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Support for Kemptville Campus Further to Deputy Mayor Vandewal’s notice of motion, Council voted to support North Grenville’s resolution to keep the Kemptville Agricultural College campus open. Because of its importance to Eastern Ontario, local...
At a meeting of Council on Tuesday (April 1), Mayor Davison announced that the location of the new Sydenham Sewage Treatment plant will be revealed very soon. “We’ve given this a lot of thought, but hesitated to make it public until all the...
Samantha Snider is a take charge kind of girl. When the nine-year-old grade 4 student at Harrowsmith Public School learned that not only had two Harrowsmith students lost their house but also their pets, it saddened her. Not willing to remain in...
Annual Report: Sydenham Water Plant Kevin Riley, water treatment plant manager, presented the 2013 annual report to Council. All of the contaminants tested for were below the maximum acceptable levels set by the Ministry of Health. The full report,...
No many people know that one of the pre-eminent biological field stations in Canada is located in our own back yard. The Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre (ELEEC), located in South Frontenac on the shores of Elbow Lake, was established in...
Public Meeting re Portland Zone Changes There were no public comments relating to an application to add additional commercial uses to the property in Harrowsmith where Gilmour’s Meats is located. This change would permit a prospective client to...
Local musician Lee Casement of Verona is pleased to announce the upcoming CD release party of the third and final installment of “In the Guestroom”, a trilogy of CDs that he has been writing and recording with a number of musical buddies and...
On March 10 over 20 guests attended a talk in Sydenham given by Thomas Martin TegTmeyer on “Ultimate Wellbeing”. The presentation was part of Southern Frontenac Community Services’ third Speaker Series. Organizer Lorraine Creighton said that...
Winter maintenance costs are up in South Frontenac Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth delivered two short reports about the winter work done by the roads department this year to a Committee of the Whole meeting of South Frontenac Council on Tuesday...
As of January 31, staff and students at Sydenham High School have been holding regular classes in the school’s new 14,000 square foot addition, which they have named the Wellness Wing. The brand-new facility, which cost over $3 million, includes...
Arlene Seale, who lives on North Shore Road on Loughborough Lake, has won her battle with South Frontenac Council and will be able to keep the addition she built on her home. The decision was delivered verbally by the OMB (Ontario Municipal Board)...
In the absence of Mayor Davison, Deputy Mayor Vandewal chaired the meeting. By-laws Two uncontested by-laws were passed. One related to the Township assuming the roads in a recently completed subdivision in Storrington District, and the other...
It's not often that one hears the words “art” and “science” in the same sentence. But that is often the case when it comes to painter Aleta Karstad, who spoke on February 22 at the Grace Centre in Sydenham. Karstad is one of three artists...
The Frontenac Arena in Piccadilly was a busy hub of family fun and games thanks to the volunteers from the Central Recreation Committee of South Frontenac, who held their 4th annual Family Day Winter Carnival there on February 17. Dan Bell, who is a...
South Frontenac Group has 82 boys and girls from ages 5 to 13 in 8 Sections of Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts, and Scouts. They meet in Perth Road, Sydenham, and Verona with families coming from Sunbury to Enterprise and Kingston to Parham. There are 27...
On Family Day, February 17, residents of Bedford Township had a chance to show off both their past and present at an event that was held at the Bedford Historical Research Centre, located at the Glendower Hall on the Westport Road. The event, which...
Zoning Change Uncontested No one attended a public meeting concerning a proposed zoning change which would permit land to be added to each of four cottage lots on Howes Lake, just off Craig Road, north of Verona. Planner Lindsay Mills said that the...
Olympian Mike Smith got a send off to Sochi like no other! Mike is one of the three goalies who made the cut to play for the Canadian Olympic hockey team and on February 6 his former school, Prince Charles Public School in Verona, gave him a...
Early in 2013, Noel Bateman, who had been a salesman at Revell Ford in Verona for only a few months, made a proposition to Larry Revell, manager of the family-owned dealership. “I suggested that I would donate $12.50 for each vehicle I sold to the...
At a meeting called by opponents of a proposed subdivision near Hartington a couple of weeks ago, members of South Frontenac Council said they had not been apprised of the details surrounding the subdivision application. That all changed this week...
Campaign Chair Mark Segsworth welcomed a crowd of early risers to breakfast last Friday at Grace Hall Sydenham, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Southern Frontenac Community Services (SFCSC) with the launch of their first Enhancement Campaign....
Members of the Sydenham Legion Branch #496 work hard each year to sell poppies in the community, and last week the results of those efforts were marked with the donation of $2,000 each to Fairmount Home and to the Kingston Military Families Support...
Just over a year ago, Hartington and area residents and other concerned citizens banded together under the name of the Pleasant Valley group after receiving requests by a company wanting to test their residential water. They did some research and...
New annual community project grants policy established The township will solicit applications on a yearly basis from community organizations for projects supporting community programming. The total amount available will vary from year to year,...
South Frontenac Council Brian Hill of Hydro One asked Council to reconsider the use of the herbicide Garlon 4 (triclopyr) for control of brush and tree growth on hydro right of ways and under transmission lines. He said Hydro’s goal is to...
