Homes bought for cash – fraud prevention
Homeowners believe spring and summer are a good time to sell their property. The Grenville County Ontario Provincial Police would like to remind the...
What’s involved in a Land Acknowledgment?
More and more organisations, municipalities, service clubs, and other groups are beginning their meetings with a Land Acknowledgment. This means they make a statement...
Baldwin’s Birds
When are bird nesting boxes not? -When a nesting red squirrel takes over!
Good Day dear readers,
I hope you are all fit and well and...
An essay on the Robertson-headed Screw
by Fred Scheuler
In 1906 Peter Lymburner Robertson, wounded by the slippery slot of the primitive screwnail, invented the square recess screw, or as patriotic...
Proposed prison gets more attention
In case you think that the issue of the proposed prison for Kemptville is fading from the public conversation, think again. In the past...
Interview with Michael Barrett, Conservative Party candidate
In a series of interviews with candidates in next month’s federal election, the Times sat down with Michael Barrett of the Conservative Party.
NG Times:...
Lawn Fertilizers and the sudden death of lawns
by William J. Langenberg,
former Lecturer/Researcher, Horticulture, Kemptville College
I received several calls from home owners: “My lawn died – What happened?” One home owner in...
Metroland move further away
The corporate newspaper industry in Canada is facing hard times, and has been for some time now. The large chains are cutting jobs, even...
Maple Enterprise erased from history by Council
by William J. Langenberg
For the first time, I received a copy of the North Grenville Times in my mailbox in the Village of Merrickville...
Birds from all angles
Another change in the weather has brought us some surprise birds this morning, in the form of Redwing Blackbirds. A small flock of them...