County Cup donation
Hockey tournament nets big donation to PELC Last Friday morning, Chris and Samantha Parsons of Parsons Brewing Company presented the Prince Edward Learning Centre (PELC) with a cheque for $6,387.55 from the proceeds of the recent County Cup hockey tournament. The three-day tournament, which took place during the first weekend in March, featured six local […]
Regent seat replacement
Interior theatre restoration nears completion Over the past 14 months the interior of the Regent Theatre has been almost completely restored to its original Art Deco aesthetic. The lobby bar replacement was completed in March 2022. This was followed by the installation of a fully-accessible terrace area, the repainting of the auditorium and the installation […]
Tax certainty
Council sets the Municipal Accommodation Tax rate until the end of its term It began as idle musing during budget deliberations: How might Council go about increasing the Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT)? The tax on accommodation providers in Prince Edward County serves as the means to tax the tourism sector. It was implemented just two […]
Trail tours
Proposed wine tour business on Millennium Trail sparks concerns Prince Edward County Council will look to update a 22-year-old by-law that determines what is and what isn’t proper use of the Millennium Trail. Earlier this month, Prince Edward County Vacations started advertising a new service offering wine and beer tours in six-passenger utility terrain vehicles […]
Passion
Young Wellington resident wants to be part of building a sustainable village Jennifer Armstrong is a common face around the village. She has lived in Wellington—in the same house—her entire 22 years of life. Since she was 14, she has worked in multiple staple businesses around town and has become deeply involved in a variety […]
Sweet Delilah Swim Club
Story of joyful friendship comes to Mount Tabor When Deb Smith brought the script of The Sweet Delilah Swim Club to the Prince Edward Community Theatre (PECT) board, everyone who read it were immediately entranced. Smith had seen the play about 15 years ago when she was visiting her sister in Florida and absolutely loved […]
Arts Trail
Self-guided tour begins a new season The cover of this year’s Arts Trail guide features the colourful painting Bubble, Bubble by artist Claire Desjardins, and Trail Committee chair Tara Wilkinson said it was the perfect choice. “After the long, long winter that we just had, which was so very, very grey, that piece of art […]
Base31 concert schedule
Stellar lineup of entertainment planned for summer season A total of forty shows and concerts are on the summer schedule for Base31, featuring some of the finest musicians, actors and comedians in Canada. The spacious Drill Hall will host a lineup of multi-award-winning musicians including the Sam Roberts Band, Colin James, 54-40 and Sarah Slean. […]
A new approach
Looking for savings Year after year, budgets come and go—yet one constant remains: the cost of local government keeps rising. The tax levy has risen 4.7 times since the County was amalgamated in 1998—a growth rate of over 6 per cent every year since then. Faster than the cost of living, many times faster than […]
Crisis management
Rotary Club of Wellington proposes nurse practitioner clinic As many as 5,000 County residents may not have a family physician in Prince Edward County. The Rotary Club in Wellington wants to help solve this problem. It is proposing a nurse practitioner clinic in Wellington. Last week the Club went to Shire Hall to enlist Council’s […]