Radio waves
Community station sets ambitious programming goals Incorporate? Find a frequency? Apply for a licence? Check all that off as having been done. And now the fun begins for “92.3 County FM,” as it will be known, the proposed community radio station to be based in the County. The fun? Develop 120 hours per week of […]
Deep doo doo
Municipality takes control of new Picton sewage plant Nearly a decade after the municipality began planning for a new sewage treatment facility in Picton, local municipal officials joined, MP Daryl Kramp and the head of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities on Tuesday to officially open the new facility. Likely fewer would have predicted in 2003 […]
Every breath you take
County resident medals twice at Canada Transplant Games Garry McNamee was just a month or so from succumbing to pulmonary fibrosis— a disease that robs its victims of breath. In time the scarring and stiffening of breathing passages causes lungs to fail. The Wellington on the Lake resident had been waiting for a lung transplant […]
Our daily bread
Pursuing life in the County—one loaf at a time When he steps out of the 140-year-old barn that now houses an artisan breadmaking facility, Henry Willis pauses to gaze across the wide valley that stretches before him—tidy fertile fields punctuated by woodlands and a few homes and farms. The creek that winds through the farmland […]
No choice
CAS says it was compelled to act upon allegations The Children’s Aid Society of Prince Edward County has responded to story in last week’s Times, in which a former foster parent said the CAS had trumped up charges against him as “payback” for advocating for better treatment for foster families and the children in their […]
CAS responds
Embattled child protection agency goes on the offensive Nearly three weeks after this newspaper reported allegations that an 11- year-old girl was returned to her foster family after she complained of inappropriate sexual conduct, the local CAS now says the story is untrue. “None of the complainants in that case spent a single, further minute […]
Maman and Michel
Tremblay’s reincarnation of his mom soars on Mt. Tabor stage There is a moment in For the pleasure of seeing her again where the narrator, Michel Tremblay, performed superbly by Paul Rainville, becomes overtaken by emotion. Without giving anything away— it is an extremely powerful moment in an amazing production that masterfully veers from the […]
Payback
Foster family blame CAS for destroying their reputation Ron Slatter is trying to get his good name back. He figures by now it is likely a lost cause. His name was featured prominently in news coverage when the Prince Edward County Children’s Aid Society filed a complaint against him earlier this year. That led to […]
Growing pains
Concessions enable residents to embrace growth at Wellington on the Lake The way has been cleared to allow Sandbank Homes to begin construction in the third and final phase of the development—a phase that involves the construction of 153 new homes at Wellington on the Lake. But to do so, the developer must satisfy 33 […]
Next generation
The changing face of farming Winter wheat is coming off the fields a good two weeks early this summer. A hot dry summer along with a warm patch in March is keeping yields low (measured in volume of grain per acre) but quality is very good according to Dallas Hunter. He expects it to be […]