Ten years on the water
Skiff club celebrates 10th anniversary of boat launch On Monday, June 12, approximately 40 members and former members of the Ayle of Quinte Skiff club gathered for dinner at Cressy Mustard in Waupoos to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the launch of their first boat, the Sea Shadow, a St. Ayles skiff. Seven of the […]
Mother-daughter duo
New show at Maison Depoivre The initials MD at Base31 could equally stand for Maison Depoivre, mother-daughter or Meaghan and Dianne. Opening this past weekend and running until July 24, the Maison Depoivre Gallery is showing abstract paintings by the mother and daughter duo of Dianne and Meaghan Kehoe. Dianne is an award-winning artist who […]
Wellington Community Market
Village market picking up after slow start Now in its second year of operation, the Wellington Community Market is beginning to hit its stride. This is a true community market, with a variety of vendors, where visitors can come to shop and catch up with their friends and neighbours over a cup of coffee. The […]
A hard no
Proposed closure of local fire halls goes up in smoke A consultant’s report recommending the relocation of the Wellington fire station to County Roads 1 and 2 areas, consolidating Bloomfield and Milford fire stations to a Cherry Valley location, and complete closure of the Amelisaburgh and Cressy fire stations rang alarm bells at the Committee […]
Eighty years of service
Picton Rotary Club continues to serve the community The Picton Rotary Club will formally celebrate its eightieth anniversary at the club’s Past Presidents meeting on June 27. In 1943, the Belleville club asked charter member A.F. Brown to form the Picton branch of Rotary. He gathered 16 other interested men and the club held its […]
Barbra sings Bacharach
Brian Barlow brings Burt’s music to Base31 Juno-nominated singer-songwriter Barbra Lica wowed a nearly full house in the Sergeants Mess at Base31 last Wednesday evening with a selection of Burt Bacharach songs, the first time she had ever performed his works in public. Accompanied by Brian Barlow on drums, Scott Alexander on guitar and Gordon […]
Building the business
Oak Clothing Co. gets comfortable in new storefront Oak Clothing Co. a popular local retail store, started above the Wellington Home Hardware, crammed into an old storage closet. Adelaide Utman, the creator and owner, had an apartment across the hall. The original space was used as a storage closet for close to seventy-five years before […]
South shore stroll
Morning hike explores the ecology of Prince Edward Point SSJI board vice-president Cheryl Anderson led a group of about 15 people on a stroll at Prince Edward Point last Saturday morning to explore the ecology and history of this environmentally significant area. Prior to the arrival of United Empire Loyalist settlers over 200 years ago, […]
Nature’s Way
Opening show at Hatch Gallery celebrates spring Two abstract artists whose works evoke the feeling of nature are featured in the opening of Hatch Gallery’s 2023 season. Yechel Gagnon is a Montreal-based artist who uses plywood to create bas-reliefs representing fictional landscapes, where the natural colours of the wood provide the shadings of light to […]
Time’s up
Shire Hall extends term to Wellington developer Adeveloper’s hold on Wellington’s waterworks capacity has lapsed, according to Shire Hall. But as the developer— Kaitlin—is close to satisfying a final condition of a subdivision deal, Shire Hall has agreed to hold the allocation—for the time being. In 2021, the County entered into a novel waterworks funding […]