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A year ago, South Frontenac Planner Lindsay Mills proposed some ‘housekeeping’ changes to the Township’s Official Plan, (section 5.10.2). In the course of his presentation, Mills stated that, in his interpretation, the intent of the...
Very little happened in Tuesday night’s regular South Frontenac Council meeting in Sydenham, a meeting that clocked in officially at 14 minutes. At 14 minutes, the meeting was (unofficially) the second fastest meeting in Township history, just...
Engage in citizen science and learn more about what’s living in your backyard! Between May 24th and 28th, Wintergreen Studios will be holding its 3rd annual Land Art BioBlitz where participants will have the opportunity to identity wildlife,...
The Cataraqui Region is blessed with an abundance of remarkably unique lakes. Increasingly, the health and long term viability of these important sources of natural habitat, recreation and drinking water is a topic of great importance to those who...
In a well-planned departure from school routine, four Loughborough Public School grades 1-3 classes, their teachers and a variety of parents and community volunteers spent two weeks in Frontenac Park, participating in a “classroom without walls”...
For a family in South Frontenac, life is either a great adventure or nothing. “We can stay and have a good life or go and have a great adventure,” says Vanessa Neven about moving her family from Canada to New Zealand. Sitting beside her husband,...
Well, they weren’t Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and the other guy, but in this case, that turned out to be a good thing. “We’re a classic rock group that does some tenor stuff,” said Jack (The Happy Chef) Francis, one of the three lead...
Geof and Amanda Hall are looking to their past to plan their future. Married for three years, the couple has been quietly building an apple orchard in Battersea with the trees of their ancestors. Often found working late into the night at their...
To learn more about planting an apple orchard, please join Geof and Amanda Hall at their farm in Battersea on June 10. Details on this one-day course can be found at www.harvestmillfarm.ca or by emailing [email protected]
Committee of the Whole has been discussing the creation of a new Heritage Committee to advise and assist with matters related to the community’s heritage. Prior to formalizing such a committee, Council has asked Forbes Symon, Manager of...
In conjunction with the Kingston Community Health Centre, Registered Nurses Annie Campbell (Verona) and Meredith Prikker (Sydenham) offer 6 week courses in the spring and fall for Frontenac County residents with chronic diseases and chronic pain....
South Frontenac Council gave its support to a proposal to explore optimization of waste diversion in Frontenac County at its regular meeting Tuesday night in Sydenham. Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth told Council the proposal was put together by...
The Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA) has issued a flood watch for the inland lakes and streams today. The CRCA watersheds have received between 50 and 70 mm of rain over the last two days, which is about one month's worth of rain....
The Parents Council at Prince Charles Public School in Verona was looking for a slightly different way to acknowledge Earth Day. They found one. Last Saturday, the Council representatives asked area residents to bring them their e-waste (ie...
The Frontenac Cattlemen Association welcomed their Stormont counterparts Saturday April 22 for a presentation by two local Cattle breeders, Dave Perry of Perry Maine-Anjou Farm, near Yarker, and DJ Cooke of Otter Creek Farm, which hosted the event....
This weekend is Frontenac Outfitters 33rd annual spring sale and although the idyllic location near Frontenac Park may be familiar to some this year's sale will be the first one for new owners Kiley and Zack Fiddis who recently took over this South...
In response to a request from Council, the recently-arrived Manager of Development Services, Forbes Symon, presented an outline of some of the purposes of a heritage committee, and the process by which one could be created. There is a definite...
While trying to decide what to do with a number of toys she hadn’t used in years, Girl Guide Meghann McKinstry got an inspiration — could they be donated to a thrift store? Or, what if they collected toys from other guides as well as the...
Melodia Monday brings a lively celebration of music by and about Canadians to Sydenham in mid-May. “Funny, toe-tapping and haunting, this program of Canadian songs is a great way to welcome spring, and celebrate our complicated country,” says...
On Saturday, May 6, enjoy the great outdoors with a spring walk in the woods and a new citizen science project offered by the Ontario Woodlot Association. The distinctive topography of the Frontenac Axis is the setting for families to take part in a...
Good food, great music, and the company of friends. What could be more fun on a Friday night? The BellRock hall presents Tapas and Tenors, featuring the combined efforts of professional chef Jack Francis and the singing trio the Kingstown Tenors...
5 star farm is located on Scanlan Road, and is easy to reach from either Road 38 or the Village of Sydenham. Curtis and Tracy, who run the farm with help from their children, bought the property in 2014. It is an older farm property with plenty of...
The Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a break and enter that occurred at a Snider Road residence in South Frontenac Township. The investigation revealed that sometime between the 7th of April 2017 and the 14th of April 2017,...
South Frontenac Council granted Desert Lake Resort an exemption from its noise bylaw that will allow the resort to hold four concerts this summer at Council’s regular meeting this week in Sydenham. In a recorded vote, Coun. Alan Revill and Ross...
Elinor Rush, in her role as fibre artist in Loughborough Public School, shows grade one and two students a completed version of the Sensory Blankets she is currently helping them make. Also known as “Fidget Quilts”, these colourful, textural...
In January, South Frontenac Council invited Harrowsmith resident Brad Barbeau to fill the vacancy on Council created by Councillor Bill Robinson’s death late last year. Barbeau had been a candidate in Portland district in the last municipal...
Some senior residents of Southern Frontenac were delighted and surprised a week ago Tuesday (April 4) when Mayor Ron Vandewal and members of the local Fire and Rescue team delivered their noon meal. It was all part of a promotion to raise the...
