Re: Central Frontenac Buys Two School Properties
I know my thoughts have been heard in regards to the purchase of the schools before. It's the unknown that still exists that truly causes concern. The only kind of action I have heard since the purchase was the potential use of the Hinchinbrooke property for O.P.P training. That truly… READ MORE
Re: switchboard at Cloyne Pioneer Museum
In an article published on August 4 re: the Cloyne Pioneer Museuam, they show a telephone switch board that had been donated by Ellery Thompson. I thought that the article would have mentioned that James and Kate Vogan of Northbrook had sold their telephone business to Ellery Thompson, and most… READ MORE
Re: Central Frontenac Buys Two School Properties
I wonder how many are aware that a similar angry response (Ratepayer gets no satisfaction over former school purchases, Aug 25/16) was directed at Reeve Bill Harvey and his council 50 years ago when they used “tax payers dollars” to purchase the Sharbot Lake beach property. I wonder also how many… READ MORE
Re: Central Frontenac Buys Two School Properties
In the recent Frontenac News there was a major article (Ratepayer gets no satisfaction over former school purchases, Aug 25/16)on Central Frontenac Council’s decision to purchase the closed public school buildings in Parham and Sharbot Lake and I could not but notice the rather disparaging tone of the article towards… READ MORE
County in the schoolhouse
Perhaps this is overly simplistic, but County needs a new building and Central Frontenac appears to have too many buildings. The former schoolhouse in Parham is large, impressive looking with ample parking, near highway 38 and very central to the large majority of citizens of the Frontenac counties. Having County… READ MORE
Re: Hartington subdivision debate coming to a head
On August 23, the Township of South Frontenac held a special Council meeting to deal with the proposal to build a 13-lot subdivision in the tiny hamlet of Hartington (Hartington subdivision debate coming to a head, Aug 25/16). This meeting was followed the next day with a County Council meeting with… READ MORE
Thank to Neighbours and Fire Department
On August 9, smoke was spotted rising up from the north east corner of our property on O'Reilly Lake by our neighbors, Brian Roberts and Jimmy Delyea. After a quick investigation of the scene they called fire department, who arrived in record time to our location. The fire fighters worked… READ MORE
North Frontenac First Responders
My husband Bud had a serious fall last weekend. We would both like to express our appreciation for the stellar actions of both the First Responders here in Mississippi, Snow Road and Robertsville and the ambulance crew and paramedics. Head injuries can cause strange behaviour and they patiently dealt with… READ MORE
Cats and Birds
A recent study by Environment Canada published in Avian Conservation and Ecology estimated that cats kill between 105 million and 308 million birds in a year (mid-point of 204 million). Pet cats accounted for about 38 percent of the total. Homeless or feral cats killed the rest. Cat predation is… READ MORE
Charity fish fry for Pine meadow
The “friends of Pine Meadows Nursing Home” (Northbrook) would like to thank the community and seasonal visitors of Plevna and area for supporting our second Charity Fish Fry, held in Plevna on July 20, 2016. It was very gratifying to see the busload of 24 Pine Meadows senior residents and… READ MORE
How the unholy alliance trumped climate change in North Frontenac
It was noted in last week's Frontenac News (North Frontenac Council, Jul 28/16) that North Frontenac Township is amending its Official Plan in order to discourage windmills in North Frontenac and, instead, to encourage “specialty” and “artisanal” businesses. Supposedly, this is being done in order to protect the “unique landscape… READ MORE
Re: The limits of municipal jurisdiction
Dear Editor, In your editorial (The Limitsl of Municipal Jurisdiction, Aug 4/16), you stated, "… no one really wants to live next to a power plant of any type." You also made the point that we all share the electricity grid. But you did not address the geographic distribution of… READ MORE
Re: The limits of municipal jurisdiction
As you yourself state (Editorial, The Limitsl of Municipal Jurisdiction, Aug 4/16)), it is highly unlikely that a requirement for municipal mandatory support for wind turbine projects is going to be granted by the province to municipalities. So what is your point? You say that "lining up against the Green… READ MORE
Re: The limits of municipal jurisdiction
Many permanent and seasonal residents, as well as the tourists so vital to the North Frontenac economy undoubtedly disagree with Jeff Green's opinion (Editorial, The Limitsl of Municipal Jurisdiction, Aug 4/16) that it would be disastrous for the province to accede to mayor Ron Higgins' demand to make municipal support mandatory… READ MORE
Where is the passion for renewable energy?
I recently became aware of a campaign to stop the refurbishment of the hydro-electric facility on the Mississippi River in Almonte. I was struck by the passion shown by the opponents of this project. It is similar to the passion shown by opponents of wind projects in North Frontenac and… READ MORE
Re: Closing Prince Charles Public School
I disagree with you, Brenda Crawford (Letter to the editor, Re: Closing Prince Charles Public School, Jul 14/16). Prince Charles does not need to close at all. If school boundaries were enforced and all children who live in the Verona catchment area actually attended the school then all three schools (Prince Charles, Harrowsmith… READ MORE