Councilors, Please reverse your decision on not installing a culvert at the old railway bridge on Road 38 as it would halve the construction time, halve the cost, halve the disruption and make it safer for all who use the highway. By the way, what happened to the $600,000 estimate… READ MORE

Addington Highlands council (Addington Highlands Council, Mar 19/15) is wise to take a go-slow response in respect to NextEra Energy's effort to gain support for a huge wind power project that will see 100 turbines blotting the local landscape. Those turbines will each need as much as 400 tons of cement… READ MORE

It is interesting to examine the letter (Re: Addington Highlands Wind Project, Mar 26/15) written by Mr. Parker Gallant, a well known anti-wind proponent, about the proposed wind project. You also published a letter (Re: Addington Highlands Wind Project, Mar 26/15) from Helen Forsey on this topic. While Ms. Forsey's letter was… READ MORE

Windmills are beautiful! I object to Councilors Fritsch and Thompson calling windmills "eyesores"(Addington Highlands Council, Mar 19/15). I happen to think that they are beautiful and I would gladly look at them every day so I could admire their beauty. Having said that, the municipality will receive compensation, which will… READ MORE

Thank you for your extensive report (Addington Highlands Council, Mar 19/15) and commentary (What it is about Wind, Editorial, Mar 19/15) on the possible wind energy project in North Frontenac and Addington Highlands. It is very important to have a full and informed discussion of this possibility, and you are… READ MORE

I, and many others, have lost a good friend who died on Mar 11 in Toronto after a battle with an only recentlydiagnosed aggressive disease. He will be sorely missed by many whose lives he gently touched. He leaves no enemies behind. Carolyn McCulloch, past chair of the Cloyne and… READ MORE

Last week, my daughter and her friend went missing from school. It was a frightening experience for us, as parents. The staff of the school were well organized and compassionate. The teachers, bus drivers and other parents came to help us in any way they could. The police department and… READ MORE

Jeff, your observations regarding groundhogs (Groundhog Day Should be Banned, Editorial, Mar 12/14) were much appreciated. I agree –the belief around groundhogs being the harbingers of spring is a myth. Indeed, my grandfather taught me the true way to predict when spring is on its way when I was three… READ MORE

Re: Tichborne girl makes a go of it in Parham I really enjoyed the article on Mary Howes: Tichborne girl makes a go of it in Parham, whom I have known for many years. I was a telegraph operator with the CPR for 5 years, having apprenticed under Tom Asseltine… READ MORE

I've been wondering a lot about this, these days. Like, when I hear that four of "my" Ministers of the Crown have been doing stuff that is so cockeyed, so dumb, so adverse to ordinary common sense, I don't know where to complain or whom to complain to. I'll explain… READ MORE

Excellent editorial (Highway Robbery in Glenburnie, Feb. 26) on the coming battle with the Province over development rules. The gist of it: The bureaucrats will be saying: If you don't have large-scale development to satisfy our appetite for vast paperwork and fees, then we won't let you build anything at… READ MORE

Scott Reid is about to help pass the Conservative's "anti-terrorist" Act, which appears to label the organization and members of the Ontario Landowners as "terrorists". During the OLA's attempt to divide Ontario into two new Provinces (one rural based on "old stock values" and the Anglo-Saxon law, and one urban);… READ MORE

In the February 26, 2015 of The Frontenac News, it was reported that the Hinchinbrooke Recreation Committee had been awarded $10,000 to pay for a play structure at Parham. While I'm sure that this is a worthwhile endeavour, I was surprised to learn that the money was coming from Hydro… READ MORE

There's a song, "Life is like a Mountain Railway". Unfortunately this engineer is not so brave. Grades of any kind leave me breathless. I can no longer walk with my grandchild without 40 feet of hose from an oxygen machine. My days and nights are an almost constant vigil -… READ MORE

An excellent letter was submitted by Jule Koch Brison (Euthanasia, Jule Koch) in your Feb. 12 edition. Are we a Nation of Sheep? Having worked in the health care system (R.T.) and also in a related field for over 40 years, I never heard of, or had a patient or anybody… READ MORE

The dump amnesty load and the cost of maintaining the various Township Halls are budget deliberation footballs every year in Central Frontenac. Taxpayers in Central Frontenac see little enough justification for their property tax bill every year. It should be considered basic common sense to throw the people a bone… READ MORE