Home for the arts
Bloomfield Centre for Creativity taking shape It is an odd building—a rather squat and elongated cinder block structure perched high on its foundation at the base of the ridge that runs down Main Street in Bloomfield. The Don Baxter Memorial Building, as it has come to be known, was constructed as a cafeteria for cannery […]
Picture of health
Hospital foundation launches campaign to keep mammography screening in Picton The 17-year-old mammography unit in Picton is at the end of its useful life. Until recently it wasn’t clear the equipment would be replaced. Resources are scarce throughout Quinte Health Care (QHC). New digital technology is expensive. But the County’s Family Health Team felt a […]
Mid-season form
Dukes winners in five of last six games Peterborough was an important test. Vaughan was an even bigger one. When this season is done fans may well look back at the second-last weekend in October as the point the Dukes really began to forge a winning team. The Stars are mired in last place in […]
Municipal grants
Deadline looms for community groups to ask the County for support An article published on page 12 of the Wednesday, October 19 issue of the Times called Municipal grants, stated that “the County… is now taking applications for its 2012 Community Foundation Grants program.” The article also stated that applications were due Friday, October 21. […]
Game of inches
Close but no cigar They say good teams win close games; therefore, by this measure, the current edition of the Wellington Dukes is not good…not yet. The Dukes have now lost seven games this year with six of them being decided by just a goal. Earlier in the week the Voyageurs picked up a new […]
Open for business
Mayor meets with builders to find ways to halt decline in new home construction in the County “Open for business.” That was the message Mayor Peter Mertens brought to a group of builders and real estate professionals last month. Mertens called the meeting to understand what role the municipality could play in reviving the flagging […]
Baby steps
A pair of wins moves the Dukes in the right direction The Wellington Dukes are a difficult team to understand this season. Just when they appear to have pulled their act together, they do something that causes their fans to shake their heads. Up 3-0 on Sunday night, on goals from Jeff Stanton, Braden Kavaratzis […]
Landfill plan dumped
Council reverses itself yet again on dump closure When the County was looking to save money during budget time in February, one of the decisions made by council was to close five of the seven landfill and transfer sites; at Ameliasburgh, Hillier, South Marysburgh, Sophiasburgh and Hallowell, from Nov. 1 until April 30. The two […]
Bad apples
Louis Creasy, who owns Creasy’s Apple Dabbles Farm, shows an example of some of the damage his orchard sustained during a freak hailstorm last month. The apples in the bin behind him have to be sold for juice at five cents a pound. That’s less than seventh of their wholesale value.
One step forward…
Wellington Dukes struggling to find consistency Slowly but surely the Wellington Dukes seemed to be shaping into the competitive form many had expected from this team from the drop of the puck of the first game of the season. The form that propelled them to the top ranks of junior hockey last season. But just […]