SOUTH FRONTENAC

South Frontenac Council gave the approval to have drawings made up and call for tenders on the new Perth Road Firehall at its regular meeting Tuesday night in Sydenham. Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth told Council that the architect’s estimate...

Gwen Tobin insists she’s “lost interest in possessions” but admits to still having “boxes and trucks of Star Wars stuff” in her North Crosby home that used to serve as an antique shop she ran with her husband of 56 years, Vince. “We’re...

If this astronaut thing doesn’t work out for candidate Andrew Smith doesn’t work out, he could probably make a living teaching public school judging by how he had students at Harrowsmith Public School enthralled during his visit last week. Smith...

Adam and Craig Voith are brothers who work smarter, not harder. Talking from their 150-year-old farmhouse in Battersea, the brothers’ banter with each other good-naturedly as they talk on a cold Canadian morning about the farming operation around...

South Frontenac Council instructed staff and the Planning Department to look into regulating outdoor solid fuel combustion appliances (ie outdoor wood-burning furnaces) following a report from Fire Chief Rick Chesebrough at its regular meeting...

Johnathan Ferreira is lucky to be alive. Standing in his room in the burn unit at Sick Kids Hospital four days after he was engulfed in flames, the 15-year-old from Sydenham talks with a mature somberness about the accident on Feb. 8 that nearly...

Portland Community Church in Hartington is continuing its musical fundraising ways and 2017 began last Friday night with a concert featuring Bill White & Friends. “We’re having fundraisers to pay for the steel roof which was put on some time ago...

The goals of Bill 151, The Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 are a “wonderful, noble objective but there are significant problems with blue box funding,” South Frontenac Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth told Council at its regular meeting Tuesday...

Coun. John McDougall wanted to know why South Frontenac wasn’t fully compliant with the Province’s Minimum Maintenance Standards for Retro-Reflectivity and signage and so he filed a notice of motion for a report on the subject. After Tuesday...

Kyle Gordon and Amanda Pantrey are volunteers on a mission. Finishing each other’s sentences on a cold February evening, the friends laugh as they describe their plans to host a Hockey Day in Battersea on Feb. 18. “We want people to come-out and...

Kim Perry of Food Less Traveled (Local Family Farms) in Verona got into the Canada 150 spirit a little early. Starting last December, and every month of this year, she is putting on a promotion to benefit the food banks in Sydenham and Sharbot Lake....

In 1990 a small group of women formed a support group in South Frontenac.  They called themselves  'The Sydenham/Harrowsmith Breast Cancer Support group'.  At first the group met monthly at each others homes, but as the group continued to grow a...

When the phone rings at the South Frontenac Township offices in Sydenham, chances are it could be John McEwen calling. And if it is, the staff or council member he is calling better be prepared to talk about the Canadian and Ontario Building Codes...

A coalition of waterfront residents have had their day in front of the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) delayed. The group is appealing a change to South Frontenac Township’s Official Plan that they say will unfairly limit their ability to improve...

Food Less Travelled, a store devoted to selling products produce within 100 miles of its Verona location, is taking Canada's 150th anniversary celebrations to another level. The business, also known as Local Family Farms, will feature a special...

Super Dave is doing it again! Long-time volunteer Dave Linton raised over $2,700 last year to support healthy school snacks provided by the Southern Frontenac Food Bank in Sydenham. And he’s asking you to help him do the same or better this year....

A Canada themed tour of South Frontenac, along with enhanced Canada Day celebrations, will be South Frontenac's way to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary. The rally, which will take place either at the end of August or the week after Labour Day...

The Sydenham High School girls senior volleyball side continued its winning ways Monday night defeating the Granite Ridge Education Centre Gryphons 3-1. The game was a make-up for the previous week’s Tuesday contest that was postponed due to...

The province will be requiring Frontenac municipalities to put new policies into their Official Plans concerning private (cottage) roads.  This will affect South Frontenac more than any other township, county planner Joe Gallivan told a South...

If you’re looking for a coffee and muffin next Tuesday morning, why not stop by the Good Graces Café. You’ll be supporting a local charity at the same time. Thanks to a generous grant from the Community Foundation for Kingston and Area,...

Ryan Arcand has his work cut out for him as the new Chief Building Official for South Frontenac Township. Working for a municipality that covers more than 941 sq. kms and staged to grow, the new manager seems undaunted by a busy building season...

Members of the Hartington Community Association (HCA) were certainly off the Christmas list at the Vandewal and McDougall households this year.  Eric Gillespie, a lawyer representing them, sent a letter to Frontenac County and South Frontenac on...

South Frontenac Council opted for a 2 per cent tax increase for 2017, in passing the 2017 budget at its regular meeting Tuesday night in Sydenham. The vote was 4-3 with Mayor Ron Vandewal, and Coun. John McDougall, Alan Revill and Ross Sutherland...

MPP Randy Hiller (L) and Shawn Morrison (R from the office of MP Scott Reid, each presenting $650 cheques to David Townsend of the Southern Frontenac Community Services Food Bank on December 22. Hillier raises money from the community each year by...

The Bellrock Community Hall Association raised funds for new washrooms, a new front entrance and a walkway to the Bellrock Community Hall, all of which were completed in accordance with the building standards for accessibility. The hall can now...

