Council approaches final year of term
Ambitious agenda will keep Council busy With municipal elections slated for the fall, Council will have limited time to address a number of pressing items on its agenda, but Mayor Steve Ferguson says that the municipality has risen to the challenges of 2021 and he is optimistic that there will be plenty of progress on […]
Attracting more visitors
County adopts destination marketing and management organization Tourism in Prince Edward County and how the municipality plans to manage it going forward formed a large part of last Tuesday’s council meeting, which along with a staff report included a consultant’s presentation, a deputation from StayPEC, and an audience comment. What resulted was a favourable vote […]
Chopping block
County looks to dispose of historic town halls The heart of the County’s villages and hamlets may look a little different if the municipality moves forward with the advice contained in a report presented to Council last Tuesday. Tasked with providing a third-party review of municipal properties in conjunction with County staff, Bruce Peever with […]
Fire truck donation
County donates surplus fire truck to First Nations community The First Nations community of Summer Beaver will be receiving a surplus tanker/pumper truck and ancillary equipment thanks to a collaboration between the County Fire Department and the group Firefighters Without Borders Canada. Summer Beaver is located about 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay and has […]
Major investment
County Council passes 2022 capital budget Last week, County Council approved an $18.5 million capital budget for 2022 after three days of discussion. These funds are used for repairs, rehabilitation and reconstruction of things the County owns—assets including roads, bridges and buildings. Council also approved $56.1 million in spending for water and wastewater upgrades. WATERWORKS […]
PECish supports ROC
Milford bakery makes donation to youth outreach group For the past six months or so, some of the bread baked by MaTTi Matyasfalvi has been made with spent grains supplied by 555 Brewing Company. These grains are byproducts of the brewing process and are ideal for making bread. “The benefit of having spent grains are […]
Busy Hands
Annual craft show has successful weekend at the Armoury The Busy Hands craft show returned to Picton last weekend, after being held at the Wellington Arena for the past several years, with the exception of 2020, when it was a combination of online ordering and drive-through pick-up at the Crystal Palace. This year the event […]
Budget 2022
It’s the most wonderful time of the year Wednesday evening will mark the start of capital budget deliberations at Shire Hall. For those with a short memory, during the last budget, Council passed a 3.2 per cent increase, meaning County taxpayers paid $41.6 million in property taxes—a $1.3 million increase over the year prior. At […]
Celtic Yuletide
Seventh Town part of Festival Players winter concerts Afour-piece acoustic Celtic/folk group, Seventh Town have performed at many venues at many events throughout Prince Edward County over the years, and while Covid curtailed performances somewhat, they will be performing live this weekend. Along with The Bookends, Seventh Town will form part of Festival Players Celtic […]
A journey towards healing
Families of residential school survivors tell their stories Last Wednesday at Macaulay Church, Callie Hill, Executive Director of Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na (TTO) gave a presentation about a new book that tells the stories of families whose parents, grandparents or great-grandparents were sent to residential schools. In the period between 1862 and 1962, more than 130 […]