Jeff Green
7 Days in May
Doug Kennedy did not know about the 7 Days in May fundraiser for Pancreatic Cancer Canada, but he knows all about cycling on Easter Ontario Roadways. Kennedy operates his business, Frontenac Docks, out of his home on Oak Flats Road near the Frontenac Community Arena. He is an avid cyclist… READ MORE
Greens choose Stephen Kotze as candidate in LFK
The Green Party is the first national party to name a candidate to attempt to unseat 5-time incumbent Conservative Lanark Frontenac Kingston MP, Scott Reid, in the coming federal election. The candidate is Stephen Kotze, who operates In Balance, an accounting company specialising in small business and not-for profit corporations… READ MORE
The Ford decimal system
Those who said that the Ford government in Ontario would bring in the kind of tumultuous era that came about when the Mike Harris government ruled the roost in the late 1990’s, might be saying I told you so about now. Under Harris, the delivery of health, education, social and… READ MORE
Frontenac Paramedic Services and KFL&A Public Health facing forced amalgamation and phase out
Ontario to cut the number of paramedic service operators, Public Health Units, to 10. “In 45 years working in Paramedic Services, I’ve never seen such a well-kept secret” said Frontenac County Chief of Paramedic Services, Paul Charbonneau, on Tuesday. Charbonneau was commenting on an email he, along with all the… READ MORE
Gilmour’s brings in a ‘new recruit’ as they ramp up for the next phase of growth.
Jim Gilmour tried to retire after closing up his meat shop in Belleville in 2010. But a couple of years later his son Nick approached him to help him when he wanted to open Gilmour’s Meats on Highway 38 in Harrowsmith. Jim’s been working with his son ever since. They… READ MORE
Ardoch’s Harold Perry passes
Harold Perry, who died last week, was born at Ardoch. He left for Toronto as a teenager but returned to Ardoch as an adult, and lived the rest of his life on Canoe Path Lane, on a section of the Mississippi River that is called Mud Lake. He experienced discrimination… READ MORE
Henderson Road resident wants the township to come clean, and apologise
Ken Arney does not expect Central Frontenac Township to pull out the large culvert that they put in to allow water from Dead Creek to pass under the Henderson Road a few metres from his home, just because the culvert and the rocks that are holding it in place are… READ MORE
With Hillier gone from Tory caucus, South Frontenac wonders where to turn
South Frontenac Mayor Ron Vandewal has written to the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Steve Clark, about the township’s frustration over not having a member sitting on the government benches even though the Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston riding voted for the winning party in the most recent election. “South Frontenac has waited patiently for… READ MORE
D&G Home Improvements
Darrel Gerus has been running his contracting business, D&G Total Home Improvements, out of Arden, for the past ten years, but he has been working in the area for about 20 years, “D & G is a varied construction business. From general construction, yard landscaping and maintenance, to site preparation.… READ MORE
Oso Sweet Maple Syrup
Clayton Conboy grew up helping his Mom and Dad, Joyce and Mel, make maple syrup each spring. It was a labour-intensive effort, tromping out to the bush, gathering sap from holding tanks around their farm property on Bell Line road, which is off the 509 north of Sharbot Lake, and… READ MORE