Art for H*Arts
Art retreat fundraiser for Reaching for Rainbows About 15 people took part in an art retreat at Truehouse—formerly a Girl Guide camp near Waupoos—for a day of art, play and meditation on Saturday in a fundraising event for Reaching for Rainbows. The event was organized by Delane Cooper, one of the founders of the Lotus […]
Into the storm
2025 budget points to a 6.9 per cent hike to the tax levy Council heads into budget talks on Monday staring at a 6.9 per cent hike to the tax levy next year. From the $50.8 million budgeted this year, Shire Hall says it needs another $4 million more to run its business next year […]
Of barn doors and horses
New planning process comes too late for Picton neighbourhood Shire Hall knows it doesn’t manage big planning files well. It understands that no one is happy with the current process—not developers, residents or planners. In response, it has proposed a list of changes, including a reordering of the steps large planning files must take before they […]
Treasure at Long Point
Spinning a yarn of shipwrecks and lake monsters Young adventurers Bella and Joey are on another quest for fabled treasure, this time from the mystical and mysterious Marysburgh Vortex, as County author Lynne Grist tells a tale of shipwrecks and lake monsters in Treasure at Long Point. This is her second book in the Key […]
Atomic Reaction
Documentary movie reveals Canada’s role in atomic warfare Motorists driving along Highway 401 just west of Port Hope can see a mound of earth rising on the south side of the highway that is the visible evidence of a massive ongoing cleanup effort. There’s a thread stretching from Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories […]
Early Grey
Flower shop moves to a new location on Picton Main Street After about a year in their location at the east end of Main Street in Picton, Early Grey moved to a more central storefront two weeks ago. Owner Marilou Perron has been a florist since about 2016 after completing a Fine Arts degree and […]
Sobering
So many crumbling things, but no money to fix them—or a will to do much about it The municipality of Prince Edward has more debt than assets. It owes more than it has things. It is in a bad way. Other organizations—like your household—in similar straits would see it as an urgent problem. Most anyone […]
Firelight Lantern Festival
Exuberant two-day festival lights up Picton The twelfth annual Firelight Lantern Festival took place in Picton on Friday and Saturday evenings, bringing a welcome dose of fun and light to the community. Hosted by the Department of Illumination arts collective, the Festival is an eagerly anticipated event preceded by several weeks of community lantern making […]
An aviator’s journey
Lola Reid Allin speaks about her career as a commercial pilot Last Thursday evening about a dozen people gathered in the comfy confines of The Wandering Albatross bookstore in Bloomfield to listen to author and adventurer Lola Reid Allin speak about her life as a commercial pilot, as well as to listen to some readings […]
The HASPE collection
Preserving a record of the County’s heritage architecture The Historical Architectural Survey of Prince Edward (HASPE) was compiled by Tom Cruickshank in the early 1980s and comprises some 22,000 pages held in 116 three-ring binders and is part of the Prince Edward County Archives. It contains detailed descriptions and photographs of more than 4,300 buildings […]