Jeff Green
21 Years Of Dump Life Left At South Frontenac Waste Site
Stephanie Reeder, from Cambium Engineering, attended a meeting of South Frontenac Council on April 9th with the annual waste site report. Her first report was about the Portland site, the largest in the township by far, which has been dealing with surface water compliance issues. She said that testing has… READ MORE
National Tourism Week
Every day of the year is the National or International Day of something or other, or more than one thing. January 23 is National Pie Day in both Canada and the United States. The date was set in the 1970s by a man in Boulder, Colorado whose birthday was on… READ MORE
Province clarifies stance - Says Private Well Water Testing Will Continue
The Ontario Minister of Health Sylvia Jones, said during Question Period at Queen's Park yesterday (April 16) that the Province of Ontario will continue to provide free well water testing for rural households. In December, an Auditor General's report into Public Health Ontario (PHO), recommended that the agency "phase out… READ MORE
Frontenac County Stays Internal for CAO - Appoints Kevin Farrell
Kevin Farrell, currently the Manager for Continuous Improvement at Frontenac County, will become the Chief Administrative Officer as of May 1st. Kelly Pender, who has been in the position since the summer of 2014, will hand over the metaphorical key at that time. The appointment was announced, fittingly, at the… READ MORE
Big Jump In Sunshine Listers In Frontenac County
The sunshine list is getting longer and longer. For the 2023 year, Frontenac County paid 109 employees over $100,000. That represents an increase of 55% over the 70 that made over $100,000 just a year earlier. The Frontenac County increase was higher than the province as a whole, with saw… READ MORE
National Volunteer Week – April 14-20
Community Service agencies, whether they be churches or service clubs such as the Oddfellows and Lions’ Clubs, or community service agencies such as the 50 year old Rural Frontenac Community Services (RFCS) or its younger cousins at Southern Frontenac Community Services (SFCS) and Land O'Lakes Community Services (LOLCS), were created… READ MORE
Verona Master Plan Sets The Stage For Seniors Housing Project With Over 200 Residents
In comparing all of the options for providing water and sewer services in a planned seniors housing development in Verona, the engineering consultants from JL Richards Engineers considered a number of options, from trying to develop or provide wells and septic systems, to drawing water from Verona Lake and pumping… READ MORE
Is the Province Serious About Phasing Out Free Water Tests?
So, far it is only a few lines of text in an Auditor General’s report, but slowly across rural Ontario there is starting to be a reaction to the idea that free water testing for total coliform and e coli, will no longer be offered to the 3 million rural… READ MORE
Experts Condemn “Phase Out” Of Free Private Well Water Testing
Dennis O'Grady, the Managing Director of the Ontario Groundwater Association, did not mince words when asked about the proposal to “phase out” private well water tests that are currently done, free of charge, at Public Health Ontario labs. “It does not make any sense to me,” he said. “It doesn’t… READ MORE
New Leaf Link Celebrates 15th Anniversary With Concert, Open House
New Leaf Link celebrates 15th anniversary with concert, open house. When New Leaf Link was starting, back in 2009, founder Karin Steiner described its goals in a simple way. “Our main focus is on delivering programming to our sons and daughters who would otherwise sit at home with nothing to… READ MORE