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Pinecrest Housing

Posted: December 14, 2023 at 10:23 am   /   County News

Slow progress for affordable housing at former school It was close to three years ago that ownership of the vacant Pinecrest School in Bloomfield was turned over to a nonprofit group for conversion of the facility into affordable housing for seniors. In short order the school desks and blackboards were removed and the interior was […]

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Busy Hands

Posted: December 14, 2023 at 10:20 am   /   County News

Popular craft show takes place at the Wellington Community Centre Thousands of visitors flocked to the annual Busy Hands craft show in the Wellington Community Centre over the weekend in what has become a Christmas season tradition. It is as much a social event as it is a shopping or selling experience. Vendors and shoppers […]

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Ever upward

Posted: December 14, 2023 at 10:17 am   /   County News

Council approves 7.3 per cent hike to the tax levy Over five long and occasionally tumultuous days last week, council managed to shave about $3.5 million from the budget that had been put on the table at the beginning of the week. Still, it is $6.4 million more than the municipality budgeted to spend last […]

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Village infill opportunity

Posted: December 11, 2023 at 2:03 pm   /   County News

Sterling Homes makes its case At this point, the 7.5-hectare parcel of land between the Main Street homes and the Millennium Trail at Cleminson Street in Wellington is a wild grassy field. Paul Mondell, representing Sterling Homes, envisions a housing development north of the Wellington Legion that would straddle Cleminson Street with 32 single detached […]

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Take the long way home

Posted: December 11, 2023 at 2:00 pm   /   County News

Council wary on supporting Uride wage subsidy At last Tuesday’s meeting, in a recorded vote, County Council decided not to financially support Uride, a ridesharing program that has been offering on-demand transportation services to residents and visitors in the County since 2022. Coming out of the pandemic, the municipality was awarded a Tourism Relief Grant […]

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Decision postponed

Posted: December 11, 2023 at 1:58 pm   /   County News

Council seeks certainty about developer’s commitment before awarding tender Adecision about what to do with the proposed trunk lines under the Millennium Trail will have to wait a few more weeks. Approximately 100 County residents filled the pews in Council Chambers and spilled into the hallways and overflow rooms at Shire Hall on Tuesday to […]

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Wellington heritage benches

Posted: November 30, 2023 at 9:26 am   /   County News

New benches to be installed on Wellington Main Street The Wellington Community Association (WCA) has issued a call for entry to artists who would be interested in painting either of the two heritage-inspired benches that will be installed on Wellington Main Street in May, 2024. This project came about after a WCA workshop this past […]

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Trae Eco Resort

Posted: November 30, 2023 at 9:24 am   /   County News

Planning committee rejects re-zoning in North Marysburgh Update: At Tuesday evenings Council meeting, the file was referred back to staff by Councillor John Hirsch, in hopes the public and applicant can make improvements to the proposal. After more than two hours of discussion and public outcry, Council, sitting as Planning Committee, rejected a rezoning that […]

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Positive masculinity

Posted: November 23, 2023 at 10:15 am   /   County News

Show at Maison Depoivre explores what it means to be a man Astrikingly lifelike figure of a partially clad man lying prone upon a bed is one of the first pieces that catches the eye upon entering the Maison Depoivre Gallery at Base31. The figure is partly covered by a sheet and there is a […]

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Who’s yer father?

Posted: November 23, 2023 at 10:10 am   /   County News

Comedy caper set in PEI penned by Cherry Valley resident The Atlantic Canada number one box office movie Who’s Yer Father?, written and directed by Cherry Valley resident Jeremy Larter, is being screened at the Regent Theatre on Sunday evening. It’s the story of a down-on-his-luck private investigator in a small town in Prince Edward […]

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