KDH reconizes a new kind of volunteer: the Patient and Family Advisor
As National Volunteer Week is celebrated across Canada, Kemptville District Hospital (KDH) is acknowledging a new kind of hospital volunteer: the Patient and Family...
Vandalism hurts our community
by Liz Duhaime
Over the calendar year of 2016, several areas in Ferguson Forest Centre were covered in offensive graffiti, the bridge on Turtle Trail...
The Ward System in MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
by Brian Lonergan
This newspaper recently called for proposals regarding optional changes to electing Municipal officials in this community. Our current system elects four Councillors...
The Kemptville Horticultural Society
The announcement appeared in the local newspaper on December 22, 1898: there would be a meeting to establish a new Horticultural Society in Kemptville....
Oxford Mills Cheese Factory
A cheese factory had been established here some time after 1871 by Lyman Beach before being bought by Murdock Gair in 1882. The factory...
Oxford Mills United Church
The news that the United Church in Oxford Mills is set to close soon means that the three original churches in the village will...
KEMPTVILLE COLLEGE AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE
In response to the articles published in this week’s edition of the North Grenville Times regarding Kemptville Campus, I wish to advise residents of...
It’s all too much
Here’s an interesting question: can you have too much democracy? Looking at different countries around the world, and all the variations on democratic structures...
Parents need our support now
The federal budget this year has made a substantial investment into childcare with a proposal to make the cost of childcare affordable at $10...
Get Back
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” These wise words were written by L.P. Hartley in his novel, The Go-Between,...