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Photo: Verona grown NHLer Mike Smith says thanks to PCPS Phoenix Coyotes’ goalie Mike Smith recently returned home to Howes Lake in Verona and his young family following an incredible season of NHL hockey. He made a point of visiting the students...
Primary students at Loughborough Public School in Sydenham enjoyed a mid-day break at the Point on the football field, slipping and sliding under the steady stream of powerful water hoses on what could not have not been a better day for it.Members...
Waste Disposal Site Review Proposal Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth and Guy Laporte of AECOM brought a draft review of waste disposal site operations for Council’s consideration, prior to seeking public input. The report listed three primary...
Photo: Olivia & Kathy Groenewegen. Farmers are, by necessity, a patient lot. There are so many factors - the health and temperament of the animals, the amount of rain, the price of grain and electricity, changes in markets, etc. that are out of...
Photo: Junior Hartwick (centre) and a group of golfers at tee-off time at the SFCS's 4th annual 50 Plus Golf tourney at Rivendell Golf Club in Verona At a time when some annual fundraising golf tournaments have been losing ground, the Southern...
Photo: Members of Grandmothers-by-the-Lake, the South and Central Frontenac chapter of the Stephen Lewis Foundation's Grandmothers to Grandmother Campaign at their annual plant and bake sale in Harrowsmith on June 2. Members of the four-year-old...
CEO and Mayor Ignore Usual Process: Contractor Quits Councillor Ron Vandewal, Chair of the Loughborough Cemetery Board, told Council that he thought the appropriate procedure had not been followed when CAO Wayne Orr and Mayor Davison met directly...
Photo: Shelley Lacelle (far right), owner and operator of Wilton Creek Fabrics serves customers at her 10-year anniversary sale in Harrowsmith on June 2 On June 2, a long line of customers waited for the doors to open at Wilton Creek Fabrics in...
Photo: Ron, Linda (in her volunteer duties at the KGH ICU), the freshly-washed quilt, and a member of the family retrieving the quilt before their mother returned from her trip. Ron Hipfner, while cleaning Bedford Road last week, happened along an...
Photo: Long time SLCC member and competitive paddler Cia Myles-Gonzalez with new young paddlers Preston, Hudson, Colby and Courtney at the the SLCC on May 26 Judging by the turnout at their May 26 open house and registration, the Sydenham Lake...
Photo: The cast of the student production of Arsenic and Old Lace. As a play, Arsenic and Old Lace has it all: romance, murder, madness, comedy, deep family secrets, and a large cast. I went to Sydenham High School’s production twice (where else...
Cost-cutting proposal founders under bickering Mark Segsworth presented a recommen-dation from the Public Services Committee, that electronic waste be accepted only at the Keeley Road Hazardous Waste site. Currently, the Township pays $30,000 a year...
Photo: Kathyrn O'Hara of the SFCS with Lindsay Abrams and students who helped construct the SFCS's Grace Centre's new community garden Over 50 students from Sydenham and Sharbot Lake high schools assisted in the community garden project at the new...
Photo: Phoenix Coyotes goalie Mike Smith's family attends the “Howl for Mike” event held at PCPS, l-r front, Liam, Amanda and Mike's brother Brad Smith, back row, l-r, Mike's grandmother Norma and his parents Ron and Ingrid Smith During school...
“On Thursday [May 10] we will celebrate the fact that we've survived one year, right, Drew? It’s only uphill from here,” said Heather Cumpson from a small room in the Intensive Care Unit at Kingston General Hospital, where her son Drew has...
Apologies took up a large amount of South Frontenac Council’s twenty-nine minute meeting, held May 1st. Challenged by Councillors Ron Vandewal and Del Stowe, Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth admitted that, in hindsight, he should have tendered...
Photo: The Loughborough Lions faced off against the Polson Park Panthers and the Lions won the game 38-27 bringing the team to 1 and 2 in the initial round robin. There was non-stop action on the side by side courts at Sydenham High School for...
Photo: Rev. Patsy Henry (centre) officially takes over at Harrowsmith- Verona Pastoral Charge at a special service on Sunday April 29 Those were the words Rev. Patsy Henry said following a special service at St. Paul's United Church in Harrowsmith...
Photo: Jennifer Linton and Craig Kielburger, renowned international activist for rights of children, courtesy SFCS. The sounds of the La Salle Causeway Big Band filled the stone walls at the Grace Centre in Sydenham on April 18 at Southern...
Sydenham Water Treatment: Finally Running Well Kevin Riley, PUC Kingston, and manager of the Sydenham water plant, gave Council a verbal summary of the 2011 annual Sydenham water report. He said that, after some initial ‘tweaking,’ the renewed...
Sydenham High’s annual fashion show, as always, was a glorious spring burst of energy, sound, colour and fun. The auditorium rocked with cheers, music and laughter throughout an hour-long, fast-paced show which featured skits, dancing and lots of...
Bale and Boat Wrap to be Recycled Councillor Larry York announced that the Keeley Road Hazardous Waste Centre is now open to receiving plastic bale and boat wrap for recycling. York has been urging bale wrap recycling for several years, but it has...
For Anne Raina, writing "Clara’s Rib" was as much as matter of honouring her sister’s memory as it was the telling of a remarkable tale. The book makes extensive use of diary entries by Clara Raina over the 14 years that she spent in the Royal...
Frontenac County holds the line with 2012 budget Frontenac County Council completed their 2012 budget last week, on April 4. A last-minute decision to take $200,000 from the county’s working capital reserve funds mitigated against a proposed $82...
