‘Not our vision’
Residents push back at plan to smash buildings in Wellington historic core A groundswell of resistance is forming over the prospect of a parkette, parking lot or combination on the northwest corner of Wellington’s main intersection. Several dozen names have already been compiled in a petition calling for either the building to be preserved or, failing that, […]
In disarray
Hospice chair, executive director resign in wake of lingering questions about transparency An atmosphere of frustration and unanswered questions has left the board of Hospice Prince Edward with just two members. The interim executive director, Angela Jodoin, along with two of the dwindling rank of board members, president Linda Middleton and secretary Debbie Macdonald- Moynes, stepped down […]
Hospice to carry on
Birgit Langwisch, Interim President and Chair of the Board of Directors and Mary Camp, Treasurer announced today that despite recent resignations from the Board, Hospice remains a viable organization, working to live out its Vision: Supporting the journey of living with dying. Ms. Langwisch said, “The remaining board members represent a legally-constituted board of directors […]
Sensible rules
Shire Hall seeking flexibility in how it regulates special events on private property Banjos, mandolins and guitars. Tents, hammocks and campfires. Summer in Prince Edward County. These are the ingredients for the first ever Old School Bluegrass Camp in Milford next month. Some of the finest bluegrass musicians in Canada, including Dan Whiteley, Max Heineman, Frank Showman, […]
Shedding light
Feds save two County lighthouses, but make no effort to maintain them Standing at the County’s most remote point, overlooking Timber and False Duck Islands, an old lighthouse stands, crumbling, forgotten by most except for a flight of swallows who have made homes in the soffits. The Prince Edward Point lighthouse, also known as the Point […]
Plenty to see and do
Prepping for Canada Day in Wellington It had been a long and hard-fought debate over much of the year before, but on July 1, 1965, a new flag at last flew over Canada. Fifty years later this is the flag most Canadians have ever known. We wear the red maple leaf proudly—to honour sacrifice, courage […]
Fatal crash claims two lives
Two men are dead, and a woman and two other men are in hospital with serious to life-threatening injuries after a car driven by an 83-year old male left his lane colliding head-on with three of eight motorcycles. The collision happened on Loyalist Parkway, just west of Hillier near Stapleton Road just after 2 on […]
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 […]