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More than theatre

Posted: Jul 7, 2022 at 9:47 am   /   County News

Festival Players launches summer season It wouldn’t be summer in Prince Edward County without the brilliant performing arts of Festival Players. Since its founding in 2006, Festival Players has produced over a hundred performances. Productions have taken place in a century-old barn, under a tent in an estate vineyard, in a pop-up storefront theatre and […]

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Art in the County

Posted: Jun 23, 2022 at 3:19 pm   /   County News

County’s premier art show now on at The Armoury After an absence of two years, Art in the County (AITC) is once again welcoming visitors to The Armoury. One hundred and two works of art by 74 local artists are on display in the Bunker Room on the lower level until July 4. This is […]

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Moving forward

Posted: Jun 23, 2022 at 3:16 pm   /   County News

Wellington subdivision more than 40 years in the making finally approved A year after the application was sent back to the developer for changes, Wellington Bay Estates, which is located at Wellington’s far eastern ward boundary and fronts Main Street, in part, to the south on a 35-acre parcel of land, received draft approval at […]

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We’re here

Posted: Jun 17, 2022 at 9:58 am   /   County News

Kaitlin Group hosts open house for Cork and Vine subdivision Eighteen years after it purchased a chunk of land in Wellington, residential developer Kaitlin staged a lavish coming out party at a nearby winery on Tuesday afternoon. The presentation was glossy, the details vague and the ambitions high level. But this was meant to be […]

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Skiffie Worlds 2022

Posted: Jun 16, 2022 at 11:44 am   /   County News

County rowers head to the world championships Ateam of County rowers from the Ayle of Quinte Skiff Club will be heading to Kortgene, The Netherlands, to represent Canada in the 2022 St. Ayles Skiff World Championship. The competition is held every three years, and this year 60 teams from seven countries will be taking part. […]

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History in the Making

Posted: Jun 16, 2022 at 11:41 am   /   County News

Wellington Heritage Museum launches new fundraising campaign There was excitement resonating within the Museum garden on Main Street this past Saturday evening, as the Friends of the Wellington Heritage Museum launched its capital campaign in support of interior renovations of the building. The evening, which was a sell-out, was complete with cocktails and a silent […]

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Redtail Hotel and Spa

Posted: Jun 16, 2022 at 11:38 am   /   County News

New plans will see 148-room hotel, winery and spa At a virtual information meeting last week, an update and outline of the new development plans for the 57- hectare parcel of land that sits near Partridge Hollow Road along Loyalist Parkway in Hillier was presented. In the fall of 2019, around 40 residents gathered at […]

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Be a donor

Posted: Jun 9, 2022 at 9:41 am   /   County News

Quilter Bill Stearman offers discount to would-be donors Bill Stearman has been given the gift of life. In January 2021 he was diagnosed with liver cancer and was told because of his age he would not get on a transplant waiting list. He was given two, possibly as many as five, years to live. His […]

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Regent Theatre upgrades

Posted: Jun 9, 2022 at 9:39 am   /   County News

A generous $10,000 donation from Herb Pliwischikes in memory of his parents, Herb and Margerete, will be used to begin construction of a fully accessible seating terrace at the Regent Theatre. This is the first phase of a longer term plan to increase the number of wheelchair-accessible spaces in the theatre. Currently, the space at the […]

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Adolphus Reach Resort

Posted: Jun 9, 2022 at 9:35 am   /   County News

High end pods, winery, vineyard and art gallery proposed Aspecial virtual meeting will be held on June 13 to view proposed plans for a tourist development on a 10-hectare parcel of land overlooking Adolphus Reach with 257 metres of frontage on County Road 7 and 245 metres of water frontage on the Bay of Quinte. […]

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