SOUTH FRONTENAC

Th e 2018 Canadian Guitar Festival (CGF) is officially cancelled. Del Vezeau, who has organized the Festival for 14 years, has announced that because of disagreements with South Frontenac Township leading to legal processes, the festival cannot be...

Del Vezeau has a new lawyer and a bit of new perspective on his relationship with South Frontenac Township. He is also unsure whether the Canadian Guitar Festival and South Frontenac Township are meant to be together. Vezeau, the owner of...

The Frontenac Flyers weren’t the only champions in South Frontenac Township this hockey season. Mayor Ron Vandewal also has a championship trophy for this year, albeit took him some 50 years more than the Flyers to get one. Vandewal was a...

“15 years and 4 months, I’ve always kept track,” said Lindsay Mills when contacted at his office on the lower level of the South Frontenac Township early this week. A couple of weeks ago, on a Friday afternoon, he gave notice to the township...

The meeting began with a minute’s silence for Larry York, former Storrington district Councillor, who recently passed away. Purchase of Storrington Boat Ramp Council passed a motion to purchase a Storrington boat launch property popularly known as...

A lot of people love their cars, for the feel of the drive, the power, the hauling potential, and their look. And knowing what people want their car to make them feel and then selling it back to them is the engine that has driven car sales for at...

The Perth Road Maple Syrup Festival got postponed a week due to inclement weather but last Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day and people turned out in droves. “Well, we’re not rushed but it’s been steady all morning,” said one of the...

Collecting e-waste turned out to be such a good idea last year, the Parents Council at Prince Charles Public School decided to try it again last Saturday in Verona. By 11 a.m., the bin was about half full and growing steadily. “Chair Ali...

When Core Lee and Jeff Day purchased the Holiday Country Manor in 2016 they knew they were in for an adventure. They had purchased a business that had been focused mainly on fishing tourism for many years in a historic building that was solidly...

“Saving pets is kind of what we do,” Tracy Trumble of Invisible Fence Bellville/ Kingston told South Frontenac firefighters Tuesday night. “We’ve been keeping pets safe for 45 years.” And on this night, Trumble was at the Hartington...

Grandparents went back to school last Thursday in Verona as Prince Charles Public School kicked off a two-year project to help families find fun and effective ways that engage children with mathematics that coincided with the final day of the...

Theme Night in South Frontenac Council heard three not completely unrelated presentations: Gord Mitchell of the KFL&A Health Unit, discussed septic systems, Andrew Girourard, also of the Health Unit, outlined the role of Public Health Inspectors,...

South Frontenac Council and the Canadian Guitar Festival could be headed towards a showdown, and the outcome could be something that no one wants, the end of the festival. Township Chief Administrative Officer Wayne Orr said on Tuesday that he has...

Like many of the artists who show at Blue Roof Farm near Verona, Joanne (Bertrim) was talked into it by the gallery’s legendary owner — painter, photographer, filmmaker Kim Ondaatje. “Kim said ‘you’ve to do this,’” Joanne said....

Mayor Vandewal introduced the meeting with a minute’s silence in remembrance of former Mayor Gary Davison. Hockey success celebrated The hall was packed with supporters of two area hockey teams who were congratulated by Mayor and Council for their...

Five Star Farms on Scanlan Road have only been hosting public events (one in the spring and one in the fall) for a couple of years but already they’ve become a go-to destination. And their Easter Family Fun Day this year was no exception. “I...

(with files from Craig Bakay and Wilma Kenny) Gary Davison, who served on the Loughborough Township fire department for 40 years, as a South Frontenac Township Councillor for 3 years and Mayor of South Frontenac for 8 years, has died of cancer....

They welcomed spring and the changing of the seasons at Wintergreen Studios last Friday night with a Labyrinth walk. For those unfamiliar with the Labyrinth, the original term comes from Greek mythology, where it was an underground maze of sorts...

This has been the current greeting in Sydenham for the past few weeks, and rumours are flying. The Project: Public Works held a public information meeting about the Bedford Road & George/Portland intersection projects some time ago; last spring or...

It was a very festive atmosphere at the Frontenac Community Arena this past weekend, and it wasn’t just because St. Patrick’s Day fell on a Saturday. While there was a bit of green, the dominant colour was orange as the Frontenac Flyers minor...

“Anybody here watch the TV series The Hoarders? — It’s not like that,” said HomeBaseHousing prevention diversion case manager Cassy Gogo said at a Seniors and Law enforcement Together (S.A.L.T.) lunch gathering at the Verona Free Methodist...

Catherine Oxenford-Grant has been the minister for the congregation of Trinity United Church in Verona since January. She came to Verona from Westport, where she had been the full time student minister for two years. The opportunity to work on a...

A group consisting of Matt Rennie, Sarah Harmer and Meela Melnik-Proud presented South Frontenac Council’s regular meeting Tuesday night in Sydenham with a power-point presentation that they said shows Magenta Waterfront Development Corp is not...

Parks Canada has passed a milestone for the project to replace the Bobs Lake Dam at Bolingbroke. The preparation, investigation, and design phases have advanced to the point where this project has now been put out to tender to seek bids from...

The Country Church music series is moving to the Verona Pentecostal Church this year, said veteran performer Ross Clow of The Old Hims. For several years now, the popular gospel series has been at the Portland Community Church in Hartington but Clow...

