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More grocery stores in Ontario can now stock alcohol.This week 87 more stores across the province started stocking beer and cider on their shelves.

Athens Play & Learn is closed today due to the school bus cancellation. Play & Learn will run as usual in Brockville and Gananoque, 9:00 - 11:30am.

A not-for-profit economic development organization, which has succeeded in attracting biochemical plants to Sarnia, Ont., is now targeting Eastern Ontario for expansion.

Politicians and hospital officials could barely be heard over the noise as they struggled against the wind beating on the tent and the sounds of construction behind them. The latter, at least, they did not mind, as they held the long-awaited ground-breaking ceremony Wednesday for Brockville General Hospital’s multimillion-dollar expansion project.

“Strong Business, Strong Community”Leeds-Grenville – The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville is launching the largest multi-level Business Retention + Expansion (BR+E) program the region has seen.The Counties and the Townships of Augusta, Merrickville-Wolford and Rideau Lakes have partnered in a project that will see staff and volunteers directly connect with over 300 businesses in the region.

The highlights of our regular Council meeting held on March 22 and the Committee of the Whole meeting held earlier in the month are: Council approves 2018 budget, Council passes Front of Yonge Official Plan, and Active Transportation Summit in May.

EarlyON Child and Family Centre will be running a new program called Outdoor Play & Learn at Limerick Forest every Monday morning starting May 7.

KEMPTVILLE - It's been a long time coming, but the old Kemptville College is officially in North Grenville's hands - and at no cost to the local taxpayer. A significant partnership with the local French public school board will not only help alleviate part of the $7.

A registered dietician/nutritionist will visit during Play & Learn in Prescott on Wed, Mar 21. Bring your questions.

The municipality will officially acquire a "large portion" of the former Kemptville College from the province later this month, it confirmed on Thursday. After reaching an agreement in principle with the province in November, the sale was made official in late December and will see the Municipality of North Grenville assume ownership of most of the 633-acre campus - a site where the University of Guelph previously delivered agricultural programming - and transform it into an "education and community hub.