Glittering achievement
Statues honouring Canada’s best in film and television produced in the County Just a week after the glamour and drama of the Oscars, many in this country will to turn their attention to the best films and television produced in Canada. This Sunday, the first ever Canadian Screen Awards will be handed out in a […]
Playoffs
The Dukes look to upset a confident Kingston team The playoffs are here. After a roller coaster regular season the Dukes prepare to face one of the strongest teams in the OJHL. The Kingston Voyageurs have lost just a single game since the new year. That is until they were pummelled by Trenton in their […]
Fumbled
The County’s troubled experience with development charges For a decade the County avoided development charges while other jurisdictions were busy collecting money from this bustling sector to pay for future infrastructure needs. But then, just as a deep recession began to grip the globe, the County hurriedly adopted some of the steepest charges in the […]
Uncompetitive
County council wary of hiking development fees further We are in a crisis,” warned Mayor Peter Mertens describing the collapse of the homebuilding sector in Prince Edward County. “A dramatic solution is required.” Mertens was responding to a presentation made by Andrew Grunda of Watson and Company, a consultancy. Every five years the municipality must […]
Plugged shut
Work under way to restore Big Island wetland The water was so shallow across the marshy channel it was likely inevitable that our forefathers would one day construct a causeway linking Big Island to the County mainland. Unforeseen, or more likely unconsidered, in the march toward progress was the effect the causeway—effectively a long dam—would […]
Bad omen
Dukes wind down the regular season There are no lifelines left. The Dukes must win each of their last two games (the outcome of Tuesday’s make-up game against Cobourg wasn’t determined by press time) to extend their remarkable string of seasons with 30 or more wins. It is certain now the Dukes will face Kingston […]
Ideas welcome
County looks to community for ideas and help with Wellington gazebo The gazebo must come down. Structural engineers have examined that the gazebo in Wellington park, damaged by a large branch during a wind storm last month, and determined that it is not salvageable. Now the work begins to rebuild it. Or something like it. […]
Out of the loop
County physicians remain in the dark about proposed cuts to PECMH Quinte Health Care needs to cut between $10 and $15 million from its $190 million a year budget. To do this senior management appointed six committees last fall to recommend where it might find these savings. But who are the folks who concluded in […]
Serious harm
Ostrander Point hearing draws crowd despite snowstorm It is not at all clear the hall at Demorestville is nearly big enough to accommodate the residents seeking to defend Ostrander Point when the Ministry of Environment’s Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) gets under way next month. Close to a hundred folks crowded into Picton’s Town Hall for […]
Seats chosen
Playoff contenders finalized as regular season winds down For Stouffville this was the season. Without a win in Wellington their playoff hopes were all but over. For the Dukes, who had already clinched a playoff berth, the stakes weren’t quite as high. Yet the team would very much like to slip past Whitby or Newmarket […]