Surfacing and managing
Council approves $1.8 million in road resurfacing in 2023 It’s a big hole. Two years ago, the County commissioned another comprehensive road needs study. It found that about half of the asphalt roads and nearly 60 per cent of the surface-treated roads, about 482 kilometres in total, require some preservation, rehabilitation, or reconstruction work. It […]
Modern Renaissance
Painter John Lennard exhibition at 2gallery John Lennard said his first foray at painting came when he was a fouryear- old. His mother had purchased a large abstract painting and the next morning she found him painting over the piece. “I’m just trying to make it better,” he explained. It would be a number of […]
Master of the Leanic
Tim McCormack continues a tradition going back five generations For Tim McCormack, life doesn’t get any better than being out on the lake in his fishing boat, the Leanic. He says that it’s his “happy place”. “I’ve been doing this since I was knee-high to a grasshopper,” he said. “My father was a fisherman and […]
Net vandalism
Nets damaged at Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory Last Saturday morning, three people ignored the signs restricting entry to the net area at the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory (PEPtBO) and began cutting the delicate netting in a misguided attempt to free the birds that had been captured. When confronted by bander- in-charge Phillip Mercier, […]
Maison Depoivre reopens
Art gallery has a new home in renovated space The former Officers’ Quarters at Camp Picton (now Base31) has been renovated to become the new site of the Maison Depoivre Art Gallery. Maison Depoivre co-creators Christophe Doussot and Vincent Depoivre arrived in the County in 2012 and operated a bed and breakfast just outside Bloomfield. […]
Talking
Picton Terminals and County to enter settlement talks Picton Terminals and Prince Edward County were expected to be before a Justice in Ontario’s Superior Court in August, but according to a recent release, the two parties have agreed to engage in discussions that may lead to a negotiated settlement. In October 2020, at a planning […]
What goes around
Union Road stuck in a time loop The last time Shire Hall sunk money into improving Union Road, thencouncillor Jim Dunlop had a warning. “I expect a year from now the neighbours will be here asking us to install speed bumps to calm the traffic,” predicted Dunlop in April 2014. Dunlop understood that improvements to […]
The County Reads
County readers make their pitch The County Reads Authors Festival took place last week with a series of online book discussions and the return of the in-person County Reads debate to St. Mary Magdalene Church. The Festival is presented by the County of Prince Edward Public Library and Archives. The online discussions started on Thursday […]
Art in the County
New site for premier annual art show Art in the County launched its thirtieth annual season last Thursday by unveiling its new logo and making a call for submissions, as well as announcing that the show will be held in the Lecture Hall at Base31, opening on June 23 and running until July 2. Founded […]
Baby steps
Wellington lands rezoned for multi-unit residential housing It was a small regulatory step but with a village eager to know how/when/if new homes will be built in its midst, it was a keenly observed proceeding. The developer of the Cork and Vine housing development north of the Millennium Trail in Wellington was before the County’s […]