Bought the school
Council to complete purchase of Queen Elizabeth School The facts are as follows: Last year, the County agreed to buy Queen Elizabeth School in Picton. It would pay $1.375 million, conditional upon the municipality receiving grant funding from senior levels of government. That funding failed to come through. The offer to purchase the school expires […]
Big plans
Meeting reveals recommendations for County waterworks Late in 2022, a project attempting to make sense of the County’s fragmented and disparate waterworks got rolling. Last week, the team tasked with this job returned with its recommendations. The recommendation is to do nothing at four of the County’s six waterworks systems. At Peat’s Point, the team […]
Indelible mark
Barry Davidson left the County a better place Barry Davidson needed to make things happen. While others pointed out gaps and needs in the community, Davidson put his energy toward tackling them. He quietly but deliberately set out each day to work toward a solution. His ambition was supported by the rare ability to attract […]
Restocking
Chinook salmon and brown trout take up residence in Wellington Spring has arrived, which means migration and spawning season for many fish native to Lake Ontario. In 1873, the federal government began stocking the lake with non-native salmon, starting with Chinook salmon. Coho salmon, steelhead, and brown trout soon followed. At first the fish didn’t […]
Two on the aisle
Play explores the joys and frustrations of community theatre It’s a community theatre play about the people who play in community theatre. The set is the back parking lot of a playhouse, where the stage door opens and closes to provide snippets of the playswithin- a-play premise. There’s also the rear of a party van […]
Mentorship Program
County arts mentors share their knowledge and experience The Prince Edward County Arts Council celebrated the success of its inaugural Mentorship Program on Tuesday, March 26 with an entertaining and informative panel discussion providing a view into the challenges and accomplishments of the mentorship pairs’ activities over the past four months. The program was funded […]
Lender of last resort
Council loans $5 million to Housing Corp. Council has agreed to loan the municipal Affordable Housing Corporation (Housing Corp) up to $5 million for five years. In a meeting last week, council approved extending some of Shire Hall’s “idle cash” as a lifeline to the agency. The Housing Corp is out of money. It has […]
Maple in the County
Busy weekend at the County’s sugarbushes Afresh snowfall on Friday provided a picturesque setting for the Maple in the County weekend, and the sunshine and more moderate temperatures helped to encourage visitors to sugarbushes across the County. As usual, there was a line-up to get breakfast at Fosterholm. It was a bustle of activity inside […]
Wishing an easy death
Remembering an 80-year-old tragedy They lifted off just after 8 a.m. It was a bright spring morning on March 21, 1944. The skies were clear when Gordie Craig and Alex Ross guided their Fairchild Cornell upward and over Prince Edward County. Wilfred Gordon Craig was born and raised in Merlin, Ontario, a village of 750 […]
Baby steps
Townhome builder still faces an uncertain path A proposed 253-home development in Wellington (behind the Legion) will proceed to the next stage of development. Council approved rezoning of lands last week to permit the project of townhomes and singlefamily homes championed by Sterling Homes. Homes could be rising out of the ground in 18 months. […]