Christmas Box Time in Loughborough  Sydenham Lion Joanne Ankers presented a cheque for $1,000 to Sue Clinton, for the Loughborough Christmas and Emergency Relief Committee. (LCERC). For the past 28 years, the LCERC has been preparing Christmas...

As he took the oath as Frontenac County Warden on December 21, South Frontenac Mayor Ron Vandewal was wearing the watch that was presented to his father after he served as Frontenac County Warden in the 1980’s. At that time there were over 20...

It was a full house at Bellrock Hall as the Frontenac Women’s Chorus held their annual Christmas Concert on Saturday night. The event was held by donation and guests were asked to bring along an item for the food bank. The chorus sang a wide array...

Bill Robinson passed away Dec 15th, on his 82nd birthday, after almost a year of poor health following a broken hip. He had served as a Portland district rep on South Frontenac Council since 2000. Bill was fearless and steady in his support of his...

In the  season of giving, Sam Davison, President of the Grass Hogs Lawn and Tractor Club presented the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada a cheque for $1400.00. Pamela Morey, Kingston’s Children’s Wish Foundation Chapter head proudly and...

We are a group of members who have strived to follow the Mission of Victoria's Quilts, to provide comfort and warmth to those individuals who have cancer. Harrowsmith Branch is entering it's ninth year as a branch and we deliver quilts, free of...

South Frontenac Township will be without a budget for the first bit of 2017. A budget featuring a 2.2 per cent increase was voted down at this week’s regular Council meeting in Sydenham. It was actually a tie vote (there are eight votes on Council...

There was a broad array of hand crafted gifts, late season produce, fresh baking, sweet cider and peroghi’s for the holidays that were Charles Public School last Saturday (December 10). While many were taken with the fact that a winery, Three Dog...

A special certificate of recognition upon retirement was awarded Dan Bell, Portland resident and volunteer, for his years of outstanding contributions to the Portland Recreation Committee and the South Frontenac Recreation Committee. His attention...

Members of the Frontenac detachment of the OPP participated in Stuff the Cruiser events on Saturday at the Verona and Sydenham Foodland stores, collecting food and money for the South Frontenac Food Bank. Shoppers were drawn to the $5, $10 and $20...

In light of this year's drought, which bore down on the Frontenac region with particular might, concerns over the continued welfare of our watersheds have come to the fore. Where precipitation might have been abundant in recent years, this summer...

FICE is one of those low-tech, imaginative programs that can help communities gain a different perspective by seeing themselves through the eyes of first-time visitors. Coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA),...

Families were invited to enjoy refreshments and history as the South Frontenac Museum hosted their second annual Christmas open house over the weekend. Children were invited to come out to the museum with their families after the Santa Clause parade...

The Harrowsmith and District Social and Athletic Club hosted its annual Santa Clause parade in Harrowsmith this past Saturday. The parade started Centennial Park, travelling down Notre Dame Street to Colebrook and back to Road 38 to end back at the...

The 1st Frontenac Guide & Pathfinder Unit pictured with SFCSC Food Bank Co-ordinator, Vicki England along with the 1st Sydenham Spark & Brownie Unit were busy during November collecting non-perishable food items in lieu of dues.

Treasurer Fragnito’s current report included two more capital projects to be added: a furnace for the museum and docks for the Point ($10,000 each), and an MPAC update in assessment with an increase in growth amounting to an unexpected additional...

The Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre (ELEEC), in partnership with the Friends of Frontenac Park and Bird Studies Canada, invites participants to the 2nd Annual “Frontenac” Christmas Bird Count (CBC).  The 2016 official count day is...

A tightknit village in Storrrington is reeling after the death of its Volunteer of the Year.Eileen Sleeth of Battersea, the community’s 2015 award recipient, died at home at 3:20 am on Nov. 15 after a lengthy battle with cancer Wife of Ron Sleeth,...

Last May, proposed housekeeping changes to the South Frontenac Official Plan were passed by a 5-4 vote of Council in the face of a storm of protest from long-time waterfront residents. Now, South Frontenac Township is facing 8 OMB appeals on behalf...

About 18 people showed to a public forum on November 16 to talk about the best option for a senior’s housing project in South Frontenac. A Committee made up of two representatives from Frontenac County Council (John McDougall and Tom Dewey), as...

VISIONSoup was begun eleven years ago by Leslie Read of Sydenham Veterinary Services and Josie Steele of Sydenham Chiropractic Clinic as a way of giving something back to their communities. Popular right from the beginning, it now fills Grace Hall...

Rural Homelessness David Townsend of Southern Frontenac Community Services and Louise Moody of Northern Frontenac Services gave a presentation on rural homelessness in the three townships north of Kingston. They emphasized the difference between...

November 15, 2016 – “An auto-parts heiress, married to a Russian yogi/ naturopathic doctor, is turning Kingston Penitentiary into a tourist attraction. Is this an investment opportunity to die for?” So goes the story line for the upcoming...

Sometime overnight between 18 November 2016 and 19 November 2016, culprit(s) damaged several mailboxes along Westport Road between Garrett Road and Buck Bay Road in the Township of South Frontenac. Mailboxes had been destroyed or dug up and thrown...

Valdy indeed filled Grace Hall last Saturday night, with both his music and an enthusiastic audience. Beginning with his classic, ‘Play me a Rock & Roll Song’, he went on to show us just how satisfying an evening of real folk singing can be. An...