From Be Bop to Boss Brass
County Jazz Festival unveils 2012 headliners It may be the best lineup for the County’s Jazz Festival ever. That was the prevailing view among volunteers, sponsors and well-wishers on hand to kick off the annual week-long celebration of jazz held amid the bustling tasting room of Huff Estates Winery on Friday afternoon. Perhaps the highest […]
On the list
Council still learning how to balance rights of property owners and the community’s interest Is your home on the list? If so your rights as a homeowner are set to be diminished just a bit at the next meeting of council. Or looked at another way—the community just won 60 days to talk you out […]
Coolest spot…
Drake Hotel lays out plans for Wellington property Is Wellington ready for the arrival of “retro cool”? A weekend story in the Globe and Mail suggests the Drake Hotel may receive a less-than-warm welcome to the village when it opens the Drake Devonshire in Wellington next spring. In his story on the purchase of the […]
Buried
Council cuts funding to Wellington cemetery, board kept in the dark The County may soon find itself with another cemetery to manage. Last week the board of the Wellington cemetery learned their annual request for financial assistance to manage and care for the property was turned down due to budget cuts. No one called the […]
Deadlocked, again
Council puts off review of council size indefinitely The issue still confounds council. So much so that for the first 15 minutes of discussion of the issue last week, no one dared to utter the words “size of council” out loud. But eventually it became clear why councillors were suddenly speaking cryptically and seizing upon […]
On the market
Owner seeking bids for Midtown Meats property in Wellington It was a cool Saturday afternoon three years ago last month, that fire destroyed Midtown Meats in Wellington, throwing 145 workers out of a job. The fire levelled most of the plant, save for a small freezer unit and a detached office building. Owner Dale Willard […]
Brush pile
New fees waived after worries about increased burning arise County dumps are once again welcoming brush—at no charge. In February council approved a new set of fees for garbage and waste. While much of the focus was on a 50 per cent hike in the cost of bag tags, few noticed that a new fee […]
Buying support
Solar developer offers council $70,000 a year to endorse its 100-acre solar energy installations How much is council’s blessing worth? Skypower, once a wind energy developer now reincarnated as solar energy developer, calculates that the thumbs-up from County council is worth $70,000 a year. That is how much the renewable energy developer is willing to […]
Growing pains
Residents air concerns about expansion of Wellington on the Lake The residents want a few issues sorted out before the owner of the residential community is permitted to expand. Sandbank Homes’ application to open a new phase of Wellington on the Lake was the subject of a public planning meeting last week. Nearly 50 residents […]
Tiny bubbles
Feds assist County winery to invest and grow County wines are gaining fans and followers around the world—but did you know the County is developing an equally strong reputation for sparkling wines? According to Vicki Samaras, a principal along with partner Jonas Newman in Hinterland Wine Company in Hillier, the County’s distinctive climate and terroir […]