The Kemptville Academy is built as the central school; the town hall is built; a hose tower is built to help combat fire in town 1879 - Memorial Church of Kemptville is built 1881 - First steam engine is purchased for the Fire Department 1885 - Bakery is built on 115 Clothier Street East 1888 - Holy Cross Church designed by Joseph Connolly is built; the district High School is built; The Salvation Army comes to Kemptville; electricity comes to Kemptville via a mill which lights the Oddfellows hall for a fair 1895 - Bank of Ottawa opens (later becoming the Bank of Nova Scotia) 1899 - The Horticultural Society is formed in Kemptville 1845-1900 - The rise of the service clubs 1910 - A fire destroys part of Asa Street 1936 - North Grenville District High School opens on Prescott Street 1999 - St. Michael Catholic High School opens on County Road 43 2012 - North Grenville District High School opens on Concession Road 2017 - Kemptville celebrates its 160th Anniversary 2018 - North Grenville elects its first female mayor Climate Sports The Kemptville 73's are a Tier II Junior "A" hockey team and members of the Central Canada Hockey League. The team was founded as the Kemptville Comets of the Rideau-St. Lawrence Junior B Hockey League in 1969, but the league later became the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League and the Comets became the 73's in 1973. The 73's were promoted to Junior "A" in the Summer of 2007. Birthplace of 1930s NHL player Desse (Desmond) Roche. Media Radio The Kemptville area is served by a number of radio stations out of the Ottawa-Gatineau areas, including Brockville. Kemptville is served by one local radio station. CKVV-FM 97.5; Kemptville's first local FM radio station launched in 2012. Newspapers The Kemptville Advance, a Torstar newspaper, is published every Thursday. The North Grenville Times, a locally-owned community newspaper, is delivered every Wednesday. Notable people Charles P. Anderson (1865–1930), presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, born in Kemptville W. B. George (1899–1972), president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and lecturer at Kemptville Agricultural School Derek Holmes, IIHF Hall of Fame inductee, ice hockey coach and player agent Des Roche - NHL hockey player See also Kemptville College, University of Guelph References External links Municipality of North Grenville Former towns in Ontario Communities in Leeds and Grenville United Counties