SOUTH FRONTENAC

The Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA) has issued a Flood Warning for the following lakes today: Buck Lake, Canoe Lake, Charleston Lake*, Devil Lake, ingsford/Desert Lake, Loughborough Lake, Lower Beverley Lake, Singleton Lake, Sydenham...

Like all event organizers, the committee for the Sydenham Lakes and Trails Festival were hoping for a nice day and a good turnout. Well, as it turned out, they got a beautiful day and a turnout that exceeded their expectation, so much so they ran...

An historical walking tour of Sydenham Village was part of the program at Saturday’s Lakes and Trails Festival. It offered a quiet but fascinating change of pace from the variety of paddling and cycling-related events, which drew the majority of...

The Trail Time Junction bike shop sprung in a previous abandoned corner of the Johnson Real Estate Office in Harrowsmith in early June without much fanfare. Martha and Sean, the volunteers who operate the shop for the owner, who is disabled, were...

South Frontenac Council held a brief meeting this week to resolve the question of exceeding the amount ($1,000,000) budgeted for the construction of a new fire station at Perth Road. The current station is in disrepair and considered unfit to be...

On July 29th, Robert Mcleod of the Ironwood Sword School is coming to Bellrock Hall to present a workshop for children 8 and older. The Ironwood Sword School offers training in the Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA). A HEMA school teaches an...

2nd annual Harrowsmith Car Show is set for this Sunday (July 23) at Centennial Park. It will feature 150 to 200 cars in 10 -12 catregories. Vehicles from 20’s and 30’s all the way on up to more recent models will be on display. Those interested...

South Frontenac Rides is a two year old initiative dedicated to promoting cycling in South Frontenac. Without a lot of fan fair or funding it has been promoting safe cycling, the trails system as a cycling venue. Although cars and trucks and ATV’s...

Bob and Sue Clinton are well known in Sydenham for Bob’s biological dentistry practice and Sue’s efforts with the Loughborough Christmas Committee and other community efforts they both have taken on over the years. While all of this has been...

(A continuing series of articles to be used as part of the build-out of the Villages pages on Frontenac-live.ca , this look at the history of Harrowsmith and Verona is based on the book, Portland - My Home by Wiliam J. Patterson) In 1802 Micajah...

It was, by all accounts, the biggest crowd ever for the Piccadilly/Bedford Jam Sunday as musicians, fans and organizers celebrated 10 years at Glendower (Bedford) Hall on Westport Road. Second to only Jack’s Jam in Plevna (and that only by a few...

CAO Orr brought a recommendation that a special meeting of Council be called next Tuesday to award the tender for the Perth Road Fire Hall, because although six bids have been received, the evaluation of these bids by the Architect (based on 80...

Kyle Gordon looks remarkably different than he did a year ago. Sitting at a picnic table in a public park in Kingston on July 8, the owner of the Battersea Creekside Bar & Grill smiles when asked about his appearance. “I’ve lost 14 pounds,” he...

South Frontenac’s enormous new “fire house” made its first appearance at Gerald Ball Park in Sunbury on Canada Day. This inflatable play structure is not a bouncy castle, but a means of helping teach fire safety to children. It’s based in...

It’s not often all the churches in the area get together for an event but that’s what happened Sunday in Verona. And to top it off, the day also featured a stunning concert featuring two local teenagers with extremely bright futures. The...

Mayor Vandewal, Lion Roy Wilkinson and Neil Allen, chair of the Township’s accessibility committee, cut the ribbon on one of the two new benches donated by Sydenham Lions and installed by Public Works. Both benches are accessible from the path...

Growing up on a dairy farm taught Ruth Shannon discipline and a commitment to purpose. A half century later, she’s using those qualities to make the world a better place. “Being a dairy farmer gave me the opportunity to fit the volunteering I...

On behalf of the Hartington Community Association (HCA), Michelle Foxton came before Council asking them to consider making a contribution to the costs incurred by Hartington residents in preparation for their recent participation in an OMB hearing....

As July 1,  2017 approaches,  thoughts go back 50 years to the Centennial Canada Day celebrations. For Terry Crawford of Railton, another day, 5 days after Canada Day ‘67, comes to mind. On that day, July 5, 1967 Queen Elizabeth and Prince...

The Limestone District School Board gives out six Barry C. O’Connor awards for support staff on a yearly basis for the entire school district. This year, two of the six awards went to Prince Charles Public School. Head Custodian Harold Smith was...

David Townsend is passionate about keeping seniors in their homes as long as possible. Sitting in a coffee shop in Kingston a few hours before the first day of summer in 2017, the Executive Director of Southern Frontenac Community Services talks...

Inverary lottery winners look forward to new earrings and shoes, and a truck. “I was routinely checking my tickets with the ticket checker,” shared Constance Hughson while her and  Bob Alport were at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up...

The Buck Lake Boatilla sends physically disabled children to Camp Merrywood, a spe-cially equipped summer camp on the Big Rideau operated by Easter Seals. Ironically, the Buck Lake Boatilla traces its origins back to an outbreak of petty crime in...

When Doug Angle looks closely at a steam engine train, the mechanical parts look like a work of art. Doug,  appreciates, like his family before him, the design, construction and operation of a train. “My grandfather was a telegrapher for the...

