A new Union
Council approves reconstruction of Mountain View road Faced with the looming prospect of closing part of Union Road due to its deteriorating condition, last week council reaffirmed a decision it made in December to rebuild the short linking roadway. It approved awarding a $287,715 contract to Cooney Excavating to reconstruct a portion of the road. The […]
Size of council
Three proposals were presented last week about how council and the system for electing them might be modified. The Time’s has put together a new section on our website, to provide a more complete explanation of each of these alternatives. Visit the Times’ Size of Council section by clicking here.
Swingin’ students
Teens visit the County to learn jazz Patrons sitting in a packed house at the Regent Theatre on Sunday were blown away by young talent and established musicians as they witnessed the culmination of three days’ work from the 2015 TD Jazz Education program. The program is the brainchild of percussionist and big band leader […]
Under a cloud
Cement plant fined for excessive dust emissions and noise From his home in Adolphustown, Keijo Puusa has documented dozens of emission spills from the Essroc cement plant north of Picton. Rising like a dark, brown cloud from the plant, the particulate matter often settles on his shoreline home, and those of his neighbours, coating windows, cars, […]
Silicon County
Province drags feet, but promised funding is in the works Conrad Guziewicz and Mauro Lollo had big things planned for Prince Edward County when they started First Stone Venture Partners, a group of private investors. Their goal was a to establish a scaled down Silicon Valley of the north, taking advantage of new fibre-optic Internet, wide-open […]
Looking for the funnies
County cartoonists make art from jam Art can be a lonely business. In a studio, with the tools of the trade, an artist can get lost in the world of imagination. Of colours and shapes and ideas and wit. Niall Eccles knows that. He returned to the County more than a decade ago after spending time […]
The stuff of nature
Terry Sprague chooses a quieter path Terry Sprague is at his best surrounded by nature. The mild, grandfatherly man recalls his farm work when he was young, excited to reach the end of a row so that he could discover the wildlife in the hedgerows on his farm on Big Island. That natural curiosity developed […]
Prayer is out
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the recital of the Lord’s Prayer was inappropriate in the public realm. The decision was based on a challenge by a resident of Saguenay, Quebec who objected to the recital of the Christian prayer before the city’s council meeting. “A neutral public space free from coercion, pressure and […]
Days of wine and clauses
After years navigating legal hurdles, Hillier Creek gets its Estate When Kemp Stewart sat down at an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing at Shire Hall last Tuesday, the last thing he expected was to be getting back up 20 minutes later, finally vindicated, to go work on his farm. Because, according to the municipal board, […]
Privacy?
Mayor Robert Quaiff answers questions—sort of Last week, the Times published an editorial criticizing the manner in which the County parted ways with its CAO, Merlin Dewing. In a statement, Mayor Robert Quaiff was quoted as saying, “Dewing’s leadership style no longer aligns with Council’s preferred corporate administration approach. In order for Council to maintain […]