Flashback February
Month-long series of events celebrating the County’s heritage Flashback February had its start eight years ago as a celebration of heritage in Prince Edward County to coincide with Ontario Heritage Week, which is held during the third week of February. For one week, heritage-themed events were held across the County, coordinated by the County Museums. […]
Songbird
New tattoo parlour opens on Main Street in Wellington Wellington’s Main Street has welcomed a new creative addition: Songbird Tattoo, helmed by Ian Langdon, an experienced tattoo artist with 16 years of dedication to the craft. Originally from Caledon, Ian was drawn to Prince Edward County after some family members relocated here. On a visit […]
The Vimy Oak
New plaque for Vimy oak in Wellington Park In April, 1917, after the Battle of Vimy Ridge in France, Lieutenant Leslie Miller gathered a pocketful of acorns from the desolate battlefield and sent them home to his family in Scarborough, where they were planted on the family farm. Lt. Miller was born on October 5, […]
How you see it
Young County artists at Arts on Main Artworks created by youth from the ROC will be on display in the Backroom Gallery at Arts on Main (AoM) in Picton until the end of the month. The collaboration began when the Arts on Main collective realized they had an open slot in the Backroom Gallery schedule […]
Carte
New food shop opens in Picton Rachel Bies started cooking at the age of four and got her first job in the food industry when she was 12. “My first job was washing dishes. I was fired the next day and promoted to a hostess because I talked too much and I was terrible at […]
Campfire Circle
Local environmental groups share concerns over sensitive location A camp for children affected by cancer, and other serious illnesses, is proposed for a 32.8-hectare property on the north-eastern shore of West Lake located south-west of Bloomfield off Wesley Acres Road. The proponent— Campfire Circle—has filed an application for a zoning bylaw amendment to re-zone the […]
Wellington Lakeside
56-unit subdivision in Hillier Ward labelled as premature Wellington Lakeside Ltd., owned by the Kaitlin Corporation, has submitted applications for draft plan of sub-division and zoning bylaw amendment for a residential development consisting of 22 single-detached homes, a condominium block containing 34 townhouses plus a small lake lookout and public parkette. At last Wednesday’s Planning […]
Hannah Melnyk Makes
Hillier studio offers colourful pottery creations Hannah Melnyk got her hands into the pottery business while she was still in high school. She built up her community hours by volunteering at David Drown and Maggie Murdoch’s Wellington Pottery on Consecon Street. “Everyone who knows pottery knows it’s a messy business, so they had me cleaning […]
Ten years in the SHED
SHED Chetwyn Farms celebrates its tenth anniversary Both Ted and Shauna Pickering have a love of fibre and fibre arts, so when they bought their property on Closson Road they entertained the idea of having some alpaca as a way to ensure a supply of high quality yarn. “Shauna is a knitter and we thought […]
Fighting to save Waring’s Creek
Group’s 32-year reclamation effort may be undone by development At one time in the not too distant past, the water flow through Waring’s Creek was sufficient to power three mills on its route from Picton Bay to West Lake. The early settlers referred to it as Trout Creek for the plentiful fish that formed an […]