A Town with a big heart
Maureen and Terry McCleery had been going to Tim Horton’s at the Kemptville Mall for years, part of the local flavour of the coffee...
The Hollywood connection
Over the past year or so, we’ve been doing a series called “Sons and Daughters”, profiling people who lived and worked in North Grenville...
New invasive fish species in the Rideau system
Environmentalists and those concerned about the health of the Rideau Waterway system got some bad news recently, with the discovery of a new invasive...
Requiem for a small town: the decline of Kemptville
by Woody Armour
In the recent past, Kemptville had a small brickworks factory, a small pipe factory, a milk plant, a creamery, a maple syrup...
Why doesn’t she just leave?
by Jordyn, Sexual Assault Support Counsellor, Victim Services Leeds and Grenville
“Why doesn’t she just leave?”, a phrase often heard by outsiders looking in once...
The wild turkey story
If you have lived in rural Eastern Ontario for a while, you would be hard pressed not to have seen a wild turkey gobbling...
More than just road kill
If you happen to drive through Bishops Mills on a regular basis, you may have noticed a tall man with a beard, walking the...
Overcoming the stereotype
by Vicki Ogilvie, Ogilvie’s Auto & Fleet Service
I am Vicki Ogilvie, the co-owner of Ogilvie’s Auto & Fleet Service in Jasper, On. As a...
The Kemptville Salvation Army Thrift Store is moving
The old Kemptville Salvation Army Thrift Store on Asa Street is now closed and they are not taking donations at this time. Kemptville Salvation...
Looking back ‑ How times have changed
by Ralph Raina
I thought the readers might be interested in a bit of nostalgia about the town of Kemptville. Rudi Finzel and I have...