One week to go
Room for more on bus to rally for County hospital This is it. Just one more week to get your seat on a bus to Toronto to tell provincial politicians how you feel about the latest in a series of cuts to the local hospital. Dave Gray, the torchbearer for POOCH— Patrons Of Our County […]
Pushing on
Donors move to the sidelines amid cuts to hospital, but the need remains These are difficult days for the local hospital foundation. As chair, Larry Matheson, observes, “it is hard to raise funds to buy new beds when beds are being cut.” But Matheson knows that if Prince Edward County Memorial has any kind of […]
Trial by ambush
Ostrander Point hearing at risk of bogging down, complains lawyer Since the Environmental Review Tribunal began last month, many have worried the would-be developer of a wind project at Ostrander Point would use its superior financial might to run out the clock on the time-limited appeal hearing or force the appellants to spend all their […]
Sweep complete
Pirates beat Alliston in four games—get set for All-Ontario final It was another wild ride but the Picton Pirates emerged victorious on Wednesday completing the sweep of the Alliston Hornets. In doing so they move on to the Schmalz Cup—to face the Essex 73s to determine the All-Ontario Championship. Picton jumped out to an early […]
Two-tiered government?
Discounting homebuilding charges in serviced areas seen as discriminatory by rural residents A plan to kickstart new homebuilding in the County has stirred up an angry response among some rural residents in Ameliasburgh and perhaps elsewhere— charging that Shire Hall is discriminating against rural home building and, in doing so, creating a two-tiered municipality with […]
A bend in the creek
Wellington creek to be rerouted Just before Lane Creek empties into Lake Ontario, the wee waterway flows underneath several buildings as it passes through Wellington’s core. But not, it seems, for much longer. Where once builders accommodated nature and its meandering ways—now it is nature, and more specifically the creek, that must bend. Late this […]
Bit by bit
Bus campaign to reclaim County hospital grows Dave Gray has never been busier. Since he decided he couldn’t continue to stand by helplessly watching his County hospital picked apart and dismantled— the Wellington resident has been on a campaign to fill as many buses as he can. He wants County people to go to Queen’s […]
A deliberate budget
County cuts expenses, begins restoring reserves In a surprise move council last week approved its 2013 budget after just three days of deliberation. The tax levy—the amount collected from property ratepayers— will rise to $27.7 million in 2013, a seven per cent rise over the actual tax levy spent last year, and five per cent […]
Speak now…
POOCH energizes community determined to save its hospital Dave Gray has a simple message: We want our hospital back! It is a message that is resonating with many, many people in this community—people who feel increasingly powerless to protect Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital from yet another round of cuts to service and capacity. There […]
Halfway to home
Hospice set to care for its first residents this June The Hospice Prince Edward residential hospice project is looking to open its doors to its first resident this June. To do this, the organization must raise $875,000 toward the renovation of the Picton home. The good news is that through the generosity of the community, […]