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Driver injured in collision

Posted: Mar 27, 2014 at 10:53 am   /   County News

(Prince Edward County, ON)—On March 27, 2014 at 7:26 a.m. officers from the Ontario Provincial Police Prince Edward County detachment responded to a two vehicle, motor vehicle collision that occurred at the intersection of County Road 28 and Massassauga Road, in the Ward of Ameliasburgh. Prince Edward County Fire department and Paramedics assisted.  One driver […]

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Small victory

Posted: Mar 21, 2014 at 9:48 am   /   County News

OMB grants 12-year-old appeal In the summer of 2002, Mayor James Taylor signed a bylaw that would mark the beginning of a conflict that continues to churn through this community 12 years later. It wasn’t exactly the County’s first brush with industrial wind turbines. Council had rejected an earlier project, by just a single vote, […]

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Making it easy

Posted: Mar 21, 2014 at 9:40 am   /   County News

County officials aim for 60 per cent participation in October vote You don’t want to vote at the poll in your ward? That’s okay. You can vote at any of 10 polls around the County. You don’t wish to leave your home to vote? No problem. Internet voting is back and has been extended to […]

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One more challenge

Posted: Mar 21, 2014 at 9:35 am   /   County News

Field Naturalists contend the issues at stake are too important A desperate race is afoot. On one side, Gilead Power Corporation vows it will begin the levelling of Ostrander Point as soon as conditions on the site permit. On the other side, the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists are headed back to court seeking to […]

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Safe community

Posted: Mar 14, 2014 at 9:19 am   /   County News

But the cost to keep it that way, will continue to rise The handful of residents who came out Thursday night had their choice of dozens of chairs arrayed in the Highline Hall in Wellington. In fact, at times, there were more uniformed folks than civilians in the large banquet hall. Fewer still had come […]

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Close to home

Posted: Mar 14, 2014 at 9:14 am   /   County News

Family Health Team launches Hospital@Home Ontario has just 2.4 beds per 1,000 citizens—about half of the average of European countries. Far fewer than nearly all western nations. Only Mexico, India and Indonesia have fewer hospital beds relative to their population. Yet with health care costs rising unabated, and just the single solution in response, the […]

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The Design Process Of Creating A Corporate Identity For A Beer Label: Part 2

Posted: Mar 10, 2014 at 3:01 pm   /   County News

Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators. To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words. If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages. The […]

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How To Design A Movie Poster

Posted: Mar 10, 2014 at 3:00 pm   /   County News

The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages. It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental. To an English person, it will seem like simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is. The European languages are members […]

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Designing Commercial Interiors: Applying Sustainable Concepts & Practices

Posted: Mar 10, 2014 at 2:59 pm   /   County News

If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages. The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages. It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental. To an English person, it will […]

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Hard decision

Posted: Mar 7, 2014 at 9:17 am   /   County News

Mayor Peter Mertens won’t seek another term Mayor Peter Mertens’ tenure at Shire Hall will come to an end this fall. The former councillor and mayor since 2010, has decided he will not run in the municipal election to be held later this year. His decision is expected to spark a lively and competitive race […]

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