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Proposed Budget calls for 5.59% levy increase Among the highlights of the draft 2014 South Frontenac budget is a $700,000 increase in the total levy to ratepayers, an increase of 5.59%. Council went over the budget in detail during a 5 hour meeting...
As the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources completes its latest cycle of changes in an attempt to determine how it can satisfy its mandate while living within its funding parameters, the stewardship councils that the ministry used to support are...
Youtube interview of Bill Robinson here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbItySUOAT0 The battle for Hill 187 resulted in the deaths of 26 Canadian soldiers. Twenty-seven more were injured and seven were taken prisoners. It was the worst engagement...
The Hartington branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) is a small rural branch located in the Princess Margaret Building on Road 38. A library restructuring report, written several years ago, called for the branch to be closed and...
Build it and they will come. That phrase wasn't coined to refer to a free home-made lunch program for students but judging by the turn out at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Sydenham on November 12, it might have well have been. That was when...
Petworth Road subdivision emerges from the shadows For months Hartington residents living in the vicinity of Petworth Road have been raising alarm bells about what they thought was coming, a proposed subdivision on Petworth Road that they say will...
Shop South Frontenac, mach 2, had a kick-off breakfast at the Verona Lions Hall on Tuesday morning, October 29. The first version of the event took place in February of this year. A number of businesses offered discounts during the month, and the...
by Wilma Kenny and Jeff Green South Frontenac begins to hammer out budget The preliminary drafts of the capital budgets for public works and recreation facilities, as well as a report on reserve funds, were presented to a Committee of the Whole...
The stars seem to have lined up recently for former Sydenham High School graduate Amber Kilborn. Amber, who just graduated from Dalhousie University with a bachelor’s degree in architecture/environmental studies, was the first person who came to...
South Frontenac starts talking budget Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth presented the 2014 capital budget for public works, which includes roads and transportation, water, waste management/environmental services, township buildings and...
2012 Year End Audit Breanne Bradshaw of the accounting firm KPMP reported on her firm’s audit of the township’s 2012 financial statements. She said taxes receivable were down slightly as a percentage of total revenue (a good thing), although...
It came as no great surprise to see the Sydenham Junior Golden Eagles leading the Bayridge Blazers 41 to 0 with just four minutes left in the final quarter of the opening game at the Bubba Bowl last week. It has for years been the tradition of...
On September 29 lovers of choral music packed Trinity United Church in Verona for a stellar opening concert of the choir season. The Trinity/St. Paul's Choir was joined by the Trenton Men's Chorus and together the two groups performed a very...
Southern Frontenac Community Services seeking municipal support David Townsend, the executive director of Southern Frontenac Community Services (SFCS), took the occasion of his annual report to the South Frontenac Committee of the Whole on Tuesday...
Thanks to a $50,000 grant from the federal government's Enabling/Accessibility Fund, clients and the community at large who use wheelchairs can now access the main entrance at the Southern Frontenac Community Services' Grace Centre via an extensive...
For their third fundraiser of the year, members and supporters of Grandmothers by the Lake, the local chapter of the Stephen Lewis Foundation's Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, donned cowboy hats and kicked up their heels in support of their...
A poster taped to the front door of Harrowsmith Public School greeted author Kenneth Oppel with the words, “We love you Ken Oppel and your books!” As part of the Kingston Writers Festival, the famed Canadian children's author spoke to students...
If all of the children that Joan and Howard Fellows have fostered over the years were to meet at one place at one time you'd likely need to hire out a large community hall to contain all of the them. That's because the Fellows, now well into their...
Jan Miller started her working career as an interpreter with Deaf people, and she says that interpreting what people are really saying when they talk about their lives and relationships remains at the core of her practice as a counsellor. Her...
Vendors at the Frontenac Farmers Market, which runs from 9am-1pm every Saturday until October at the Lions Hall in Verona, held their first outdoor market day of the season on May 4. The market has been running since 2005 and attracts many local...
Over 450 supporters filled the Frontenac Community Arena on May 4 for a special fundraising event in support of Drew Cumpson and his family. Drew who became a quadriplegic after a surfing mishap in Lima, Peru and who now uses a wheelchair will soon...
On April 27, Anne Marie Young, the manager of Economic Sustainability at the County of Frontenac, led a group of 25 trail blazers in a clean up of the Verona section of the K&P Trail. The group, which included three families from the Kingston area,...
On Second Thought... Council voted 8-1 to temporarily suspend procedural rules, in order to bring back last month’s issue of the snow plowing contract for reconsideration. At that time, after a heated debate they had rejected the low bid,...
Sydenham Water: still $1 million short – a primer Treasurer Louise Fragnito came to South Frontenac Committee of the Whole to ask for direction in addressing three financial questions related to the Sydenham water treatment plant: unfunded...
Renewable Energy Proposals: Council heard a presentation at Committee of the Whole from Jeff Allan of First Ontario Energy Inc, a company that is proposing to construct three or four large solar farms in the township. He said these installments are...