In an effort to keep the heat on at St. Paul's United Church in Harrowsmith, members of the St. Paul's Church Council held a chili dinner and silent auction on January 18 to raise funds aimed at replacing the two 20-year-old furnaces in the church,...
Heavy snow, ice and the recent January thaw have wreaked havoc to a number of buildings and homes in the region. The Golden Links Hall in Harrowsmith was one building that has suffered, and as result two functions that were scheduled to take place...
Judging by their current standings in KASSAA (Kingston Area Secondary Schools Athletic Association), the Sydenham Golden Eagles junior and senior girls' volleyball teams arepoised to go far this season. Both teams are tied for first place and if...
“Pick a fight with a young person and they’ll hurt you; pick a fight with an old one and they’ll kill you.” On Tuesday evening, when Ron Sleeth passed along this warning his father gave him when he first entered local politics, there was...
On December 8 it did not take long for the 24 figurines of the baby Jesus that Tony Vella made and brought with him to the Nativity Sunday display and celebration at Saint Patrick's Church in Railton to disappear into eager, waiting young hands....
In what was one of their busiest market days of the year, vendors at the Frontenac Farmers Market in Verona tended to a steady stream of holiday shoppers eager to acquire a wide array of locally produced bounty. Shoppers strolled the 18 booths...
Asset management Council received the asset management plan from RV Anderson Consulting. Essentially the plan calls for the township to continue its practice of putting 1% of taxes aside for long term capital spending, although it calls for some tax...
On Dec. 16, Alan McPhail, president of the Sydenham & District Lions Club, presented a cheque for $1000 to Sue Clinton, Chair, and Peter Stewart, Logistics Co-ordinator, Loughborough Christmas & Emergency Relief Committee. This timely donation...
Local seniors were the biggest winners at the Southern Frontenac Community Services' recent Chairs for Charity Auction fundraiser, which took place at the Grace Centre in Sydenham on November 29 and raised $10,000 for seniors' services. SFCS board...
Two terms are enough for South Frontenac Mayor Gary Davison, who also sat on Council for three years before being elected mayor in 2006. “It has been an honour serving the residents of South Frontenac for the last eight years, but I look forward...
South Frontenac Council - January 7 Review of Council Remuneration: Mayor to get salary bump Several months ago, Council directed the CAO and the treasurer to set up a citizen led working group to recommend compensation rates for the Council to be...
Two terms are enough for South Frontenac Mayor Gary Davison, who also sat on Council for three years before being elected mayor in 2006. “It has been an honour serving the residents of South Frontenac for the last eight years, but I look forward...
Sydenham resident Leslie Myles recently returned from her second trip to Nepal, and one of her primary goals was to keep the global connection she began there one year ago between Kingston and Nepalese students alive and well. Myles, who works as...
Good things happen when community groups and organizations link up. That has been the case over the last year with participants in New Leaf Link (NeLL), a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to the community inclusion of adults with...
In a special project, students in Ms. Snider's grade nine Academic English class at Sydenham High School (SHS) were given the opportunity to experience recording their own original songs at Crooked Bush recording studio in Sydenham. The project was...
Save Money: Support Bill 91 “It’s absolutely the right thing to do,” said Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth, who gained Council’s agreement to join North and Central Frontenac Townships in advertising for support of the proposed Waste...
Members of the Verona Community Association (VCA) decided to change up their traditional Christmas activities this year. Wayne Conway, director with the VCA, said the change came about because the usual PA Day in November was moved this year to...
Township Planner pans County Plan South Frontenac Planner Lindsay Mills presented a highly critical assessment of the second draft of Frontenac County’s Official Plan to a meeting of South Frontenac Council on Tuesday night (December 3) “This...
Big changes are underway at Sydenham High School as the construction of the brand-new 14,000 sq.ft. state of the art learning facility is nearing completion. Located on the west side of the school with frontage on Rutledge Road and Mill Street, the...
Following the opening performance of the Bellrock Schoolhouse Theatre's production of "Miracle on 34th Street" on November 22, Doug MacIntyre's beaming smile said it all. MacIntyre is the play's director and Miracle on 34th Street is his first ever...
At just 25 years of age Rev. Giuseppe Gagliano is already making his friendly bearded face known around Sydenham. Rev. Gagliano is the minister at St. Paul’s Anglican Church and he was one of many volunteers who served Sydenham High School...
At an art show held in the Grace hall in Sydenham on November 8, three local artists spoke about their work and what inspires them. The event was organized by the Grace Arts Committee in conjunction with the South Frontenac Community Services. The...
Kingston City Councilor Jeff Scott, who represents the Countryside ward in rural Kingston between Highway 401 and the South Frontenac border, has become a controversial figure of late at Kingston City Council. He did so by presenting a notice of...
SF budget set for approval Based on direction from Council to bring in a budget with an increase of under 3% for properties with an average increase in “programmed assessment” by MPAC (the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation), staff...
The secession talk from two members of Kingston City Council was never really more than talk, and chances are that talk has now come to an end. It does raise an interesting idea, however. One of the wards involved, Countryside Ward, would be a...
