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 […]
History erased
Demolition begins at Point Traverse It seems a bizarre case of bureaucracy run amok. For 200 years fishermen have pushed out of this tiny harbour at the southern easterly tip of Prince Edward County to reap harvest in Lake Ontario. For 200 years the goals and ambitions of the wildlife conservation folks blended compatibly, for […]
Seaworthy
County crew discovers seductive passion of crafting a wooden boat There are no straight lines. Nothing is square. Yet the dimensions must be true and precise. Otherwise months of work sinks like a stone. Disappearing underwater in a few seconds. Boat building holds a maddening grip upon those it attracts and seduces. It becomes an […]
Making an impression
Wellington resident looking to fill a couple buses to protest hospital cuts at Queen’s Park Dave Gray is upping his effort to take a busload of seniors to Queen’s Park next month to demonstrate this community’s unhappiness with the decision to reduce Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital to nine beds, as well as eliminating maternity […]