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Movember

Posted: Oct 12, 2012 at 9:18 am   /   County News

A month of glory and trimmed whiskers nears Thanksgiving has come and gone— Pumpkinfest is now upon us. That means Movember can’t be far away. Movember—the month formerly known as November—is the time of year when the hair above a man’s lips is set free and allowed to grow and flourish the way God intended. […]

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Boldly going

Posted: Oct 10, 2012 at 1:41 pm   /   County News, Size of Council

Size of council debate resurrected Report of the Composition of Council Committee – Click Here County of Prince Edward Ward Configuration Maps – Click Here It’s back. The long-simmering and, at times, bitter debate about what is the right number of councillors to best represent the people of Prince Edward, is about to be brought […]

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Lessons of youth

Posted: Oct 5, 2012 at 1:31 pm   /   County News

Dukes display two sides of adolescent exuberance You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your selfconfidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.” The wise and experienced had seen this before. They could see where this game was going. […]

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The centre rises

Posted: Oct 5, 2012 at 1:15 pm   /   County News

Bob Rae sets the table for the Liberal leadership race Bob Rae says he senses a hunger among Canadians for better ideas—a desire to shed the fear and worry that has gripped this nation for the past five years. “A lot of people who don’t want to go to the two extremes,” said Rae. “That […]

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Uneasy FIT

Posted: Oct 5, 2012 at 1:02 pm   /   County News

Landowner planning waste digester plant and 17-acre solar plant adjacent to Wellington Bob Hunter is a man in a hurry. He manages, farms and does whatever he can to extract value from the 4,000 or so acres he owns in a swath stretching north of Wellington and west toward the Hillier shore on Lake Ontario. […]

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Not as it appears

Posted: Sep 28, 2012 at 1:52 pm   /   County News

Dukes see a couple slip away It wasn’t a good weekend. But it wasn’t that bad either. The Wellington Dukes returned home from Cobourg on Monday night, winners in just one of their last three games. But neither of the losses was a blowout. Neither was an embarrassment. The Dukes were at least equal through […]

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Gripping rural history

Posted: Sep 28, 2012 at 1:41 pm   /   County News

Traditional barns fading from Ontario’s landscape Barns. They were once the defining part of Ontario’s rural horizon. The image is still easily conjured in the imagination: the majestic wooden structure soaring over the treeline resting on a stone foundation. A thin silo rises above the barn peak anchoring one end. A drive shed housing the […]

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Taste! community grown

Posted: Sep 28, 2012 at 1:34 pm   /   County News

Eleven years of gathering and growing Like its new branding, ‘Taste! community grown’ is a reflection of the County experience. In its eleventh year the event has continued to evolve and improve, holding steady as one of Festivals & Events Ontario’s top 100 events. As in years past the focus of Taste! is the produce […]

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Spine-tingling

Posted: Sep 21, 2012 at 2:00 pm   /   County News

Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir performs this Saturday It is a sound that comes very much from the heart and the soul.” That is how Garth Manning describes the effect of the approximately 50 men who comprise the Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir. The Choir is performing at the Regent Theatre this Saturday in a […]

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Scary incident

Posted: Sep 21, 2012 at 1:56 pm   /   County News

Police looking for a tall older man with a long grey beard and yellow teeth Another child has been approached by a “creepy looking” stranger in Picton. Police are urging anxious parents to let them do their job so they can find the suspect. Last Thursday a 12-year-old boy was building a bicycle ramp on […]

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