Next Steps for Sydenham Subdivision In November 2010, council approved draft plan conditions for the Valleyview Estates subdivision in Sydenham (south off Rutledge road.) Since this approval the developer, Rob Morgan, has been working toward meeting...
Back to HomeFeature Article - April 5, 2012 Verona Hardware vandalised – againBy Jeff Green Chad Van Camp, the owner of Verona Hardware, said that the damage done outside of his store last Saturday night, March 31, amounts to more of an annoyance...
At one time David Graham was a pharmacist/manager at a Shopper's Drug Mart in Calgary. He returned to Kingston, where his family is from, and was doing relief work at local pharmacies when he was approached by the Jetha family to manage their...
Councillor walks away from Verona dump job to counter perceptions of bias Perhaps it was only a matter of time. The future of the Verona waste site is in doubt as the township attempts to satisfy concerns expressed by the Ministry of the Environment...
Editorial by Jeff Green North Frontenac Township needed $600,000 more from its ratepayers in 2012. Central Frontenac needed $225,000, and South Frontenac over $1.2 million more. All told, the three townships will be collecting about $22 million to...
Photo: Lady Astoria (Elizabeth Taylor) performed in Candidate for Death at the Verona Lions hall on March 24 That was the question occupying guests at the Verona Lions hall on the evening of March 24 as over 80 guests joined forces to solve a...
Portland Waste Disposal Site Action Plan Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth shared a copy of his recent letter to the Ministry of the Environment concerning the Portland waste site. In it, he states that he intends to work with the Quinte...
A Severance is a Severance In an uncommon move, Council turned down a recommendation from its Committee of Adjustment. The C of A had recommended a reduction of the fee in lieu of parkland in the case of a severance application by Kim Ondaatje, in...
Action needed on Portland Waste Disposal Site Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth reported that township staff met last week with representatives of the Ministry of the Environment to discuss the Portland Waste site. An action plan must be submitted...
Photo: Jason Silver, Sam Forderer, Lucas Silver and Sebastian Back. Sometimes, attendees at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Sydenham would comment to their minister, The Rev. Judson Bridgewater, that it's difficult to get to church on a Sunday morning...
Public Meetings Township planner Lindsay Mills presented a summary of four recommended amendments to the Official Plan: a) new wording to justify set-backs from waterbodies; b) new policies to allow Plans of Condominium; c) policies for the use of a...
Photo: Linda Brown with special guests Robert, Emmanuel and John who each spoke of their experience as refugees from Ghana at Trinity United Church in recognition of Black History Month Three former refugees from the West African country of Ghana,...
Caterpillar Bid Accepted Further to last week’s discussion of the Township’s lawyer’s advice re tender procedure, Council reconsidered a motion to accept the low bid for a vibratory roller for the roads department. (The next bid was $1,724.38...
South Frontenac backs off Caterpillar protest South Frontenac Township's solicitor has poured cold water on Councilor Bill Robinson's proposal that the township refuse to buy a piece of road equipment, a vibratory roller, from Caterpillar, even...
Bare feet are not a usual sight in a church, but at a special foot washing service at the Harrowsmith Free Methodist Church last Sunday, Feb. 12, many members of the congregation let all 10 of their twinkies hang out while either washing someone...
South Frontenac to consider Caterpillar boycott Councilor Bill Robinson wanted South Frontenac Council to make a political statement when it discussed buying a vibratory roller for its road crew at a Council meeting on Tuesday night, February 7....
Photo: Skills Links Blossoms grads back row, l-r: Sonni Teal, Jessica Patterson, Josh St. Pierre, Brittany Knapp, front row: Katie Hoadley, Tiffany Ducharme, Nick Tanner and John Sweet Eight young adults received numerous certificates at a...
Ministry, Township Meet Over Portland Waste Site By Jeff Green Officials from South Frontenac Township and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MoE) met earlier this week to discuss the contents of the test samples of the surface water at the...
Mazinaw-Lanark Forestry to make presentation In response to a request from North Frontenac Council, Tom Richardson of Mazinaw-Lanark Forest Inc., the agency that manages logging activity on Crown land parcels in the region, offered to come to a...
MOE pressing South Frontenac over Portland dump In response to the Ministry of Environment’s request for an action plan addressing leachate from the Portland Waste site, Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth wrote to the ministry in December. In his...
Photo: John McEwen (right) with Collin Bowe at the Bellrock Community hall where John will be appearing regularly every Sunday from 1:30-3:30PM until February 26. Music lovers, especially those of classic rock, folk, old country and blues, have a...
Didn’t Move to the Country to Live Beside Cows... Richard Thompson, resident of Inverary, in Storrington district, came as a delegate to protest that his neighbour, who lives on a 3.27 acre lot which is zoned residential, has eight cows. Township...
Photo: Ella with one of her daughter Kristen's “Barbie” cakes and store clerk Tracey Ella Vanderburgt, owner of Ella's Cafe and Bakery located at 4946 Road 38, has recently expanded her enterprise. Little did she know that in meeting her most...
Photo: a choir of angels at the Verona Methodist Church’s third annual “ A Walk to the First Christmas” With a cast of 28 characters, the Verona Free Methodist Church’s third annual “Walk to the First Christmas” once again delighted...
South Frontenac now a chicken friendly zone At their final meeting of the year, South Frontenac Council finally dispensed with an issue that they have been pecking away at for six months. The township will now permit residents on lots as small as...
Photo: L-R Amy Jack, Kyla Gordon, Michael Timmerman, Margo Gallagher, Joan Worsfold, Christian Scheunemann, and Sam McKay, students and volunteers involved in a production of the Grinch who Stole Christmas. Almost three years ago New Leaf Link...
