Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News KEMPTVILLE — Attempts to block construction of a 235-bed regional prison in Kemptville aren’t simply a NIMBY reaction, opponents maintain: They don’t want the prison in anybody’s backyard! As…
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KEMPTVILLE — Opponents of a proposed prison in Kemptville will hold the second in a series of public forums with five featured speakers addressing the topic tomorrow, Feb. 2. The Coalition Against the Proposed Prison…
NORTH GRENVILLE — A RIDE program conducted last week by the Grenville OPP in Bishop Mills resulted in two arrests and seizure of drugs. On January 20th, shortly after 6:15 p.m., officers pulled over a…
NORTH DUNDAS — At a time when health care services seem more complicated than ever, 21 researchers with the ‘ARC Navigator Project’ are studying how to help the Merrickville-Wolford and North Dundas areas find those…
OXFORD MILLS — Firefighters and provincial police from Grenville were called to a residential fire on Stone Rd. in Oxford Mills yesterday (January 10th). When they arrived at 6:15 p.m., the residence, a log house…
KEMPTVILLE — Supporting a local food bank will be as simple as drinking coffee on December 18. Brewed Awakenings in Kemptville is hosting a fundraising event in support of the House of Lazarus (HOL). Owner…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News KEMPTVILLE — Closed down tight after University of Guelph pulled out four years ago, the Kemptville Campus Power & Equipment Building workshop is to get a new lease on…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News KEMPTVILLE — A revamped, almost theme-park style Kemptville Campus as described in a Regeneration Plan released last week can co-exist with a provincial prison across the way… especially with…
KEMPTVILLE — Several years after the University of Guelph’s pullout from the site, a revival of skilled trades training is taking place at the former Kempville College campus here. Unveiled yesterday by provincial cabinet minister…
KEMPTVILLE — A draft of the Kemptville Campus Master Plan has been released for public review. Prepared following extensive public and stakeholder consultation earlier this year — and careful review over the summer by Campus…
OXFORD MILLS — The Upper Canada District School Board reports a positive COVID-19 test in one person at Oxford-on-Rideau Public School. The Board will not elaborate if the infected individual — whose test result came…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News KEMPTVILLE — Local officials and the agricultural community are still waiting for details following a recent provincial announcement that a prison will be built on land once occupied by…
PRESCOTT — A Victor Court resident faces a charge of assault after spraying a neighbour with a water hose. The Sept. 19 incident involved an “ongoing neighbour dispute,” according to Grenville County OPP, whose officers…
KEMPTPTVILLE — Officers located a deceased 63-year-old female after responding to a call at a residence on Cty. Rd. 18 in Kemptville, shortly after 9 p.m. on July 24. Kemptville OPP, under the direction of…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News OXFORD STATION — Marie Saverimuttu is on a roll. It’s Saturday afternoon and she’s pouring samples of her selections to visitors at Green Gables Vines Winery along Highway 44…
