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, […]
A better problem
Council urged to put more aside in reserves as it considers a 1% increase in the tax levy County council sat down this week to begin haggling over its 2013 budget. Taxpayers, meanwhile, await the impact on their pocketbooks. As the horsetrading began, council was looking at just a one per cent increase in the […]
Trip to Queen’s Park in support of PECMH
Barking mad
POOCH rally against cuts to Picton hospital gathering steam This dog knows how to hunt. The ranks of the group known as POOCH—Patrons of Our County Hospital—are swelling everyday. In a week Dave Gray has received more than $1,800 toward the goal of sending two or more buses of County seniors to Queen’s Park in […]