Dukes playing better than record indicates No reason to panic. Not yet. By the time you open this newspaper on Wednesday the the Wellington Dukes will sit no better than middle of the pack—sporting a modest record of .500 hockey over six games—at best. This is a level of adequacy not experienced in the opening [...]
Turmoil continues to swirl through halls of McFarland nursing home It seems that despite reports from Shire Hall that all is well, McFarland Home is troubled place for some residents . While the home’s municipal administrators try to keep a lid on allegations of theft in the facility, fresh allegations of abuse at the hands [...]
Monthly gathering of writers must find a new meeting place October is the last month Roz Bound (above right) will host the Wellington Open Floor at her home on Consecon Street. Bound began the monthly writers’ group and says it will continue at Books & Company in Picton, and will find a new location in [...]
It’s the season of campaign fatigue and, as inevitable as the turning leaves, they emerge: disgruntled non-voters, touting their apathy as a virtue. Everybody ought to just stay home, they rage. That’d teach ‘em. I’ve heard and read the sentiment a dozen times; even in these pages. Misguided though they might be, you can understand [...]
A massive groan echoed loudly through the pews and hung in the ornate architecture of the United Church in Picton last week. Liberal candidate and incumbent Leona Dombrowsky had been attempting to convince the large gathering that her government was listening to and hearing the concerns about industrial wind turbines in this community. No one [...]
The Wellington Dukes headed south a fortnight ago to play in the Woodchuck Hockey Tournament in Burlington, Vermont. There were almost 30 teams involved in the tournament. Most were from the eastern parts of the United States and Canada, from a variety of leagues. The Atlanta Knights Junior ‘A’ club was there, from Georgia. Several [...]
We are near completing the circle of the history of wine but not before exploring the wine industry in China. China discovered and enjoyed the cultivation of grapes and wine over 4,500 years ago; however, wine made from grapes lost favor to be replaced by alcoholic beverages made from rice or fruit such as plum [...]
You will have to forgive the readers of the Wellington Times if they are a little blasé about the Bob Dechert, flirtatious—but-innocent emails affair. Why? Well, if you haven’t read the Pivot- Hooker missives, you’ve missed material one heck of a lot steamier than the emails sent to a female employee of the Chinese news [...]
Times column. Take Two. Yup, you read that right. This is my second stab at this week’s column. I don’t often “take two”. Perhaps I should do it more often. Overthinking a column can sometimes get a writer into deep do-do. But, here I am. Taking two. We have become a rude, self-absorbed, media-obsessed, cellphone [...]
MNR failing to protect endangered species says Conservancy group Members of the South Shore Conservancy are claiming the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) broke its own laws when it allowed a contractor hired by Defence Construction Canada (DCC), on behalf of the Department of National Defence (DND), to commence work at Ostrander Point Provincial Wildlife [...]