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A New Littering By-law Proposed Paul Fodden, on behalf of South Frontenac Natural Environment Committee, made a brief presentation to council, recommending council consider developing a stand-alone littering by-law. Although as several councilors...
Portland and District Heritage Society Remembrance day display. Photo courtesy of Ken Brown In recognition of Remembrance Day, the Portland District and Area Heritage Society offered up a display at Saturday’s farmers’ market in Verona, which...
FOTMC founder and organizer Joan Shepherd presents a cheque to Frank Girard, principal at PCPS in Verona for their junior music program On Nov. 6 Joan Shepherd, founder and organizer of the Frontenac Old Time Music Championships (FOTMC), presented a...
My War by Ina Hunt Turner Poems Area Remembrance Day Services From Flanders Fields to Kandahar Province Verona Couple's Bittersweet Memoryof Wartime EnglandBy Julie Druker Bob and Ivy Martin at their home near Verona It seems one does not have to...
Photo: Alana Kapell (L) & Pat Dawson: the artwork between them is by Winona Elliott The imagination and collaboration of three local women, Pat Dawson, Alana Kappell, and Ginny Trousdale, is bringing a whole new art scene to Sydenham. Ginny has...
Samuel Powell is a student at Sydenham High School, and this semester he is taking part in a focus program at Napanee High School called "Let’s Make A Demo". It is a music-oriented program where the students write music, record and put on shows....
Etta Cerisano, Joanne Franke and Anita Alton at the Sydehman fundraiser for the new Gilda's Club of Southeastern Ontario Keeping in the spirit of the late Gilda Radner, the comedian of Saturday Night Live fame who succumbed to ovarian cancer at the...
Mural completed by Nicolas, Stefan, Amy and Joel, participants in the New Leaf Link's equestrian/arts program. Photo courtesy Dr. Karin Steiner Dr. Karin Steiner, executive director of New Leak Link (NeLL), a not-for-profit, charitable educational...
Slip lane or slippery slope – Robinson argues for rebate Bill Robinson is one angry councilor and he doesn’t mind letting people know about it. “It’s so close to discrimination, as far as I’m concerned, that it is discrimination,” he...
Sydenham triathlete Scott Takala (far right) wins a bronze medal at the ITU World Championships Grand Final held in Gold Coast, Australia Sept. 12. Photo courtesy of Scott Takala No one was more surprised than 24-year-old Sydenham triathlete Scott...
Sydenham WI Presentation Carol Faires, speaking on behalf of the Sydenham Women’s Institute, presented Council with photo portraits of South Frontenac Township’s first three mayors. In her introduction, Ms. Faires listed some of the WI’s many...
Sydenham’s Junior Eagles beat the Frontenac Falcons 27-7 at the Fourth annual Bubba Bowl It was a rainy night under the lights at the fourth annual Bubba Bowl held at the Point in Sydenham, October 2, but that didn’t stop 2000+ football fans...
Sydenham High School Principal Shawn Lehman, in his newly decorated office. That seems to be the case for Shawn Lehman. Lehman joined the Limestone District School Board this fall as the new principal of Sydenham High School after working 10 years...
Energy matters dominate quiet meeting Meeting for the second week in a row, South Frontenac Council had very little business to attend to other than considering an Official Plan amendment and a road closing application in the public meeting portion...
The Frontenac Flyers clinched a 3-1 win against the Colborne Cobras in their Sunday home game at the Frontenac Arena in Piccadilly. The team came back with a win after being beaten 4-1 the day before by Colborne. Sunday's win was an important one...
Dr. Ian Gemmill, the head of KFL&A Public Health, reiterated his assurances that Sydenham water is safe to drink “in the short and long term” despite the fact that levels for trihalomethanes (THMs) are well above acceptable limits. On the other...
Grumpy over splitting costs of road repair South Frontenac Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth brought forth a recommendation that South Frontenac agree to pay $4,127 to Central Frontenac to cover half the cost of bringing up the level of what...
For most people January is the time of year to slow down after the Christmas rush. And for Leslie Myles, a Sydenham resident who is a franchise owner for four Body Shop stores in Kingston and Belleville, it is usually inventory time. But not this...
