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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Preliminary Investigation: North Frontenac's 2026 Budget
NFNM – Tell it like it is Context and purpose North Frontenac leans on a simple story of low taxes, volunteer fire service, and rising tourism and short-term rentals. This preliminary investigation pulls together early 2026 budget talk, public reporting and direct quotes. The goal is to see what…
Barn Fire in Snow Road Station – On the Ground
On November 30, just after 8 in the morning, the day in Snow Road Station began quiet and ordinary. From the house, the barn looked peaceful. A light lifting off the roof made it seem as if snow was swirling in the air, the kind of small winter moment that usually passes without a second thought.…
NFNM Performance Audit: John Inglis
You Got What You Voted For By Donald Morton | North Frontenac News Media – NFNM | November 26, 2025 John Inglis, Trump, and the Canadian comfort zone On a cold February morning in North Frontenac, then Deputy Mayor, now Councillor, John Inglis looked across the council table and called the sitting…
What's Up Council? Episode#4
By Donald Morton | North Frontenac News Media – NFNM | November 19, 2025 North Frontenac Council meets Friday, November 21 at 9:00 a.m. in Council Chambers, with a Special Meeting at 1:00 p.m. It’s a heavy agenda: high-speed rail, conservation authorities, the Strategic Plan update, the…
North Frontenac Has Money. What We're Missing Are Ideas.
North Frontenac just landed roughly $2.25 million through the province’s 2026 Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund, a 14% increase over last year. It’s unconditional operating money. Council can put it toward roads, fire service, admin, libraries, reserves, the levy, or any other municipal…
Who Gets Sold the Dream, and Who Has to Live Here
By Donald Morton | North Frontenac News Media – NFNM | November 6 2025 The Township is preparing to spend public money sending council members to out-of-town trade shows. On the table are the Quinte Sportsman Show in Belleville from March 13 to 15, 2026, the Ottawa Boat and Outdoor Show from…
Alectra Pauses: We Either Keep Our Democracy, Or We Lose Each Other
By Donald Morton | North Frontenac News Media | NFNM | October 30 2025 Alectra has asked to put the BESS file on hold. As of October 30, 2025, tomorrow’s vote is off the calendar. The trucks won’t come. The binders can close for now. What remains is the only thing that ever mattered:…
BESS Pros – Part 2
A continued, respectful, community debate We all want North Frontenac to feel more like home tomorrow than it does today. One idea worth studying—raised in recent conversations—is to relocate and modernize the waste sites near Palmerston Lake. If a future Council chose that route after proper…
Two Sides, One Community
An issue BESS not slept on By Donald Morton Jr. | North Frontenac News Media (NFNM) | Monday October 20 2025 There’s a petition in circulation about the proposed Battery Energy Storage System. There’s concern, frustration, and a lot of unanswered questions. I’ve heard them all. So…