Carol Forde, a long-time resident of Sydenham, died this winter. She left as she had lived, without a lot of fanfare; a simple cremation and a celebration of life to follow. A week or so later a picture and poem (below) were posted along with a...

In 1981, having graduated from Trent with no wish to return to Toronto where they had grown up, Pat and Rick Dawson headed into the Shield country north of Kingston, looking for a place to settle down and raise a family. They bought a piece of land...

Due to the absence of both Mayor Vandewal and Deputy Mayor Barr, Councillor Alan Revill chaired South Frontenac’s brief March COW meeting. Planner Mills brought three items : An application from Jim Gilmour for a by-law amendment which would...

One of the busiest buildings in South Frontenac is getting a facelift. A contract to renovate the Storrington Centre, located in Sunbury next to the fire hall and library, was awarded to Anglin Group Construction. “The current building doesn’t...

After breezing after posting a 10-0 KASSA regular season, breezing through the KASSA playoffs and coming home with an EOSSAA title, the Sydenham High School senior girls volleyball Golden Eagles finally met their match at the OFSAA playoffs last...

One thing about the Sydenham High School senior girls volleyball team is that they think of themselves as a team. Just ask them, they’ll tell you. “We all work so well together,” said left-side striker Robin Melnick. “We have a positive...

Pink Shirt Day is quickly becoming country rocker Abby Stewart’s personal cause in the Frontenacs as she showed up at Prince Charles Public School in Verona last week to help the school spread the word. Last year, she did a similar gig at GREC in...

Loughborough Lake Holiday Park (LLHP) owner Del Vezeau is ecstatic over Mr. Justice Hurley’s rejection of South Frontenac Township’s request for an injunction on music concerts and weddings at the park. “I’m pleased, yeah,” Vezeau said...

The Bedford District Historical Society invited the public to the Bedford District Historical Research Centre (aka Glendower Hall) last Saturday as they’ve done for the past seven years or so. President Glen Stinson said the archives have...

Going into last Friday night’s 4H rally/signup night at Glenburnie United Church, president Joanne Dickson was a bit concerned that the inclement weather might have an adverse affect on the number of people who showed up. She needn’t have...

The upcoming softball season in Harrowsmith could be cancelled if help isn’t found to oversee the teams. “We hope to continue playing softball in Harrowsmith, but we have encountered a few challenges that are making it difficult to continue,”...

The Sydenham Golden Eagles senior girls volleyball is off to Streetsville (Mississauga) March 5-7 for the AA provincial championship following their EOSSAA championship last week in Brockville. The KASSAA champs went into the EOSSAA championship as...

Leonard Chan started working in his uncle’s pharmacy, as a volunteer, when he was just a kid. Later he worked in local pharmacies in Mississauga, where he is from, as a part-time and summer job. When he went to University of Waterloo in 2006, he...

South Frontenac won’t be appealing an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) Ruling that struck down its Zoning Bylaw (Bylaw 2016-36) in its entirety earlier this month, Council decided at its regular meeting Tuesday night in Sydenham. Emerging from a...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) of the Frontenac Detachment has recovered stolen property from a residence in South Frontenac Township. The items include hand tools and power tools such as cordless drills and impact drills, a job site radio and...

South Frontenac Council had no objections to the concept of four amplified music events at Desert Lake Campground this year at its regular Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday night in Sydenham but have suggested a 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m....

Seniors who live in South Frontenac are encouraged to complete a survey on seniors services, and whether individuals in South Frontenac feel involved in the development of senior services in their area.   The survey is part of a research project by...

  Waterfront property owners get more wiggle room to renovate existing buildings that are within 30 metres of shoreline A two-year-old planning controversy that has been costly for South Frontenac taxpayers has finally been resolved through the...

In December, Council reviewed a request from Steve Saunders, of Scanlon Road south of Sydenham, for a letter confirming: a) the Township has no objection to his establishing a private shooting range on his (75 acre) property, and b) there is nothing...

Hidden among the communications reports to South Frontenac Council this week was the quarterly report by one of the most active volunteers in the township, and likely one of the most active trail cyclists in the township, Robert Charest from the...

It’s February in the Frontenacs. Like most of Canada, there’s a lot of hockey going on. Down at the Frontenac Community Arena, there are of course the Frontenac Flyers and Frontenac Fury organizations for boys and girls organized hockey...

The judge hearing the case of South Frontenac Township seeking an injunction against Loughborough Lake Holiday Park holding concerts, weddings and family gatherings in an ancillary building ended Wednesday’s proceedings at the Frontenac County...

  By Craig Bakay The judge hearing the case of South Frontenac Township seeking an injunction against Loughborough Lake Holiday Park holding concerts, weddings and family gatherings in an ancillary building ended Wednesday’s proceedings at the...

Get ready to rock, Prince Charles. That’s as in School of Rock at Prince Charles Public School in Verona. SK-1 teacher Lee Casement has secured a $2,360 grant from the Limestone Learning Foundation and he’s using it to get gear. Now all he needs...

Editor’s note: The Frontenac News plans to cover the court proceedings on Wednesday, Jan. 24 and publish the results on our web pages. The Township of South Frontenac is taking Loughborough Lake Holiday Park owner Del Vezeau to court Jan. 24...