Icing a deal
Cost certainty, ice rates and advertising rights the key issues The ice plant at the Wellington and District Community Centre will spin back to life next week. By then just two weeks will remain until the opening of the Wellington Dukes training camp. On Tuesday night Council at last approved the contract but not before […]
North Beach drowning
Undertow claims another life North Beach has a cruel habit of wrecking a day at the beach. On Sunday the winds began to pick up suddenly, creating large waves and luring unsuspecting beach goers into the churning water. But for one 48-year-old Scarborough resident, the decision to challenge the waves proved to be a terrible […]
Slippery slope
No bottom in sight for new home construction in the County Fewer new homes are being built in Prince Edward County now, than since records were established back in 1999. In the first six months of the year just 33 permits for new homes have been issued, putting the County on track to build just […]
Costly justice
Belleville courthouse project to cost taxpayers $270 million It was all smiles last week as provincial and municipal officials gathered to turn over the dirt on the empty lot on the corner of Coleman and Bridge Streets in Belleville. The local news stories dutifully reported the event—describing the shiny new six-storey building that would soon […]
Making a better place
Dr. Robert McMurtry awarded the Order of Canada They desire a better country. This is the principle that underpins the Order of Canada. Last Thursday Prince Edward County’s own Dr. Robert McMurtry, was one of select group of citizens recognized for their efforts in making our country a better place. McMurtry has spent much of […]
A character passes
Community remembers Foster Foster Bailey has died. Foster was a character—instantly recognizable by his support of the local hockey team, predictable pranks, his bicycle and his distinctive manner of speech. He was a fixture on Main Street for most of his nearly 72 years. His greeting of recent years consisted of a card bearing his […]
Homes for the few
Report helps working group map out solutions to a big problem The teachers who educate our children, the nurses who care for our sick, and the police who patrol our roads don’t, for the most part, live in the County, according Gina Cockburn, chair of the The Prince Edward County Affordable Housing Working Group (AHWG). […]
The devil in the detail
County sends wind energy developer cost recovery agreement back for more legal review Robert Quaiff, councillor for North Marysburgh, tried to sound the alarm at a committee of council meeting late in May. He had just received his agenda documents for the meeting two days earlier. Among the 200-plus pages was an innocuous report spelling […]
Coyote 101
Study still years from completion Researchers have long known coyotes to be a resilient species, but even the province’s leading authority on the animals is surprised by the coyote’s ability to thrive while dozens of its kind are being slaughtered. According to the early findings of a major research study of coyotes in Prince Edward […]
Pill problem
Committee formed to combat ‘epidemic’ of prescription drug abuse It was just before 6 p.m., suppertime, when the police surrounded and then raided a Salem Road home two Thursdays ago. Once inside, the members of Project Longarm found evidence of a marijuana grow op, cash and quantity of prescription pills Oxycontin. Cindy Williams and Donald […]