A garden at rest
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer
Museum event offers a flavour of days gone by Greeting visitors as they arrive at Ameliasburgh Pioneer Village is volunteer Sheila Aspinwall (centre) with her helpful granddaughters Charlotte (left) and Isabella.…
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PECI Panthers made it to the fourth round of the Ontario East championship After defeating St. Theresa’s for the Bay of Quinte COSSA championships, slugger Bob Wilson (centre, in the helmet) is swarmed…
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Eager participants of Terroir combine passion for wine and running Christina Tomin and Michelle Jiwa of Belleville enjoy an extraordinary day in the County. The 11-kilometre Terroir fun run begins at The Old…
May 31 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Ostrander Point hearings wrap up in Demorestville The hearings into the appeal of a wind energy project at Ostrander…
Jun 14 2013 / No Comment / Read More »County to consider water pipeline from Wellington to Picton It is not a new idea. The notion that Wellington’s…
Jun 14 2013 / 1 Comment / Read More »QHC forced to transport babies to Kingston when it can’t find a doctor Expecting a baby, particularly for first-time…
Jun 14 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Wellington gets set to celebrate 150 years One hundred and fifty years ago this year the village of Wellington…
Jun 14 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Festival becoming the focal point for artisanal food and drink producers They came from Vancouver Island and Newfoundland—and seemingly…
Jun 7 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Council takes reverses course on Lakeside Drive Spend enough time around Shire Hall and it will soon appear there…
Jun 7 2013 / 1 Comment / Read More »Province to give municipalities more say over industrial wind turbines—but only after thousands more are erected on Ontario’s skyline…
Jun 7 2013 / No Comment / Read More »A view of the past
No turning back
The Women of Wellington
In the groove
Head support
Rescue unit
Watchful eye
OPP special units
Mill Pond woes
Toasting the Cheese Festival
Pedal power
A walk in the park
Resonance
Gourmet picnic fare
In my quest to have one awesome day after the other, I find I’m still vexed by little things. Things like people who, very obviously, don’t want to spend time with the person on the “other side of the table” because they’re too busy checking their cellphones. Don’t get me wrong here—this isn’t about LOML…
Jun 14 2013 / No Comment / Read More »The Rolling Stones’ “50 and Counting” tour has garnered no small amount of attention—from news that former bandmate Mick Taylor left a stint in rehab to join the tour, to “cracks” about der Bürgermeister. I’ve been begging to see the Stones for 30 years. I nagged my parents all through high school. I nagged them…
Jun 14 2013 / No Comment / Read More »The human impact on the flora and fauna of the County (and by extension the world) should not be taken lightly. Every effort should be made to maintain the balance between necessity and greed. In the past few weeks I read that vineyards were in part responsible for the decline of the bird population in…
Jun 14 2013 / No Comment / Read More »So the game is afoot, following a close 9 to 7 vote at council. Invitations have been sent out to some 5,000 households in the County inviting them to submit their names for a lucky draw to become members of a “Citizens’ Assembly.” From the responses (a 1-in-10 response rate is anticipated, so from about…
Jun 14 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Action in the Stanley Cup playoffs continues to heat up after every round. One of the most interesting facts pointed out to me recently is that the four semifinalists—Pittsburgh, Chicago, Boston, and Los Angeles—are the last four winners of the Stanley Cup. No matter who wins, it hasn’t taken long to become a repeat winner.…
Jun 7 2013 / No Comment / Read More »I’m a fan of hats, so when I’m in the TSC, aka Tractor Supply Store, in Belleville recently and spot a display of felt fedora hats I’m caught. Check it…
Jun 14 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Its 10:30 Thursday night. The half moon and northern borealis hang low in the sky as the coarse Army Reserve Road unravels before our car headlights. Pamela Stagg is at…
May 31 2013 / No Comment / Read More »“I know every damn inch of that park,” says Ralph Margetson. “I was born in the south of England and lived there…
May 17 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Have you ever stood in the fields of springtime and watched the geese gathering in the sloughs? Now and then you hear…
May 3 2013 / No Comment / Read More »I hope you’ve been following these columns, or reading the local papers, because I can’t possibly provide background for all the attacks…
Mar 15 2013 / No Comment / Read More »I study politics, human behaviour and corporate structures the way other people study a chess board, or enjoy the intricacies of an…
Mar 1 2013 / No Comment / Read More »As attacks continue from our provincial and federal governments, it’s a struggle to keep from falling into despair. The question I hear most out there is: “What can we do?…
Apr 19 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Who are the best stewards of the land? Who are the best stewards of the people? These are questions I have been pondering, while watching the draconian movements of our…
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