Chefs with Hart
Fundraiser benefits Sick Kids GIFT program With his ready smile and twinkling eyes, Hartley Bernier looks like any typical eight-year-old—until you notice the plastic tubes leading to an IV pole and a bag of fluid. Hartley was born with intestinal failure and has endured 17 surgeries since birth. Prior to 2002, babies such as Hartley […]
Bike friendly
Council will develop a plan to make the County a cycling-friendly place In the ’80s, when Bloomfield’s bike lanes were repainted as parking spots, Bloomfield Bicycle Company’s Rick Willing protested by lying in the street. It seems silly now. The County has since allowed the bicycle company to use two of the parking spots in […]
Business matters
Picton BIA discussed potential issues and opportunities with Sobeys’ proposed move Aproposed move by the Picton Sobeys to a new, bigger location on Loyalist Parkway, across the road from the No Frills is a big change, and has sent Picton’s business community into action mode in an attempt to understand and manage that change in […]
Sailboat wrecked on Outlet Beach
(Prince Edward County, ON) – Just before 3:00am on Saturday the 5th of August Prince Edward OPP received a call from a concerned citizen about a sailboat in Outlet Bay just off the shores of Sandbanks Beach. The vessel was nearest to the beach known as Campers Beach and although no distress calls were heard […]
Grand canyon
Lane Creek cuts deep and runs long Lane Creek is a tiny waterway that runs through the village of Wellington and into Lake Ontario, in front of the Drake Devonshire property. Behind CML Snider school it carves a small, well-landscaped crevice that curls eastward out of town, a lovely spot to spend a few moments […]
First class
Building classifications cause confusion, but council supports the hall When two firefighters showed up to oversee a performance of Conrad Beaubien’s play, Bridge Street, at Hillier Hall last year, he was surprised. An earlier visit by the County’s fire prevention officer, Mike Branscombe, seemed to go well. “At the time… the fire safety person came. […]
Fire in Rednersville
Bay of Quinte residents lost their home Monday night Some Rednersville Road residents found themselves without a home late Monday evening after a fire engulfed their house. At 9 p.m., the Prince Edward County fire department were called to a residence near Campbell’s Orchard, on the Bay of Quinte side of the road. Four stations […]
Building again
New residential building up strongly in first half of the year The County is on pace to smash new home building starts in 2017. So far, after six months, the County has issued building permits for 94 new homes—more homes than were built in all of 2014. Interestingly, the County’s pace of new homebuilding is […]
Our town
Residents defend Picton town hall on the cusp of a decision In its 150-year history, the building at 2 Ross Street has been a municipal office, a town hall and a firehall. The building has even been home to the Bijou Opera House, with the upstairs venue hosting operas and vaudeville shows in the late […]
Setting boundaries
OMB hearing limited to ward boundary changes After two and a half days of hearings at Shire Hall, the future of the County’s ward boundaries—and potentially, by extension, the size of the County’s council—is in the hands of Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) chair and former Belleville mayor Mary Anne Sills. Debate, discussion and deliberations over […]