Annual Waste Site Review Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth introduced Stephanie Reader of the engineering firm Cambium, who submitted the annual review of the Township’s waste disposal sites, both active and closed. The five active sites...
On April 9 at approximately 5 pm, Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received several complaints of a possible impaired driver in a large truck on Road 38 northbound near Murvale Road in South Frontenac Township. Officers located the vehicle...
Time to declutter those toy rooms (or add to them)! Come celebrate Earth Day at the Grace Centre on Saturday 22 April when the 1st Frontenac Guide & Pathfinder Unit will be hosting a ‘gently-used’ toy sale along with Cookie Day! The 1st...
Line Painting Council approved Public Works Manager Segsworth recommendation that the pavement marking tender be granted to Trillium Pavement Marking, in the amount of $137,523. This falls within the amount budgeted, and came as a result of a joint...
It was billed as a ‘Music Night’ featuring Chris Brown, Luther Wright and Sarah McDermott along with local bands After the News and Goldwing and it was indeed a fundraiser for the Hartington Community Association to hire expert witnesses when it...
On March 28, 2017 at approximately 12:35 pm, a Frontenac OPP officer was conducting traffic safety patrols in the village of Sydenham in South Frontenac Township. The officer observed a silver Cavalier exit a parking lot southbound onto Wheatley...
On April 1st, a soft coloured Saturday with low hanging clouds and a definite sense of spring in the air, Wintergreen Studios was busy preparing for an evening of music and dinner for 50 guests. The dining tables were set to facilitate a gourmet...
Christine Lavallee was ready for a change. She used to own a restaurant in Kingston, and more recently spent seven years working at a corporate job for WTC (Westport Telephone Company). She lives on the Washburn Road in the Sunbury area and over the...
Mayor Vandewal introduced Forbes Symon, former director of planning and development for North Grenville, as the Township’s new Manager of Development Services, with the comment; “We hope to see some measurable differences.” No pressure here…...
Tonight (March 30) is the first of an eight-week course in Aboriginal Studies to be offered at Sydenham High. “I wanted my contribution to the 150 celebration to go to my neighbours and fellow citizens,” says Bob Lovelace of South Frontenac, who...
On Tuesday, April 4, the Mayor of South Frontenac Township, Ron Vandewal, will be rolling up his sleeves and participating in the daily production and delivery of weekly Hot Meals on Wheels. Additionally, several OPP officers will be delivering Hot...
Don’t be alarmed at the sight of OPP cruisers at Verona and Sydenham Foodland stores on April 1st – in fact, be sure to stop by and see how much food can fit into a police cruiser. On Saturday, April 1, from 10:00am to 3:00pm, the OPP Auxiliary...
The 1st Sydenham Brownie & the 1st Frontenac Guide/Pathfinder Unit visited Casa Loma on Saturday, March 25, 2017. After touring Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada the Units stayed overnight with the sharks in the Dangerous Lagoon pictured here. It is...
Dr. Sabra Gibbens took over Dr. Laurel Dempsey’s practice at the Verona Medical Centre on July 1st of last year, a daunting leap for her. At the time, she had been practicing family medicine for three years, and was suddenly faced with the reality...
Mayor Ron Vandewal made $31,144.34 for running South Frontenac Township in 2016, says an information item presented at the regular Council meeting Tuesday night. Of that, $26,315.79 was the honorarium for being Mayor, $2,497.55 was for mileage, $1...
A report that explores options for a senior’s housing project in Sydenham came to Frontenac County council this week, and will soon go to South Frontenac Council. The report, prepared by Re/Fact and SHS consulting makes a number of recommendation...
The disbandment of another volunteer organization is taking its toll in South Frontenac Township. “We’re losing our history,” responded Township Councillor Ron Sleeth after hearing of the closure of Kingston Area Antique Association; a...
Darrell Green, 61, a nearby resident, drowned after his ATV went through the ice on the East Bay of Buck Lake, north of Perth Road Village on Sunday, March 11. A family friend of the deceased became concerned when Green did not arrive to meet him at...
In his verbal report to Council about this year’s Good Roads convention in Toronto, South Frontenac Mayor Ron Vandewal touched on two aspects that caught his attention — waste management information and the idea of incorporating ride-sharing...
Proposed Regulation of Outdoor Furnaces Since the issue was first addressed in June 2007, Council has been aware of concerns about lack of regulation of outdoor furnaces, or “outdoor solid fuel combustion appliances”, as they are formally named....
On Wednesday, March 29, volunteers from the Sydenham Food Bank will be hosting a spaghetti dinner for the community, to help raise funds for the food bank. The Community Spaghetti Dinner will be held from 4:30 to 7:00pm on Wednesday, March 29th, at...
Sometimes the world of make-believe can bring-out the best in a person. Just ask Dalia Gesser, a theatre arts teacher from Battersea. “I used to perform my own clown, mime and mask shows and toured all over Ontario for 20 years, performing for...
And then there were 32. From the initial round of about 4,000 applicants for the Canadian Astronaut Recruitment program, Harrowsmith’s Andrew Smith has moved on to the next round of 32 remaining applicants. Two candidates will be selected to...
In early December, South Frontenac building inspector Christa Johnson was arrested in Kingston and charged with an alcohol blood reading over the legal limit (100 mg/100ml). In late January she was convicted, fined $1,000 and prohibited from driving...