South Frontenac receives fire report Fire Hall Study Report Lynn Quann, of Emergency Management and Training Inc. summarized the findings and recommendations of a four-month study of South Frontenac’s Fire and Rescue services and equipment....
A love for music, and hours of practice combined with a deep passion for the events of Easter produced a more than memorable musical offering that was enjoyed by close to 100 listeners at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Sydenham on Good Friday. Easter...
Coming up with a unique fundraiser can be a difficult task for even the most creative types. Not so for Michelle Sigsworth and Ted Lalonde, the two people responsible for brainstorming the latest fundraiser at the Bellrock community hall,...
John McEwen knows a thing or two about water-proofing foundations and ensuring that basements are warm and dry. He has spent twenty years doing remediation on over 500 leaky foundations, mainly in the City of Kingston and in Loyalist and South...
Run for Council, win an i-pad Next year's municipal elections will have more at stake than a small name plaque and the license to rail against the empire building at Frontenac County; each member of Council will also get an i-pad. In line with a...
Service Delivery Review Council and senior staff met early for a half-hour seminar presented by Kent Fitzhugh, of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Fitzhugh described processes which can help Councilors develop the most effective, cost-efficient...
Over 150 people gathered at the Frontenac Arena in Piccadilly for third annual day of family fun in the winter sun on February 18. Visitors were treated to a free BBQ and a number of games and rides that kept youngsters entertained through the...
Revised Committee Structure For the past year, Council has used a committee structure to guide and streamline discussion at Committee of the Whole: following recent assessment, the Development Services Committee has been discontinued. Council...
New Recycling Options Approved Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth and his staff have turned what could well have been bad news for the recently opened bale and shrink wrap facility into very good news for township residents. This facility was...
The seats filled up quickly at the Bellrock Schoolhouse Theatre on January 26 for a special production of the Pulitzer Prize nominated play “Love Letters”, written by A. R. Gurney. Fred Colwell, whom some may remember for his remarkable...
Let’s start with an old country gardener’s joke. An urban hipster (we used to call them City Slickers but times have changed) is visiting his country cousin. “Do you ever lock the door on your pickup?” the hipster asks. “Only during...
Though many Royal Canadian Legion branches across the country are finding it difficult to make ends meet due to declining memberships and lack of funds, the Sydenham Legion Branch 496 is one example of a rural Legion striving and finding success in...
Council Slams County Official Plan In a five-page report that was received by South Frontenac Council on Tuesday night, Sept. 17, Mills praised the general layout of the County OP, which was authored by Joe Gallivan, the Manager of Sustainability...
On Sept. 8, local quilter Judy Skeggs opened up her century-old sawmill in Verona to the art buying and viewing public in what was her first official art show. Judy has been producing high quality quilts for over 30 years. She has been sewing all...
On August 16 & 17 the Greater Bobs and Crow Lake Association, with the help of Toronto Zoo's Adopt-A-Pond Program, held its very first BioBlitz. With 103 participants connecting with 17 experts who meandered the trails on the Crown Lands between Mud...
Six local artists/artisans from the Verona area will be showcasing their work at a special one-day art show in Verona on Sun. Sept. 8. The artists, who work in a wide range of mediums including photography, quilting, painting and fibre arts, are...
2013 Eastern Ontario Garlic Awards winners; raising the bar on locally grown garlic Garlic growers from across the region have come to appreciate the tone that the Verona Lions set for their annual garlic festival. Because the festival takes place...
Arlene Seale lives in a picturesque house on a tiny peninsula on Loughborough Lake. She is presently engaged in a dispute with South Frontenac Township that is going to the Ontario Municipal Board, and one thing that all the combatants in the...
Sydenham Lake Canoe Club may be small, but its young paddlers have succeeded at putting Sydenham on Ontario’s map. The club’s five competitive U13 athletes all qualified for the Ontario Trillium Provincial Championships in at least two K1, K2,...
Arlene Seale lives in a picturesque house on a tiny peninsula on Loughborough Lake. She is presently engaged in a dispute with South Frontenac Township that is going to the Ontario Municipal Board, and one thing that all the combatants in the...
Organizers of the annual Verona Cattail Festival, which took place in and around Verona on August 10 and 11, do their utmost to make sure that festival goers of all ages are kept busy and entertained at the popular local festival, which continues to...
A Cold Wind Blows Through Council The sole August meeting of South Frontenac Council brought with it a number of unusually divisive items, which caused a reluctant Mayor Davison to cast the deciding ballot on at least two occasions. The most...
Due to a request by members of the Desert Lake Cottage Association, board member Kate Laird headed up a Bio-Blitz near Desert Lake on August 3. Laird, who also sits on the board of the KLF&A Land Conservancy and who is a property owner on Desert...
Not many top notch rock and rollers can claim to have been making music back when rock and roll was born close to six decades ago. But that is the case for the band The Monarchs, whose average band member age is roughly 68.5 years. Their age is no...
On July 19, Gwen Leonard celebrated her 100th birthday, surrounded by her large family at the Arbour Heights Long Term Care Residence in Kingston. She is in a wheelchair much of the time now, mostly for her balance, but she can still get around...
