One year
Buildings on Wellington’s main intersection get a reprieve Pamela Carter and Bill Hurst came to a committee of council meeting last week hoping to rally support among council members for salvaging and restoring all or part of buildings at the central intersection of Main and Wharf Streets in Wellington. If that proved unworkable, they hoped council […]
A perfect storm
Tempers boil over at Shire Hall The story begins with a tempest—perhaps unfairly. For this ship was doomed before it left port—tossed by elements conjured by fates rather than mortals. Council meets as a committee just once in July and August—an odd artifact of amalgamation that presumes the business of the $50-million municipality slows down […]
Final chapter
TaskForce the low bidder to build new fire and paramedic station in Picton County officials will join with Mayor Robert Quaiff, council members and firefighting and paramedic staff at Picton’s industrial park on September 9 to break ground for a new fire and paramedic facility. This Thursday, a committee of council will be asked to accept […]
Great bones
Wellington convenience store advocates head to council Thursday morning, defenders for a mainstay of Wellington Main Street will visit a committee of council to argue their case for preserving it. Artist Pamela Carter, who has been advocating for maintaining the building from the start, and architect Bill Hurst, who has come up with some potential redesigns, […]
Barn to home
The metamorphosis of an iconic County barn At the barn that faces Belleville Road just south of Closson Road, a small group is finishing up an informal tour. They visited to see what was happening in the building, which has been under construction for just over two years. This month, it will begin to take shape […]
Royal assent
County council unanimously welcomes redesign for Picton hotel When councillors met with Greg Sorbara, the new owner of the shuttered Royal Hotel in Picton, to approve in principle his plan to revamp and revitalize the old building, some began to reminisce about its storied past. “If the Royal Hotel could talk, could actually tell stories, they’d be […]
Second front
APPEC and County resident square off against White Pines industrial wind project There will be an appeal of the White Pines industrial wind energy development approved last month, but the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists (PECFN) have concluded they won’t join this fight—not directly, anyway. The small group of volunteers simply can’t afford to open another front […]
Mayor Quaiff says Premier is discriminating against rural Ontario
On July 23 Mayor Robert Quaiff wrote to Premier Kathleen Wynne seeking a meeting over her government’s decision to approve an industrial wind energy development known as White Pines, comprised of 27 turbines in South Marysburgh. In his letter Mayor Quaiff said he was “incredibly upset and discouraged” that questions raised by residents and the […]
Royal plans
County unanimously welcomes redesign for Picton hotel When councillors met with Greg Sorbara, the new owner of the shuttered Royal Hotel in Picton, to approve in principle his plan to revamp and revitalize the old building, some began to reminisce about its storied past. “If the Royal Hotel could talk, could actually tell stories, they’d […]
Failure to launch
Slim space and bylaw confusion cause boat launch bickering Wellington’s natural summer state is tourism. Boasting a harbour, marina and a beach, many visiting tourists come equipped with a boat or two. While an influx in popularity has caused traffic and parking woes in the centre of the village, to the east, the southern stub of […]