Off the top
County to eliminate eight senior positions; $1.2 million in savings The County took another big step toward fixing its business last week— trimming its senior ranks by eight positions—with more to come. After two rounds and several months of analysis and assessment, County manager Merlin Dewing has eliminated 34 positions while creating 26 new positions. […]
The young and the restless
Dukes flex muscles as rivalry renewed with Kingston The Wellington Dukes racked up a pair of convincing wins over the Kingston Voyageurs over the weekend—each game ramping up the intensity—foreshadowing, perhaps, the renewal of a spirited rivalry this season. Dukes fans will remember it was the upstart Voyageurs that bounced the Dukes out of the […]
Commissioner exits
Restructuring leads to changes in County business Barry Braun has retired after 13 years as commissioner of the Recreation, Parks and Culture department, formerly known as Community Services. As part of the ongoing slimming down of the County’s operations, the department was eliminated, and the job of commissioner went with it. Braun was offered an […]
Celebrating Alistair
Golf event seeks to raise awareness of the critical role blood donations play in treating childhood leukemia Alistair Hoy was an ordinary kid. He got sick one December and 17 days later he was gone. For those he left behind there is no sense to be made of how or why this happened. Yet there […]
‘Living in denial’
Dorenberg claims she was ‘squeezed out’ after complaints to CAS Another former foster parent has come forward accusing the Children’s Aid Society of Prince Edward County of failing to provide sufficient “oversight, resources and funds” needed to appropriately care for the kids in its care. Patty Dorenberg worked for the local CAS in the early […]
Warning signs
Former foster parent says she reported inappropriate behaviour to CAS four years before man charged Patty Dorenberg says the local CAS knew it had a problem in 2006 with a man who would eventually be charged and convicted of sex crimes against foster children in his care. Dorenberg says she reported inappropriate and “disturbing” behaviour […]
Found money
Library seeks to renovate its washrooms to serve Picton eventgoers The Prince Edward County Library wants to renovate its bathrooms in the Picton Library to make them accessible from outside during public events on or around Main Street. The library bathrooms already get used by folks shopping or attending events downtown. Barbara Sweet, the library’s […]
Choosing the difficult path
In the pursuit of life on Mars In recent days NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has begun sending data and images from Gale Crater from a planet spinning about 225 million kilometres away—after a precise yet extremely dangerous landing. In the weeks months, and years to come the car-sized rover will climb nearby mountains and examine […]
Granted bail
Convicted sexual predator sentenced to nine years in prison but released hours later pending appeal For the girls at the centre of a foster home abuse scandal, the horror continues to grind on. Even as the 71-year-old man convicted of sexually abusing them, in the most horrifying of ways, was hearing his sentence, his wife […]
Foster parent gets 9 years
A 71 year old man convicted of several charges of sexual abuse against two young children in his care as a foster parent has been sentence to 9 years in a penitentiary this morning in Picton. The man, who cannot be named as it would reveal the identity of his victims, stood in stunned silenced […]