PECI Learning Garden
Helping students to connect with nature An interior courtyard at Prince Edward Collegiate Institute (PECI) has been converted into an outdoor learning space thanks to the efforts of teachers, students, parent volunteers and community partners. The new Learning Garden and Outdoor Classroom was officially opened last Thursday with a symbolic planting in the redesigned space. […]
Compensation clash
Council hits reset on remuneration debate Council will revisit the contentious issue of remuneration later this month after a lengthy and at times heated debate ended without a clear decision last Tuesday night. After nearly an hour of discussion, Council found itself deadlocked on two competing approaches to councillor compensation. A proposal to maintain the […]
Unsustainable
The County must have a conversation about right-sizing municipal business: consultant Consultants tend to try to put a positive spin on bad news. But the folks at Municipal VU had to work extra hard to paint an optimistic take on the County’s big picture. The consultants were contracted in the wake of accelerated overhead growth […]
Blue Rodeo
Legendary rock band kicks off Base31’s music season The Drill Hall at Base31 was packed to capacity on Saturday night for Blue Rodeo’s kick-off concert to start off the summer season of music. Opening for the headliner was the Hometown Beauts, with duo Jimmy Bowskill—who also plays with Blue Rodeo—and Brittany Brooks accompanied by Ian […]
Bloomfield BBQ Picnic
Family fun day at Mill Pond Park The Bloomfield Hallowell Recreation Committee held their third annual old-fashioned BBQ picnic at the Mill Pond park in Bloomfield on Saturday. Dozens of families came out to enjoy a day of fun activities, with food and drink available at “old-fashioned” prices if they didn’t bring their own picnic. […]
Greening Wellington
Millennium Trail restoration to include major tree replanting effort Residents got a closer look Thursday evening at plans to restore a section of Wellington’s Millennium Trail that was heavily impacted by construction of the new trunk watermain and sanitary sewer infrastructure. County officials—including Manager of Engineering David MacPherson, Project Manager Chris Timpson, Environmental Technician Cody […]
Sexy laundry
Middle-aged couple tries to rekindle the romance After twenty-five years of marriage and raising three children, Henry and Alice’s relationship has become stale and predictable, or so Alice thinks. Armed with a library copy of Sex for Dummies—and other items—she books a room in a swanky hotel for a romantic weekend getaway. Henry, however, is […]
Cost clarity
Federal waterworks funding Additional details have been released about the $20.6 million in federal funding allocated to expand Wellington’s waterworks capacity. MP Chris Malette announced the Build Canada Strong Funding last month in Wellington. The Times has learned that the federal funding covers half (50 per cent) of the project’s eligible costs, based on estimates […]
Happy surprise
Bids to rebuild 49 come substantially under budget Two pieces of good news came out of last week’s tender award for rehabilitating County Road 49: Timeline: Most of the work should be finished by the end of this year, based on the contractor’s schedule. Cost: The project should not cost County taxpayers anything beyond the […]
Silent Sky
The woman who discovered how to measure the universe Shatterbox Theatre is staging the play Silent Sky at The Andrew in Picton, with performances starting tomorrow, June 28. The play, by Lauren Gunderson, looks at the life and work of Henrietta Swan Leavitt at the Harvard College Observatory in the first two decades of the […]