New: Facebook has blocked all Canadian news. Join our mailing list to stay in the loop.
Johnston Point: Gold Standards and Big Microscopes In their responses to the developer’s request for a one-year extension of the three year old draft plan of approval for the Johnson Point plan of condominium, which is due to expire at the end of...
With the closing of St. Paul’s United Church a couple of years ago, the Free Methodist Church became the only remaining church in Harrowsmith. That would likely be a surprise to the founder of the Harrowsmith Free Methodist, C.V. Fairbairn. In a...
Copper, the therapy dog, really works a room. He comes to the Grace Social Activity Centre (GSAC) in Sydenham on Wednesday mornings each week to visit with the participants in one of the Adult Day Program sessions that are a core service of Southern...
There were “a few changes over the winter” to the Frontenac Farmers Market and as such, interim manager Mark Revelle didn’t have many plans to reveal concerning any special events this summer. “We’re having a meeting after the market to...
The Doner family and “Doner Studio at the Mill” kicks off its summer season this weekend by hosting their annual art festival It is, in part, a fine craft show with 40 guests artists who produce a stunning array of work; paintings using various...
Last Friday, Southern Frontenac Community Services (SFCS) held a ground-breaking ceremony to celebrate the beginning construction of an accessible entrance to the lower level of the Grace Centre in Sydenham. This level is where the Adult Day Program...
Kim Allan loves music and baseball and she likes a good party as well. She owns the Little Texas Roadhouse Bar and Grill on Days Road in Kingston. She lives in between Sydenham and Inverary with her husband and three children, and they all play ball...
If South Frontenac Museum Society secretary Al Boyce had his way, there would be museum buildings all over the Township, and the County, each focusing on a different aspect of Frontenac history. “But that’s just me dreaming and rambling,” he...
Last week was a busy one at Prince Charles Public School in Verona beginning with a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) night, a concert by the Blue Skies Community Fiddle Orchestra, a play from the 1,000 Islands Playhouse Young Company...
On Saturday June 1 and Sunday June 2, 2019 Little Texas Roadhouse Bar and Grill will be hosting the 1st Annual Inverary 3 PITCH 3 CHORDS Spring Fling in support of Inverary Youth Activities. All proceeds from this event will go toward one-time...
A special event designed for young children was a big hit in Sunbury on May 8. Held at Ormsbee’s Mercantile, children were invited to play with rabbits, plant a seed and sample maple syrup. “This is our sixth year doing the event,” says Jenn...
May 23 is World Turtle Day. It was started in 2000 by American Turtle Rescue to bring attention to, and increase knowledge of and respect for, turtles and tortoises, and encourage human action to help them survive and thrive, according to Wikipedia....
Development Charges: Bill 73 and Beyond Claire Dodds, Director of Public Services, introduced consultant Gary Scandlon, Director of Watson & Associates, who was contracted in January to assist the Township in updating and renewing its development...
“Get out and do things with little ones,” said United Way representative Kim Hockey last Thursday at the South Frontenac garage on Keeley Road. “You don’t have to save for a trip to Disneyland every day. “Take the time and make the moment...
Brenda Young, the organiser of Sydenham Artfest, held her first show at her home in Sydenham last fall. She wanted to give her sister Wanda, a jeweller, an opportunity to share her work with the local community, and decided to invite a few other of...
February 2017 - This story began when Sharon was referred to Sandy, coordinator of the Hospice Palliative Care Program at Southern Frontenac Community Services. When Sandy met Sharon and her husband Dale, Sharon had been struggling with COPD since...
Brenda Crawford and Pam Redden came to Council on behalf of the Harrowsmith Beautification Committee with a proposal for improving the landscape of the new village traffic light section, along with other community upgrades. Crawford assured Council...
The Land O’Lakes Traditional Music Hall of Fame has revised some of its categories this year, and will be holding its first stand alone induction ceremony at the Lion’s Hall in Verona on October 6. Everyone who is a member of the organisation...
Nona Mariotti started up the South Frontenac Garden Tour last year as a kind of experiment. Would gardeners be willing to open up their gardens for people to come and see? Would people want to come out to see the beautiful gardens. The answer to all...
Where could you find a scale model of the CN Tower, complete with elevator, a 3D modelling of your school and a working trebuchet? That would be the Loughborough Public School Maker Faire, which was on display to the public last Thursday afternoon...
On February 5, New Leaf Link (NeLL), with the support of a United Way grant, started delivering Tuesday programming on “Adapted Diabetes Awareness, Prevention and Management” to our (dis)abled adult participants. The endless Snow Days in...
23 girls from Sydenham High School and Granite Ridge attended a day-long “Women Write” event at GREC on April 29. The day started with a journaling presentation and workshop with Carol Pepper, a local artist, writer and educator, and Rosemary...
When the owners of the Holiday County Manor, Jeff Day and Cor Lee, were living in Toronto, they enjoyed many of the cultural events, and one of their favourites was Cinco de Mayo. They loved the food, the music, the cocktails, and the Pinatas. So,...
Fire Chief Darcy Knott has announced that the Level One burning ban in effect across the Township of South Frontenac has been lifted as of April 23. “Residents are reminded of the importance of complying with the burning bylaw 2012-68 which is...
