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Proposed By-law Amendments The Limestone School Board has requested rezoning of four properties on Mill Street, preparatory to construction of an addition to the west side of the present school. The Board now owns three of the four lots. However,...
The Verona Festival Association is excited to announce a new venue for the 2010 Verona Festival. For the first 14 years, the Verona Festival was held at McMullen Park; however, a steady growth of entertainment, crafts people and attending crowds...
Anne Prichard, and Harrowsmith Oddfellow and Rebekah members Brenda Taylor, Debbie Green, Howard Warner and Howard Fellows Anne Prichard, executive director of the Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation, presented a $10,000 cheque to...
“We woke up yesterday and there it was,” sobs a distraught resident who begs to remain anonymous, pointing to a giant pink and turquoise knitted cosy covering her picnic table. “We’ve never had problems like this before. Sydenham has always...
Residents of Verona have joined their festival committee in the search for Cameron, their missing mascot. Only this morning they discovered he had ripped open the side of his double-reinforced pen and escaped into the wild. “We expect he’s...
Leah and her mom Angela Neumann Five year old Leah Neumann of Sydenham was recently chosen to be a poster child for the War Amps Child Amputee CHAMPS program, one of the many War Amps programs funded by their annual Key Tag donation campaign. Leah...
The South Frontenac Committee of the Whole convened at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, to complete their work on the 2010 budget. When they went into the meeting the budget called for an increase of just under 2% in the amount to be levied against taxpayers,...
Centre CFDC board chair Liz Crothers and CFDC executive director Anne Pritchard The Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC) invited guests to a breakfast at the Trinity United Church in Verona on Mar. 30 to help them celebrate the...
The Sydenham High School drama club almost passed on the Sears Festival this year when they could not pull together a production they had been planning. Instead, they split into two groups and brought 20 minute long, three actor pieces called...
Sydenham Eagles won the final KASSAA senior girls volleyball match against KCVI at Queen’s on Feb. 21. Photo courtesy of Rob Kendrick. Sydenham High School’s senior girls’ volleyball team gave it more than their all on Feb. 21 at the...
Word spread through the Sydenham High School community on Thursday of last week (February 18) that 16-year-old student, Gavin Young, of Perth Road had died in a single car collision south of the village, and that two of his fellow classmates were in...
Members of the Verona Community Association and the Verona Festival Committee held an important meeting at the Verona Lions Hall on March 16 and it was apparent that both are working hard to pump some fresh energy and new ideas into what will be the...
Ron Hipfner informs residents about South Frontenac's species at risk With spring just around the corner these lands will once again be alive with various fascinating creatures, some waking from their winter hibernation and others returning from the...
Heather Fox and Nicole Van Camp recently opened their side-by-side retail gift stores in Verona Newly opened on Main Street in Verona are two side-by-side retail gift stores that occupy what was once the former auto parts store. The building, owned...
Rutledge Road Study Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth brought a recommendation that a transportation and intersection improvement plan be developed for the 4km of Rutledge Road from east of Sydenham Road to the Loughborough/Portland border. There...
Volunteers gathered at the Lions Hall in Verona last Friday, March 12 to load up a tractor-trailer with medical supplies destined for rural Haiti. Linda Bates, who coordinated the collection of the supplies, which she says are “enough to outfit a...
Committee puts money up front for Point improvements Vicky Veldman (L) and Leslie Myles presenting DM Vandewal a cheque for $10,000 from a recent Point Park Improvement fundraiser. Michael Howe from the Sydenham Memorial Park Improvement Committee...
Photographer Keith Skelton and “White Corn” on view at the Mill Street Cafe in Sydenham until April 1 In order to enrich the Saturday night slow food dining experience at the Mill Street Café in Sydenham and to promote local art in the...
Long-time staff coordinator Shelley Brooks (L) with Adele Gualtieri Amado(R), who organized the show during the ‘80s Sydenham High School wound up its 40th annual fashion show with a Saturday night gala for all the alumni who had taken part over...
The new owners of the Verona IGA, Clint and Andrea Reid Just a few weeks after their move to Verona, Clint and Andrea Reid, the new owners of the Verona IGA, have taken hold of the reins of a new business and a new life for themselves and their...
Julie and Joel Hunt and his artwork he calls “The Present” Well into its third season of offering programming to adults in South Frontenac with developmental disabilities, the New Leaf Link or (NeLL) is right on track with its mandate of...
Jen and Chris Chanook at home with their made in Australia gifts. Photo courtesy of Jen and Chris Chanook Two local school teachers who spent six months abroad teaching in Australia recently returned home to Verona. They brought with them a number...
A tough budget, in an election year to boot South Frontenac Council met an hour earlier than usual in order to discuss the 2010 budget, managing to review Environmental Services and Roads. CAO Wayne Orr outlined the challenge facing Council: "This...
First time angler Thomas Richardson of Kingston Over 200 anglers took part in the first-ever free family fishing derby at Desert Lake Resort near Verona on Feb. 13 and for many, young and old, it was their first time ice fishing. The Norman family,...
Members of Sydenham's senior girls volleyball team help to unload medical supplies destined for Haiti. Photo Brian Rombough. A second shipment of medical supplies valued at close to $1 million made its way to Verona on Feb. 12 and once again it was...
Nearly 150 years ago, in 1861, the Episcopal Methodist congregation built a big new stone church on a hill above Sydenham beside what was then the main road south to Kingston. Now, the congregation of Grace United Church has diminished to less than...
