PELC Tax Clinic
Free income tax return filing available Last year volunteers at the Prince Edward Learning Centre (PELC) helped file the income tax returns of over 400 County residents. The average refund was $2,600, meaning that over $1 million came back into the economy of the County. PELC first started income tax filing assistance in 2014 when […]
Inner landscapes
Artist explores the light that shines behind the dark Janine Kinch calls her paintings “inner landscapes”, and she uses colour and light to hint at a reality that lies beyond the visible realm. While she has been drawing and painting since childhood, she did not receive any formal training until she went to the Ontario […]
The Community Store
Wellington’s first cannabis storefront opens Tom Stevens grew up in Prince Edward County and like many young folk, he left the County for a while as his work took him to multiple continents. The County holds many memories for Stevens from childhood through to early adult. A broad proud smile comes across his face as […]
Aging consciously
County writer draws on life experience in new book Roz Bound has been writing for as long as she can remember. She learned to read and write when she was three years old, and now nearly eight decades late her love of writing remains as strong as ever, if not stronger. “I was an only […]
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 […]