Opinion

Spring’s most anticipated literary releases

Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes Even with a relatively mild winter, it feels like spring has been a long time coming. Mercifully, the days are starting to lengthen, the birds are…


Crusading for common sense

One of the NDSS Golden Hawks’ fiercest KASSAA rivals will soon sport a new moniker. Recently Kingston’s Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School announced it would be phasing out its Crusaders…


Surplus land an ideal spot for little forest

We the Lennox and Addington Stewardship Council are a non-profit organization (of 28 years) working with citizens on responsible land care and preservation of our natural resources. The Town of…


In praise of public libraries

Public libraries developed out of the same democratic surge that saw the rise of public schools.  Inclusive and welcoming, public libraries were envisioned as places where all citizens would be…


Pave paradise, put up a parking lot?

Keep the green or make some greenbacks-that is the question before Greater Napanee council. At issue is a suddenly very desirable plot of surplus land adjacent to J.J. O’Neill Catholic…


John Herring’s glass factory

Elizabeth Hall A Walk Through History John Herring was born Feb. 17,1818 in Lewis County, New York. He was a builder and a teacher there before he immigrated to Kingston,…


LACGH thrived under Wayne Coveyduck’s leadership

A good chief should be the right mix of leader and visionary. By all accounts, retiring Lennox and Addington County General Hospital president and CEO Wayne Coveyduck exemplified those qualities….





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