Sydenham Library Architect Ray Zaback of Shoalts and Zaback presented a report to a meeting of South Frontenac Council on Tuesday night (February 9) on behalf of the Library Development Committee. He said that the cost estimates for construction of...
Bret Colman, the honorable Monique Smith, Sally Colman and Beth Pointer, executive director of Camping Ontario. Photo courtesy of Bret and Sally Colman This weekend on Saturday Feb.13 from 10am-2pm the Frontenac Stewardship Council and Frontenac...
Shelley Brooks and her Organizing Committee, Front Row, L to R: Laura Gabriel, Emma Peters, Kelsey Ross, Shelley Brooks, Shelby Vicker, Samantha Perry. Back Row, L to R: Rebecca Mills, Kylie Holden, Megan Ross, Melody Patterson, Jessica Warmington,...
Development issues in Sydenham area - Three delegates spoke of their concerns about a proposed development at the corner of Rutledge and Sydenham Roads (Moon's Corners). At issue was the third reading of a by-law to rezone some of the property...
The new Donna Clarke Pavilion in Verona was completed in January A new structure now graces the grounds adjacent to the Verona Lions Club, which will soon get a lot community of use come the warmer weather. The open concept building named the Donna...
RURAL PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT: John McDougall, speaking on behalf of the Verona Community Association, described their extensive and creative search for a physician to replace Dr. Dempsey, who will be retiring soon. At present, the association is...
l-r: Lions Jim Lansdell, Judy Conway, John McDougall, Wayne Conway (President), Phil Perrin (Managing Director Limestone Learning Foundation) and Lion Bazil Gillespie. Photo courtesy of Wayne Conway. The Verona Lions Club recently donated $30,000...
$165,000 in medical aid for Haiti Something Cool & Local Scouts join forces for Haiti Loose change adds up for Haiti at Loughborough PS Back row l-r: Linda Bates, John McDougall, Frank York Ffront row l-r: Leslie and Blaine Bates, Heather Ryan,...
The effects of the tragic earthquake that hit the country of Haiti on January 12 could be felt pretty close to home, especially by one Verona resident who has a strong connection to the people of that country. Linda Bates, an educational assistant...
No power boat race on Sydenham Lake. Doug Overbury, of the Canadian Boating Federation, sent a letter to council seeking to open planning discussions for a stock outboard racing event on Sydenham Lake, but council had other plans. Races have taken...
It all happened pretty quickly. Deborah Andrews had been the executive director of Southern Frontenac Community Services for only six months, when just before Christmas, she was offered a job at the Community Health Centre of Ottawa South. With a...
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY 2000-2009: A summary of the last decade’s construction activity, which includes single and seasonal family dwellings, agricultural and commercial buildings, renovations, garages, woodstoves, decks, pools, fences and...
Photo: Terry Tufts courtesy of Terry Tufts Well known roots/blues guitar player and singer/songwriter Rick Fines will be in South Frontenac offering a guitar workshop at Wintergreen Studios on Canoe Lake Road just east of Godfrey this weekend....
Lions Club President Rob Kendrick hands a cheque for $1,000 to Sue Clinton, Chair of the Loughborough Christmas & Emergency Relief Committee.. Lions Club President Rob Kendrick hands a cheque for $1,000 to Sue Clinton, Chair of the Loughborough...
Gordon & Louise Day at the Verona Tree Lighting Ceremony in November. It's been 10 years since Dr. Harrison Gordon Day retired from the Verona Medical Centre, but people still talk about how Doctor Day brought medical services to the Verona area....
l-r Kelli McRobert, Dr. Jack Chubaty and Barry Gemmell with the recently purchased surgical table at Sydenham Veterinary Services. A recent gift given to the Sydenham Veterinary Services clinic in memory of Barbara Gemmell just made animals’...
Organizers of the Kylie Babcock Fundraising dance Christie Jones and Tonya Selle thank the crowd for their support on Saturday night in Verona Thanks to the efforts of the entire Verona and area community Saturday night’s fundraising dance, “A...
The 5-Year Trailer by-law, four years later:CAO Wayne Orr brought the trailer by-law to Committee of the Whole, to determine council's direction with regard to the current resolution, which will expire December 31, 2010. Although the present Council...
Photo: courtesy of Marni Pedersen Members of St. Paul’s United Church Sunday School in Harrowsmith who through the making and selling of the their Christmas ornaments raised close to $400 for World Vision a Christian Relief, Development and...
The National Farmer’s Union “New Farm Project” (NFP) held its 2nd Annual Fall Gathering at the Golden Links Hall in Harrowsmith on November 18. Over 100 farmers (and wannabee farmers) from far and wide gathered to share their experience and...
When Kim Gould, owner of the Junction Restaurant and store in Sharbot Lake, read about two year old Kylie Babcock's battle with cancer a couple of weeks ago, “the tears just ran down my face” she recalls. Gould was thinking that she had to do...
Mr. Ross’s grade 6 students at LPS participate in the D.A.R.E. program The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program is wrapping up at various elementary schools in South Frontenac. A number of grade 6 students from those schools,...
OPP Constable Natalie McDowell and cadet Nick Henderson-Todd and Tammy Sharpe at “Cyber Risks” presentation In an effort to make parents aware of the possible risks that cyber space poses to youngsters, South Frontenac OPP Constable Natalie...
Threatened Species vs Roadwork? Councillor Stowe spoke to a report from the South Frontenac Natural Environment Committee with respect to the Blandings Turtle, which is protected under the Endangered Species Act. This creature, which can...
