Tanika Charles
Retro-soul singer gives emotional performance at Base31 Tanika Charles’s latest album, Reasons to Stay, is one that comes out of feelings that she’s been holding close to her heart for a long time. It looks at the deep love she has for her family and close friends and the heartache that can often accompany those […]
Responding
Shire Hall open to alternate solutions What to do in Wellington? There is capacity for just five new homes in the village. The wastewater treatment plant capacity is nearly as much as it takes in. When the utility deducts the plant capacity committed to Kaitlin (483 homes) and Niles Street—the former Dukedome (40 units)—it leaves […]
Building blocks
Shire Hall’s new leadership charting a different waterworks path Bit by bit. Rationally, coherently, transparently, a new leadership team is working to restore credibility in Shire Hall. “I have had more clarity in this meeting than I’ve had in three years on council,” said Hillier councillor Chris Braney during a committee of council session last […]
A nature walk of Picton
Online guided walk reveals the natural history of Picton Ecologist Ewa Bednarczuk has created a self-guided audio walking tour through the town of Picton that is now available on a smartphone. Starting at Queen Elizabeth Park, just above the Picton Yacht Club and harbour, the walking tour spans across 450 million years of history beginning […]
An earnest endeavour
The wit of Oscar Wilde is coming to Mount Tabor The Marysburgh Mummers is bringing Oscar Wilde’s timeless satirical comedy The Importance of Being Earnest to the Mount Tabor Playhouse in Milford later this month. Regarded as the best of Mr. Wilde’s drawing room plays, it was first performed in 1895 and has been regularly […]
Toward a long-term plan
Wellington resident wants to know if she has a future in the County Withering under unrelenting provincial downloading, municipalities such as Prince Edward County risk being overwhelmed by costs that don’t belong on the property taxpayer. Homeowners and renters pay the bill. When the bill gets too high, folks move— leaving a heavier burden upon […]
Ship has sailed
Expert assesses enormous risk in Cold Creek subdivision, but warning comes too late for Council to turn back Something is wrong here. Something is very, very wrong.” Such is the professional assessment of a subdivision proposed in the watershed of Waring’s Creek. David MacGillivray is an engineer and hydrogeologist who specializes in subdivision hydrogeology and […]
Clean
But financial sustainability remains a question mark County auditors are like teachers reporting on a preschooler’s first day in class. A good start. No big messes. But a few things are giving them pause. Some issues for parents to watch out for. It was a clean audit, reported KPMG’s Katie Mahon to the County’s audit […]
‘We have to’
Council approves massive hike in taxes to pay for roads Acommittee of council approved, last week, a 46 per cent hike in the average County property tax bill— phased in over a decade. It did so in an attempt to close its infrastructure funding gap—a gap is defined as the amount of reinvestment needed to […]
Opening gates
Update: In an about turn, council decided to approve the file at its Tuesday night meeting. The full story will be available in next week’s Times. Council rejects Cherry Valley wedding venue expansion It’s a tough file. The property in question had operated as a tent and trailer resort for years on an East Lake […]