The Grade 5-8 students from Granite Ridge Education Centre visited Prince Charles Public School in Verona Tuesday where Teilhard Frost performed a concert in the morning. Frost also did a body percussion workshop in the afternoon for the PCPS Grade...
The Annual “Dump Report” Stephanie Reeder, of Cambium Consulting and Engineering presented the annual update on the township’s waste disposal sites. Currently, South Frontenac has five active sites: Portland, Loughborough, Bradshaw, Salem and...
Jim Gilmour tried to retire after closing up his meat shop in Belleville in 2010. But a couple of years later his son Nick approached him to help him when he wanted to open Gilmour’s Meats on Highway 38 in Harrowsmith. Jim’s been working with...
Dave and Shawn McCullough both learned to play music in their parents’ kitchen growing up. Now, many years later, they’re starting to appreciate playing with each other and are trying to find more time for just that. Dave is 54 (“that’s 102...
Mayor Ron Vandewal will cut the ribbon this Saturday morning at 10 am to officially open the Almost Home Cafe, Harrowsmith’s newest business establishment. It’s on Road 38, just opposite the road to Sydenham, with a side entrance off the parking...
A long line of students, many carrying placards, streamed down the between Sydenham High School and the South Frontenac Township Hall at noon Thursday (April 4). They were protesting the Ford governments proposed changes to the educational system....
At their meeting in Sydenham on Tuesday Night (April 2) South Frontenac Council released the funds that were on hold in the 2019 budget for the Gilmour Point washroom/change house/shelter. The cost estimate for the project by Hughes Downey...
South Frontenac Mayor Ron Vandewal has written to the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Steve Clark, about the township’s frustration over not having a member sitting on the government benches even though the Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston riding voted...
A fundraising walk at Elements Fitness near Sydenham resulted in $5,1000 being raised for research into ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). The event, called Always Lorie Strong, was organised in support of Lorie Ross, an active member of Elements...
St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Sydenham is pleased to announce that Mr. Damien Macedo has joined as the new Music Director and Organist. Damien brings a wealth of experience to St. Paul’s. He was most recently the organist and music director for St...
The Community Support Foundation of Ontario joins with other organisations around North America to help promote the Meals on Wheels, which provides hot meals and a friendly face for seniors all year round in this region and across Ontario. Each year...
It is a case where the fact that something was secret ended up being more interesting than the secret itself. Earlier this year a report from the township of South Frontenac’s closed meeting investigator urged South Frontenac to reveal details...
South Frontenac Council will likely have two of its members sit on the board of Southern Frontenac Community Services following a one-hour meeting between the two bodies that preceded the regular Council meeting Tuesday night in Sydenham. During the...
“They don’t always have a tree where you want to put the line,” says Gary Gorr, maple syrup producer and philosopher who’s been tapping 45 acres (“pretty much all hardwood”) on the family farm since 1985. He says “the weather is...
March break or not, it is always busy at the Rural Frontenac Community Services Child Centre. The EarlyON Centre for young children has programs in Sharbot Lake four days a week, Mondays and Thursdays from 8:30am -2:30pm, Wednesdays from 8:30am –...
South Frontenac Council held one of the shortest meetings on record Tuesday night, clocking in at 14 minutes. The proceedings consisted of extending a contract to transport household hazardous waste, notices of motion from Coun. Ross Sutherland and...
On March 3, 2019 at 2:08am, officers from Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Battersea Road. At 2:23am, an officer arrived at the scene and spoke to the male driver. As a result of the...
Duncan Sinclair, former Dean of Medicine at Queen’s University, and the author of a book on health care reform in Ontario, now lives a quiet (for him) life on Buck Lake near Perth Road. But he is still, at 85, involved in health care reform. He...
Paul Younge likes to collect things — farming related things to be specific. Younge’s collections were front and centre at the Bedford Historical Society’s annual open house Saturday in Glendower Hall, where the society’s archives are also...
“4H is about community,” long-time leader Steve Holmes told the audience Friday night at the Frontenac 4H open house, sign-up event in the Glenburnie United Church. “And hopefully they’ll learn something along the way.” Each year, the...
David Townsend was not surprised by the announcement on Tuesday that the 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHINS) are going to be shut down and a new super-agency will be established in their place to oversee healthcare funding in Ontario....
About 30 per cent of Ontario’s waste is exported to the United States, according to the Ontario Waste Management Association’s (OWMA) State of Waste in Ontario: Landfill Report (December 2018). That translates into 3,517,567 tons. Private...
They are not exactly shovel ready just yet, but a $14,000 study by architectural firm Colbourne and Kendall concluded that if Frontenac County, the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA) and South Frontenac Township decide to build a...
Good Food Stands are an initiative that is part of a poverty reduction initiative involving the United Way of Kingston Frontenac, Lennox and Addington and the City of Kingston. Produce is supplied by Tony Deodato and Sons for monthly discount Good...
Fresh off an Eastern Ontario Secondary School Athletic Association (EOSSAA) championship victory last week in Pembroke where they defeated a tough Casselman team 25-19 and 25-11 in the finals, the Sydenham Golden Eagles senior girls volleyballers...
Southern Frontenac Community Services will once again host free tax clinics for eligible residents, starting March 4, 2019 and running until April 30, 2019, on Mondays and Tuesdays each week (excluding holidays). These free tax clinics are for...
