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Photo: Mark Veno and Deb Lovegrove played their roles with gusto in “Here Come the Cows”, the Bellrock Schoolhouse Theatre’s inaugural production The Bellrock Schoolhouse Theatre presented their inaugural production “Here Come the Cows” or...

David Townsend, Director of Southern Frontenac Community Services, presented Council with an annual report on the agency. He described the upgrading of the current facilities at Grace Centre (formerly Grace United Church), and outlined plans for...

Back to HomeFeature Article - October 4, 2012 HOPE -  Group offers support, advice for parents dealing with acting-out youthby Laura Moloughney Helping Other Parents Everywhere (HOPE) is a non-profit organization that offers support to parents...

A raucous, angry crowd greeted Glen Baldock, a manager at Canada Post who is responsible for the postal outlets in Frontenac County, when he came to a public meeting at St. Paul’s Church in Harrowsmith last Wednesday, September 26. The list of the...

Posthumus Award Linda Young accepted a Fire Services Long Service medal awarded to her late husband, Brian Young. Presenting the honour, Fire Chief Chesbrough spoke warmly of Young’s 25 years of dedication to the fire service and to his community....

Photo: Adele Colby (3rd from left) with band members and other members of the Grandmothers-by-the-Lake group Best known for their butter tart and spring plant sales, members of Grandmothers-by-the-Lake, the local chapter of the Stephen Lewis...

Photo: L-r, Matt Rennie, Stacey O'Connor, Stephanie Laurin, Mickayla Green-Meadus, Kelly Green Meadus and Karl Hammer A dance on September 28 at Sydenham High School marked the final chapter of a four-year fundraising campaign for the Mike and Andy...

Photo: Jamie Brash, SF Roads Area Superintendent of Solid Waste and Facilities, beside prototype of rack to hold recycling bins at the end of private lanes. Local residents and members of council turned up at the Keeley Road Public Works site on...

Photo: Virginia Lavin and Bob Brown of the Bellrock Community Hall Association helped organize the Chili-in-a-Bowl event at the Bellrock hall on September 22 The Bellrock Community Hall seldom looked better than it did on Sept. 22, dressed to the...

Photo: Marlene Wheeler of Sharbot Lake and OPP Aux. Const. Mike Scott “stuff the cruiser” in Sharbot Lake Members of the OPP stuffed their cruisers at three separate locations in South and Central Frontenac in support of local area food banks....

Photo: 3-year-old Augusta Campoli of Richmond Hill competed against June Nixon, Marjorie Smith and Roy Bradshaw and won overall singing champion at the Frontenac Old Time Music Championships at the Bedford hall on September 22 Sometimes changing...

Bedford Roads Qasem Mahmud, Manager of Long Bay Camp in Bedford, came before Council with a petition from local cottagers asking that the narrow sections of Burridge and Richie side roads be widened, to make them safer. Neither Council nor Public...

Four years ago, a group of friends who remember their days at Sydenham High School fondly, started up a fundraising campaign in honour of Mike Woodcox and Andy Green, former SHS footballers who both died of cancer when they were young men. The first...

SF Council completed its September 18 meeting in a mere 28 minutes. The evening’s main event, the annual auditor’s report, was postponed. Councillor Ron Vandewal questioned the township’s new format for reporting the month’s financial...

Photo: Harmonie Ruttan (in front) and Rhiannon Murphy in competition The paddlers had a great season at the Sydenham Lake Canoe Club. All SLCC Peewee and Bantam paddlers who participated in the Eastern Ontario Divisional regatta managed to qualify...

Photo: Long time members of the Harrowsmith Women Institute- Joyce Watson, Jerry Babcook and Helen Lamb with Helen’s dog Lulubelle Like many service clubs who are experiencing a decline in membership these days, the Harrowsmith Women’s...

Photo: Bishop of Ontario, the Rt. Rev. Michael Oulton with Quentin Watson and Rev. Judson Bridgewater A special centenary service at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Sydenham on September 16, commemorating both the 175th anniversary of the Parish of...

Photo: Family Storytime at Sydenham Public library On September 14 Brianne Peters, a programming librarian for the Kingston Frontenac Public Library, led the first Friday morning “Family Storytime” session at the Sydenham Public Library for an...

Treasury Department Information Treasurer Louise Fragnito noted that the recently renewed township insurance covers buildings, machinery and vehicles, liability for township and council, and accident insurance for volunteers. However, the township...

The big news for the heritage society is the signing of a three-year lease with South Frontenac Township for the use of the Old Limestone School in Hartington. At present the school will be used for artifact storage, meetings, general working area,...

Photo: Pat Ward (center) of Pat's Kitchen in her home kitchen near Hartington with students l-r, Marie McKenna, Shelley Grant, Gerda Murphy and Tina McFarlane If you’re someone like me who greatly benefits from hands-on learning, Pat's Kitchen is...

Harrowsmith Area Housing Proposal A public meeting was called to review an application for an Official Plan amendment that would permit multiple dwellings (eight units in four buildings) on a 3.9 acre property on Road 38, just south of the...

Photo: award winning Canadian poet Patrick Lane at Wintergreen Studios on August 24. The written word appears to have become the focus for the summer season line up of special guests at Wintergreen Studios. The majority of presenters recently have...

Photo: first place winners Marion Watkins, David Hahn and Miguel Hahn of Forest Farm, with Paul Pospisil and second place winner Kevin Craigen of Napanee Judging by the bounty on show and for sale at this year's garlic festival in Verona, it...

Photo: Joe Gallivan at pubic meeting for the County’s Official Plan in Sydenham. As part of their efforts to update county residents on the basic document of the county’s Official Plan, Frontenac County staff made a presentation to about 25...

