rural Kingston for three decades, and in July 2020 the organization will be celebrating thirty years as a charity. The Board of Directors is looking for volunteers who are...

Kyleen Menard is happiest when she’s caring for others. Speaking from Carveth Care Centre where she has worked as a Personal Support Worker for the past four years, the 29-year-old Sunbury woman is gaining recognition for helping people reach...

To a certain extent, one of the biggest secrets on last weeks South Frontenac Community Services Garden Tour was right in their own back yard — the Food Bank Community Garden. It’s actually been up and running for seven years, having been...

Ghost Road, Maple Fire, Zombie Sunset, Sheer Agony, Red Viper . . . sounds a bit like the upcoming season of The Walking Dead, doesn’t it? But no, these are a few of the 13 varieties of hot sauce available from MissFortuneS Unforgiving Hot Sauces,...

The new(/old/refurbished) organ at St. Paul’s in Sydenham got its second workout in a concert setting Sunday at Jeffrey Moellman, director of music at St. Mary’s Cathedral, brought his five musical children (Jonathan, Clara, Paul, Gabriel and...

On Saturday, July 6 Sydenham Lake Canoe Club competitive sprint paddlers, Paige Bowes, Kayla Headrick, Claire Swinton, Ashley Headrick and Parker Friendship competed in the Annual Gananoque Canoe Club U14 Regatta. Experienced paddler, Claire Swinton...

There are farms. There are gardens. And then there is Robert and Sue Clinton’s back yard, a ‘garden’ that rather defies description, unless of course that description is “awesome.” The Clintons’ spread was one of the eight properties...

New Leaf Link (aka NeLL) runs programming for developmentally disabled adults out of the gym at the Harrowsmith Free Methodist Church 3 days a week, year-round. NeLL is able to accomplish this without government funding, due to the dedication of the...

Writer/director Peggy Hallett talking with cast following final rehearsal of her new play The Dressing Room, which will be running this week (Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 7:30) at Domino Theatre, 52 Church Street, Kingston. Hallett says the idea for...

By the time the next South Frontenac Council meeting rolls around (August 6), Wayne Orr will be retired and packing for a leisurely road trip west. In recognition of this, Mayor Vandewal presented Orr with his nameplate at the end of the meeting,...

“I think we have a legitimate shot at first or second,” said Karl Hammer Monday at the Stock Sports demonstration in Harrowsmith’s Centennial Park as part of the Canada Day celebrations. “Brazil is a powerhouse but we’ve put in a lot of...

On Saturday, June 29, 2019, the Buck Lake community held the 15"‘ annual Buck Lake Boatilla in support of Easter Seals’ Send a Kid to Camp campaign raising $26,800, with more funds still coming in! In total over the past 15 years, the Buck Lake...

New Leaf Link (NeLL) was pleasantly surprised and honoured to be selected as the recipient of $8200 raised by the Jerry Irwin Charity Golf tournament held in Verona on June 8th.   Each year, the Irwin family from Sydenham remembers Jerry Irwin by...

Chad and Nicole Van Camp have owned the Verona Hardware store for 15 years, but they have a way to go to match the longevity of the previous owners. Ken and Evelyn Harper purchased the store in 1971 and ran it for 33 years. Steven and Victor Merrill...

What’s a Repair Cafe? It’s a free meeting place where folks who have a broken item meet with ‘fixers’ who will help them repair it. It’s friendly, fun and free. The original repair cafe was started by Martine Postma in Amsterdam ten years...

In 1819, Thomas Wildey founded an Oddfellows Lodge in Baltimore, MD, the first in North America. In 2019, the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of Harrowsmith gathered in their Golden Links Hall to commemorate that event. It was a time to remember and honour...

By the time all the money is collected, counted and donated after the 15th Buck Lake Boatilla, Camp Merrywood will have received over $250,000 in donations over the history of the event. Not bad for something that only came about because of...

If you are looking for a day out in the country, try the 2nd annual South Frontenac Garden Tour, on Sunday, July 7th. Organized by volunteers including Nona Mariotti and Shirley Joyce, the event is a self-driving tour to visit eight beautiful...

“Farm women are this country’s richest untapped resource.” February 1887, at a Farmer’s Institute Ladies’ Night in Stoney Creek, the speaker was Adelaide Hoodless of Hamilton. She suggested there was a need for a farm women’s...

When she learned that nothing was being planned to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Normandy invasion in South Frontenac, Harrowsmith’s Brenda Crawford knew just the place that a ceremony should take place. She started working the phone....

Rhonda Storring After having retired from the Canadian Forces after 32 years of service and the Commissionaires in Kingston, Rhonda Storring now calls Verona home. Rhonda is a people person and has very much enjoyed being a member of the Verona...

Rezoning in Loughborough District Township Planner Trudy Gravel opened a public meeting concerning a property at the intersection of Eel Bay Road and Charlie Green Road, on Eel Bay of Sydenham Lake. The proposal is to rezone a narrow waterfront...

Customers haven’t really been screaming, but they have been asking, if Limestone Creamery might consider starting to make their own ice cream using the single source milk that they produce and process on their farm, located on the same property as...

David Craig starting out his working career as a caterer. When he realised there was large demand and little supply for mobile kitchens, compact commercial kitchens capable of preparing 1,500 to 2,000 meals per meal time that can be hauled to...

On July 5th, five members of the Kingston Area Ice Stock Club (all of us are residents of South Frontenac) will be heading to Paraguay with other members of the Canadian Ice Stock Federation to compete in an International Ice Stock Federation event...

Under what was likely the first ideal day of the season, keen Pickleballers from the Frontenac Pickleball Assocation were out in full force for the 9am – 12pm session at Centennial Park in Harrowsmith last Friday morning (June 7) They took a short...

Harrowsmith Free Methodist Church celebrated their hundredth anniversary last Sunday with a packed church filled with fellowship and music in a service led by Jason Silver. “They must have been shorter in those days,” commented Bishop Cliff...

Officers with the Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are seeking the public's assistance in identifying the males and pick-up trucks involved in the theft of two boats and trailers from the North Country Marine in Inverary....

Aurora French (Granite Ridge Education Centre), Rachel Cumming (North Addington Education Centre), and Rebecca Hillis (Sydenham High School) were among the Limestone Achiever Award winners for the 2018/2019 year. Here are some excerpts from the...

Loughborough Public School (LPS) grade 3 Anishnaabe student Nescia Giangrosso travelled to Winnipeg, early last month, to be part of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Imagine a Canada – Youth Leading Reconciliation workshop and...

For the past six years, Randal and Darlene Doner have been inviting people to their home/studios down at the eastern end of Washburn Road. It’s right on the Rideau Canal system, Brewers Mills Lock to be exact, and the studio is the old grist mill...

Bill Campsall never thought he’d survive the war. Sitting in his room in a retirement home in Amherstview, the gentle 95-year-old’s eyes glisten with tears as he talks for the first time about his service, 78 years earlier, as a paratrooper in...