The push to amalgamate
Looking back on twenty years of amalgamation, it is easy to assume that what we see now is what was always going to be;...
Odd Fellows Hall, 119 Clothier St. East
Built in 1859 by Joseph Bower, a leading merchant in the community in the latter half of the century, it was run by Bowers...
Let’s do more than talk
Today, January 31, is Bell Let’s Talk day. Since 2010 Bell has been hosting one day a year where they donate five cents for...
Merrickville’s Famous Woollen Mill
by the Merrickville & District Historical Society
Following the American Revolution the first Loyalists arrived in Canada, settling first along the St Lawrence and then,...
A Common Sense Revolution
Municipal politics is definitely in the news these days, with an election just past and a Council ready to go for the next four...
The Union Forever!
The people of Ontario have been wondering for many years whether the various oil companies serving up the fuel that keeps our cars and...
It’s a small world after all
Here I am in Dublin, my home town and a traditional place of refuge when I feel that life in North Grenville is getting...
The Bell Telephone exchange, Kemptville, 1939
This picture of the Bell telephone staff was taken in the summer of 1939. Reading left to right is Mrs. Doug Sommerville (Bowen), Miss...
A naturalist’s view of the ice storm
Fred Schueler and Aleta Karstad remember the ice storm twenty years ago all too well. They were living in their current home in Bishops...
Kemptville’s Cold War secret
At the height of the Cold War, the Canadian Government took steps to ensure the Continuity of Government in the event of a nuclear...