“This is the 18th year South Frontenac has had volunteers of the year,” said master of ceremonies Mike Howe preceding Tuesday night’s regular Council meeting in Sydenham. “The first time, in June of 1999, it was a way to do something...

“Today’s question is, ‘where will we put the fax machine?’ says Dr Jeanette Dietrich with a smile, “ and this afternoon I have to measure all our current furniture so we can decide what we’re taking with us, and how it will fit into our...

Even though there are still a couple of outstanding issues with the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority, manager of development services Forbes Symon recommended South Frontenac Council approve a condominium agreement for Cranberry Cove...

Craig Beattie, of Edgewater Stonemasons in Kingston, loves working on restoration projects involving heritage buildings. He took the Heritage Masonry course, along with his colleagues at Edgewater, at Algonquin College and has worked on projects on...

Four delegates spoke to Council about the speed of traffic on Silverwood Drive, a rural road west of Inverary, which runs to Loughborough Lake in one direction and connects out to Perth Road in the other. The first three speakers, Philippe...

Anyone travelling Rutledge Road between Sydenham and Harrowsmith in the early afternoon last Saturday may well have wondered where the fire was. For an hour or so, several fire trucks raced back and forth between the two villages, sirens howling....

The Bedford Open Mike turns 10 years old this year and they’re planning a birthday celebration July 9 at Glendower Hall on Westport Road. Here’s a brief history of the sessions, according to Joan Shepherd, who along with husband Roy got the idea...

Southern Frontenac Community Services is running its 2017 fundraising campaign in the month of June, with the theme of being “Up to the Challenge.” Statistics Canada recently made headlines by saying that for the first time in Canadian history,...

Nature Conservancy of Canada expands holdings on shore of Loughborough Lake. In recognition of World Environment Day, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC)  announced on Monday that it has acquired additional lands in the Frontenac Arch. Among the...

South Frontenac Council voted to name a new road after former Councillor Bill Robinson at its regular meeting Tuesday night in Sydenham. The road, which is part of the project to re-configure the intersection of Road 38, Colebrooke Road, Wilton Road...

Judy Borovskis came alive after the removal of a brain tumour gave her a new perspective on life. “When I woke-up from the surgery, I wanted to be a better person,” says the friendly 68-year-old about her life-saving operation six years ago....

The Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority welcomed the public to its Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area facility last Sunday to present its first ever Lake Assessment Report and perhaps generate some interest in people getting involved....

Perhaps the busiest place in Frontenac County was Wintergreen Studios on Canoe Lake Road as the wilderness retreat played host to Land Art BioBlitz 2017, a five-day series of workshops and species count featuring a variety of activities and visiting...

The metal shop at Sydenham High School is a pretty busy place throughout the school year, but last week it was more frantic than normal. TV cameras and politicians on hand for a media day mark the final stretch of a project that partners the school,...

Starting about six weeks ago, on Thursday mornings at about 11 o’clock its been salad bar time at Loughborough Public School. Students and parent volunteers from Alan Macdonald’s grade 7 class fill the small salad bar with ice, as the students...

Last week, I spent one and a half days attending an OMB hearing in Sydenham which came down, in the end, to the question of whether or not South Frontenac Township Council has the authority to pass a by-law that could extinguish certain rights of...

“Yoga is accessible for everybody and every body ,” says Jackie Adams, who began her yoga practice “many years ago. “It was in the ’70s and I liked the clothes they were wearing.” Adams had her own yoga studio in Kingston where she...

This last February after seven hours of continuous skiing, Dave Linton completed a 51 km x-country ski race, as he has been doing every winter for 17 years. Thanks to generous sponsors, his efforts netted over a thousand dollars this year for the...

Phase One of the new Playground at Ken Garrett Park in Inverary is  installed and being used! The cost was over $36,000 and it is paid in full by local residents after a campaign was organised by the local group, Inverary Youth Activities, inc. A...

Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) today helped launched the 2017 Drive Safe! R.I.D.E Campaign, a Province-wide campaign designed to keep our roadways among the safest in North America. The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) is...

Penny Harper is fighting a war she will never win. The mother of a child with a rare genetic disorder, Penny knows her daughter will never live a normal life. The most she can hope for is to manage the behaviour that accompanies the affliction. It...

Chief Rick Cheseborough personifies the South Frontenac Fire department. Whenever and wherever the department is called out on a major call in the vast expanse of the township, he is there to support the firefighters. Not many people in South...

On May 16, 2017 at approximately 4:50 pm, Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a 911 call regarding a cyclist that was hit by a motor vehicle on Rutledge Road near Georgia Lane in the town of Sydenham, South Frontenac Township. A black...

Nine-year-old Fynn Collins has a plan: grow seedlings, sell them at the Market and put away enough money to buy herself a car when she’s 16. “It will be my car, so mom and dad shouldn’t have to pay for it,” she said last Saturday as the...

“If you had any illusions about us being a high-brow choir, that should have dispelled them,” smiled Doug Routledge of Melodia Monday, to a laughing, clapping crowd at the finish of the Arrogant Worms’ “Cow Song”. (You can look up the...

Something about fibre art is particularly enticing: Phillida Hargreaves, some of whose work is on display at Grace Hall from now until the end of summer, says texture was what first drew her to fabric as an art medium. Hargreaves spoke Sunday...