Photo:  Paul Gorman of Mega-Graphite speaks at the AGM There were two topics of interests on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting of the Bedford Mining Alert (BMA) at the Glendower Hall on Westport Road last Saturday, August 25: the proposed...

Photo:  Raphael Kerem inside one of the yurts Raphael and Tanya Kerem are the owners of Radiance of the Ordinary in Burridge, a century-old cheese factory they have transformed into their showroom, workshop and home, and where they create one of...

When the contract with Kevin and Margaret Lee, who have run the Harrowsmith Post Office for 15 years, expires at the end of this month, the postal outlet located in the far corner of Ella’s Bakery will close. Mail to the rural routes near...

Photo: New Leaf Link volunteers, staff and clients l-r, Cathy Palmer, Jo Lyon, and Joel and Julie Hunt in Verona Staff, volunteers and one client at New Leaf Link (NeLL), a non-profit charitable organization and educational program dedicated to the...

Photo: Young turtles, toads, tadpoles were front and center at this year Verona Cattail Festival parade. Green was the colour of the day at this year’s Verona Cattail Festival and kids dressed as various pond dwelling creatures were front and...

Photo: front Debra-Lyn and Zachary Willard with Karen Young and Beth Willard of SF Scouts Perth Road and Verona Local members and volunteers of the South Frontenac Scouts of Perth Road and Verona are hoping this year to raise enough funds through...

Photo: l-r, Jean Stott, Paul Belshaw and Joyce Hill at St. Paul's Flower Festival in Sydenham According to Joyce Hill, who has been a member of the congregation at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Sydenham for 40 years, flowers are often used to...

Council Sticks with the Rules Darlene Clement asked Council to consider waiving the fee in lieu of parkland (5% of property value) for a recent severance of her father’s property. This property, originally two separate farms, had merged in the...

Photo: A.J. Nastuk leads Ella from Toronto on pony Portia- the three were joined by six-week-old foal Baby Ruth. The petting zoo was courtesy of West Winds Farm of Westport Members of the Bobs and Crow Lakes Foundation held their second annual...

Photo: Rev. Michael Oulton, Bishop of Ontario was a special guest at the 125th Anniversary celebrations at St. James Anglican church in Parham on July 29 On July 29, worshipers and guests filled the sanctuary of St. James Anglican Church in Parham...

Photo: The Barefoot Players performed "Teapest in a Tempot", a kid-friendly adaptation of Shakespeare’s play "The Tempest" at the Sydenham Public Library on July 27 On July 27, Queen’s University drama students took their kid-friendly...

Photo: MNR biologist Kat Pitt with a 'Grey ratsnake.' There were a number of people cowering at the rear of the Verona Lion's Hall during the final portion of a presentation on the Grey Ratsnake last Thursday night (July 26) by Tim Wood and Kate...

For close to six decades the Social and Athletic Club has been a central social hub in Harrowsmith and the surrounding community. Club members have worked tirelessly for years to bring a countless number of free and low cost events to area residents...

Photo: volunteers and countless participants made CF's Hazardous Waste Day another overwhelming success Now in its fifth year, Central Frontenac's annual Household Hazardous Waste Day continues to gain in momentum as more and more year-round and...

 There was no confirming vote at the end of a two-hour meeting between the councils of Addington Highlands and North Frontenac in Cloyne this week, but the meeting did yield a broad consensus about the future of fire and emergency services in both...

Photo: The Camp Fire Boys of Kemptville, Jon and Jeff, delighted listeners at McMullen Park in Verona on July 15 There is no better way to relax on a summer Sunday than by kicking back in a lawn chair with a view of the lake nearby and enjoying the...

Photo: Orrie, Andrea and Charlie Cumpson with Hailey Conium and their organic dairy herd at Sonset Farm in Inverary On July 15, members of the 4H and Rotary clubs of Frontenac joined forces with the owners of three rural farms in South Frontenac to...

Photo: Blind atlete Ron Hackett crosses the finish line aided by Marc Lemieux. Hackett finished first in his age group overall as well as in the disabled category. Now in its fourth year, the Sydenham Triathlon-Duathlon event continues to grow in...

Prior to the July 5 meeting, Council hosted an open house and tour of the freshly renovated Township hall and office spaces. With the exception of Public Works (at Keeley Road), all the township services are now located together in Sydenham. Mayor...

Photo: Val Ruttan presents The Heritage Society’s Volunteer Award to Barbara Stewart.  The society has been quietly busy this spring preparing for the Annual General Meeting, which was held on June 20 and was attended by 18 members and guest,...

Photo: Harrowsmith PS principal Mme Valerie Arsenault Students at Harrowsmith Public School will be the recipients of a new playground and sports area thanks to the long-time efforts of the school's parent council. Since 2009 there have been plans...

Representatives of Queen’s University’s biological station and the Nature Conservancy of Canada came to Council requesting closure of a section of road allowance crossing the developed portion of the former Hewlett-Packard property in...

Ever since Southern Frontenac Community Services took the plunge and began to build the former Grace United Church in Sydenham into the Grace Centre, the agencies’ staff and board have been working diligently. They have been building a home for...

Policy Needed for Extension of Sydenham Water Mains Council deferred a motion to approve an ad hoc solution addressing the cost of a proposed Sydenham water extension a short distance east along Rutledge Road. They have asked Public Works Manager...

Photo: l-r, Jessica Crain, Stephan Hiller, Sydenham Lions Tail Twister Wray Gillespie, Tim Smith and Thomas Cabral at Rivendell Jim Kelly of the Sydenham and District Lions club was thrilled to report that their recent golf tourney fundraiser,...