North Frontenac Committed $97,000 to a Regional Corporation. It Has No Project, No Site, and No Plan.
This is Article 2 in a series. Article 1, “Three Housing Proposals Went to North Frontenac. None Went Anywhere,” was published April 6, 2026. Disclosure: The author is a declared candidate in the upcoming North Frontenac municipal election. North Frontenac committed $97,294 in public money to the Frontenac Municipal Services Corporation, a regional water and wastewater entity. South Frontenac has an active pilot project in Verona, with $3.2 million in provincial funding secured and a completed water and wastewater study. Central Frontenac has a site under consideration in Sharbot Lake. Frontenac Islands has a site under consideration in Marysville. North Frontenac has nothing. According to Mayor Gerald Lichty’s written response to NFNM, the township “did have a potential project, but the proponent elected not to proceed with the development and closed out the…
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Plevna Tiny House Lot Program: Affordable Housing in Plevna.
What this is, in plain languageNorth Frontenac has a practical housing option sitting right in front of it, and most residents have never heard it explained. The idea is a Township-run pilot program in or near Plevna that creates a small number of legal, buildable lots specifically designed for…
NFNM Special Report: The Fracturing of a Shared Civic Identity.
storm on the horizon802 words3–5 minutesDonald MortonFebruary 24, 2026North Frontenac is moving into its next chapter. A new council will be elected soon, and very real changes are on the horizon for this township. This is the time to look forward, not backward. If local conversation stays stuck on…
NFNM Monday: Fixing the Township's tiny home definition
This week, Donald Morton is bringing a delegation to North Frontenac Council on a topic that should be easy to agree on. Tiny Homes on Wheels, also known as THOWS, have been around for decades. They existed long before “tiny homes” became a formal planning term. People have built small…
NFNM Monday: Two Task Forces, One Direction: Building North Frontenac From Within
The headline this week is the Community Improvement Plan (CIP). A CIP is a municipal tool that lets a township set rules and offer incentives for local improvements. In North Frontenac’s case, the CIP has been deliberately structured as township-wide. It applies across the whole municipality,…
Ward 1 resets: Mike Hage accepts the council appointment
Last week, Ward 1 changed in a way that benefits everyone. Stephanie Regent’s seat became vacant, and the township moved to fill it by appointment rather than by-election. Under North Frontenac’s procedural policy, council can offer the vacancy to the next-highest unelected candidate…
NORTH FRONTENAC COUNCIL MEETING OVERVIEW
Council was good today. The Alto high-speed rail topic came up in a way that matters for North Frontenac. South Frontenac wanted us to endorse their letter to the province, the federal government, and MPs. The letter basically says North Frontenac agrees with their opinion that the corridor should…
NFNM SPECIAL REPORT – Closing the Regent file
NFNM insider special report: The year accountability got personal The public headline is clean and procedural. Councillor Stephanie Regent’s seat became vacant after a stretch of missed meetings, and council moved to deal with the vacancy under Ontario’s rules. That is the surface…
What's Up, Council: Episode #6
Febuary 6 public meeting and council meeting agenda watchdog points. By Donald Morton | North Frontenac News Media | NFNM | Monday Febuary 2 2026The February 6 agenda lands in the part of municipal life most people never see. Council meetings feel public when the room is full and comments are sharp.…
ALTO FILE – Two tracks, one corridor, and a lot of reconciliation
Editors NoteNFNM is not here to reprint the brochure. ALTO is being sold as “nation building,” with promises of a three-hour Toronto–Montreal trip and a fully electric 1,000 km high-speed corridor. The public-facing pitch sounds clean. The structure underneath it does not. This is a…