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Council gets an earful from delegations on garbage
By Craig BakayEMC News "I haven't been to the dump since the beginning of April, and I have this pile of garbage I don't know what to do with," local business owner Peter May told Central...
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Central Frontenac applying for grant to look at acquiring school(s)
By Craig BakayEMC News Central Frontenac Council decided the best way to proceed on exploring possibilities for Hinchinbrooke Public School and perhaps Sharbot Lake Public School would...
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Road work season under way in Central Frontenac
By Craig BakayEMC News Work is expected to begin soon on Arden Road and Crow Lake Road, following approval of the projects last week at the regular Central Frontenac Council meeting in...
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Sisters of the Drum help correct a 95-year-old 'oversight'
By Craig BakayEMC News Private Bertie (Herbert) Nakogee, despite being buried with full military honors, went 95 years without a proper headstone. While no one knows just why that happened,...
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Summer reading season officially opens and it's looking like an escapist exercise
By Craig BakayEMC Editorial - Last Saturday's weather officially heralded the Summer Reading Season. Like a lot of people, I really love reading a book outdoors. Unfortunately, you just...
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Food fair set for Saturday south of Sharbot Lake
By Craig BakayEMC News Although it's been 'unofficially' open since last summer (with a break over the winter), Seed to Sausage will be holding an "official opening" this Saturday, May...
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MVC asking residents to reduce water consumption
By Craig BakayEMC News Mississippi Valley Conservation is asking residents along the Mississippi River system to voluntarily follow a Level 1 Low Water Response request and reduce water...
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School boards come together for powwow in Sharbot Lake
By Craig BakayEMC News In the area around Sharbot Lake, three school boards Limestone District School Board, Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board and Upper Canada District...
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'All plastics' recycling results in 2 per cent fee hike for contractors
By Craig BakayEMC News When South Frontenac Township opted for an "all plastics" approach to recycling last May, they were aware of the basic math adding more items to the list of acceptable...
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SLHS geography class gets different perspective on North America
By Craig BakayEMC News Geography students at Sharbot Lake High School got to experience North America in a big way last week with one of the largest maps of the continent in the world. The...
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Cast having fun with NFLT's production of Annie
By Craig BakayEMC Entertainment Perhaps it's only natural that the actresses portraying Annie (Dayna Stone) and Grace (Rhonda Bowick-Gauthier) in North Frontenac Little Theatre's production...
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Shedding a little light on the CBC situation (OK, damn little)
By Craig BakayEMC Editorial - There's been a lot of reading material on the internet lately pertaining to the supposed demise of the CBC. CBC, you may not know, is one of those acronyms,...
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In 20-20 hindsight, we probably should have . . .
By Craig BakayEMC News It was an evening of mea culpas last week at the regular meeting of South Frontenac Council in Sydenham. First up was Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth regarding...
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Grace Centre opens community garden with recognition of volunteers
By Craig BakayEMC News When Grade 12 Sydenham High student Lindsay Abrams was offered a 'staff position' at Southern Frontenac Community Services to get the community garden at the Grace...
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Accessory uses for shoreline development to get a second look in Central
By Craig BakayEMC News Following a request from the owner of an island property to build a storage shed on the mainland property used to access the island, Central Frontenac Township...
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Pancakes for Parkinson's response surprises organizers
By Craig BakayEMC News It kind of took Fairmount Home special events coordinator Lynda Laird and the other organizers by surprise. No one expected the response to the inaugural Pancakes...
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Rec committees looking at Hinchinbrooke school availability
By Craig BakayEMC News Presenting a united front, the Central Frontenac district recreation committees made a pitch to Council at its regular meeting last week in Sharbot Lake to apply...
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OPP promises improved communications with Council
By Craig BakayEMC News Sparked by Township concerns over rising policing costs, Lanark OPP Detachment Cmdr. Gerry Salisbury was at Central Frontenac Council last week in Sharbot Lake...
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Many things that claim 'sustainability' are really no such thing
By Craig BakayEMC Editorial - Chalk up one more word whose meaning has become diluted to the point where it means very little any more. 'Sustainability' now joins 'green' and a host...
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Farmer annoyed at having fences smashed again
By Craig BakayEMC News Farmer Ed Warren has had enough fence mending. This time, he wants Central Frontenac Township to do it literally. Warren was at Council last week in Sharbot...
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