Dividing sign
Council accepts Rotary sponsorship, looking for more to help fund replacement of display sign at fairgrounds in Picton It took the better part of 90 minutes and a handful of procedural motions for a council committee last week to decide it will wait and see what to do to replace a broken roadside display sign at the entrance […]
Creek wins
Either the buildings or the creek had to move. The buildings lost. Wellington’s main intersection, at Main and Wharf Streets, is about to change—dramatically so. The buildings and property on the northwest corner of the intersection, currently housing a convenience store and, until recently, a pizza shop, have been purchased by the municipality and will soon […]
Torch bearer
Nurse and physical fitness advocate will carry Pan Am torch On July 3, Jennifer Ronan will check in with Pan Am security in Belleville. She can’t carry anything with her. She’ll be handed shorts, a T-shirt and an armband—the official uniform—and be shuttled to her starting point along a very long route. There she’ll wait, surrounded […]
Cider rules
Cider makers seek a level playing field Our landscape is rich with the flora brought in by the French and British who colonized Canada. Some of those plants were so useful and took to the climate and soil so well they became part of Canadian culture. In the glorious late spring air of Waupoos, on one […]
Vital
Community working groups find some solutions to food problems For two years, the County Community Foundation has been organizing and facilitating three groups to examine the state of food insecurity in Prince Edward County. The Vital Signs working groups have looked at the state of transportation, education and food accessibility. was to find ways to […]
Next stop: downtown
Business associations consider shuttle service to and from provincial park It is expected that more than 600,000 people will visit Sandbanks provincial park this year. Each summer, their arrival, en masse, provokes a range of predictable responses—from happiness from those eager to provide goods and services, to dismay from those accustomed to unfettered access to parking […]
Up in the air
No one knows what will become of Picton’s town hall As the County gears up to cut the ribbon on a brand new fire station in Consecon, a tender is being put out for another station in Picton, this one farther from the centre of town. The station that now houses the office for the […]
Sitting out
Council, interim CAO, nip micromanagement plot in the bud When County council severed ties with former Chief Administrative Officer Merlin Dewing, one of their sticking points was an inability to access staff. The former CAO argued it was his job to act as the middleman between staff and council, taking direction from the elected body to […]
Pitching in
County pledges its share for a new hospital The hospital in Picton has served the County well over the years. Since it opened its doors in 1959, the County’s second hospital has been home to memories both happy and sad. It has seen the birth and death of its residents. But the time to retire is […]
Great beginnings
County to celebrate Sir John A Macdonald’s time in Picton on Canada Day The countdown has begun. There are just 34 days until the veil is pulled back on a major new County landmark. At 2 p.m. on Canada Day, the Ruth Abernethy sculpture of Sir John A. Macdonald will at last be revealed on Picton’s […]