Novice Kings head to finals
PORT HOPE — The young Kings won on the road tonight. They have swept the Port Hope Phantoms in their Semi-final series. The score was 1-0 on a beautiful wrist-shot from the point by Ethan Abrams, after a feed from then-defence partner Jasper Gilbert. The story was again one of defence by all the players. […]
Money pit
County scales back use of Ridge Road pit Asand and gravel pit purchased just three years ago has been declared uneconomical at current prices by the County’s current Public Works chief Robert McAuley. According to McAuley the cost to extract and treat the material from this recently acquired pit, at $13 per tonne, is nearly […]
Long Friday
Learning to live without the Dukes Lockers were cleared out. School transfers arranged. Some quick goodbyes and the boys of winter were gone. Shaking the dust from Wellington’s Main Street from their heels the Dukes headed to their respective homes last week—not even pausing for a team photograph. It was a brutal and sudden end […]
Tempers flare
Residents insist council cut staff and operations before services and facilities It was an angry group of ratepayers who greeted members of council and County administrators Wednesday night in Bloomfield. Many are frustrated with the prospect their property taxes could take another big jump this year. Mayor Mertens explained to the crowd that the purpose […]
Think again
Friends of Wellington Museum argue council needs to know accurate costs before selling this piece of County history Council shouldn’t even talk about closing the Wellington museum unless it knows how much the municipality is spending on it, said Bill Wightman, spokesperson for the Friends of the Wellington Museum. Wightman addressed a special meeting of […]
Saving or losing
Council to weigh cost savings and their implications A committee of council will ponder a range of recommendations this week that could radically alter the way this community connects to its history, governing administrators and each other. These recommendations are contained within a report dubbed “Financial Sustainability Opportunities” that will be considered by council […]
Fees hiked
Cost of County services on the rise The cost of putting a bag of garbage is rising by 50 per cent. Later this year the cost of bag tag will rise from $2 to $3. The cost to bring that same bag to the landfill site will rise from $3 to $5. These are […]
Harder numbers
Corrected and updated information alter budget picture The County’s finance’s are in tough shape—but, perhaps, not quite as tough as was reported last week in the Times. Some reporting errors (ours, see correction below) combined with some decisions (council’s) to begin trimming the budget early, alter the magnitude of the challenge—if not the […]
Work to begin on Ostrander Point wind factory next week
Unconfirmed reports suggest that work to erect distribution lines to accommodate the Gilead Power wind factory at Ostrander Point will begin as soon as next week. According to the report work is to begin to erect a 44kV line from the Ostrander Point site to a transformer station in Milford. The distribution lines will consist […]
Hard numbers
County budget picture much worse than expected If you live in the County and use its services— prepare to pay more and get less. Members of council got their first glimpse of the budget proposed for 2012 last week— and the story it tells is grim. First the big numbers. County administrators figure it will […]