Jeff Green

Written by Jeff Green

If you are reading this, the first thing I would like to say is, thank you for continuing to access the Frontenac News, whether you picked up the paper from a store, a tupperware bin at a community mail box, or are reading it at frontenacnews.ca. As you certainly know… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

Forty Thousand Tourists stream through McDonalds Corners every year, heading towards nearby Wheeler’s Pancake house on the Highland line. To get there, they pass near Barber’s Lake, which is set back from the road. Also, although they are mostly hidden from view as well, there are four gravel pits along… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

It takes a lot of money to go to the Olympics, and aside from a few sports that have a high profile, the monetary rewards for making it to the highest level of international competition can be slim. Bobsleigh is one such sport. While it is popular at the Olympics,… READ MORE

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Councillor Duncan McGregor proposed a motion to “Direct staff to prepare a report to the October 28 meeting outlining potential benefits/concerns with changing Elizabeth Street to a one-way street.” In support of the motion, McGregor said, “we have identified issues with traffic and parking in Sharbot Lake” and one of… READ MORE

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Red Emond hasn't played a lot of Sunday golf this year. The Past President of the Lions Club of Land O'Lakes has been busy every Sunday morning since the fall of 2024 r, as one of two stars in what has become a weekly 10 minute  local reality show. Red… READ MORE

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Sharbot Lake Pentecostal Church celebrates it’s 100th anniversary this year.  Because I am one of the older lifetime members of the church, I have been asked to share some of my memories as well as some of the early history of the church. Information about the early years, I gleaned… READ MORE

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Ellie Steele of Evolution Wellness, is a nutritionist and practitioner of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). She came up with the idea of organising the first Frontenac Holistic Health Fair two years ago, at Centennial Park in Harrowsmith, for two main reasons. One was to bring exposure to services and increase… READ MORE

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Kim Phuc Phan Ti will always be known as “The Napalm Girl” ever since, moments after, at the age of 9, all of her clothes were burned off and her body burned by napalm, which came from four bombs that landed in the street where she lived.A photo, one of… READ MORE

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Ever since the provincial government began requiring that Ontario municipalities undertake asset management processes, local councils have been subjected to some large, scary numbers. Asset management looks at each item that a municipality owns (roads, buildings, vehicles, parks, etc) determines what state it is in, how much money will be… READ MORE

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“So, everybody is asking the same question,” said Brooke Ross, the Manager of Community Development for North Frontenac, in response to Councilor Roy Huetl asking “Why didn’t we know about this before?” The ‘this’ in Huetl’s question is an $1,800 a month delivery charge that the township has to pay… READ MORE