How you see it
Young County artists at Arts on Main Artworks created by youth from the ROC will be on display in the Backroom Gallery at Arts on Main (AoM) in Picton until the end of the month. The collaboration began when the Arts on Main collective realized they had an open slot in the Backroom Gallery schedule […]
Carte
New food shop opens in Picton Rachel Bies started cooking at the age of four and got her first job in the food industry when she was 12. “My first job was washing dishes. I was fired the next day and promoted to a hostess because I talked too much and I was terrible at […]
Campfire Circle
Local environmental groups share concerns over sensitive location A camp for children affected by cancer, and other serious illnesses, is proposed for a 32.8-hectare property on the north-eastern shore of West Lake located south-west of Bloomfield off Wesley Acres Road. The proponent— Campfire Circle—has filed an application for a zoning bylaw amendment to re-zone the […]
Wellington Lakeside
56-unit subdivision in Hillier Ward labelled as premature Wellington Lakeside Ltd., owned by the Kaitlin Corporation, has submitted applications for draft plan of sub-division and zoning bylaw amendment for a residential development consisting of 22 single-detached homes, a condominium block containing 34 townhouses plus a small lake lookout and public parkette. At last Wednesday’s Planning […]
Hannah Melnyk Makes
Hillier studio offers colourful pottery creations Hannah Melnyk got her hands into the pottery business while she was still in high school. She built up her community hours by volunteering at David Drown and Maggie Murdoch’s Wellington Pottery on Consecon Street. “Everyone who knows pottery knows it’s a messy business, so they had me cleaning […]
Ten years in the SHED
SHED Chetwyn Farms celebrates its tenth anniversary Both Ted and Shauna Pickering have a love of fibre and fibre arts, so when they bought their property on Closson Road they entertained the idea of having some alpaca as a way to ensure a supply of high quality yarn. “Shauna is a knitter and we thought […]
Fighting to save Waring’s Creek
Group’s 32-year reclamation effort may be undone by development At one time in the not too distant past, the water flow through Waring’s Creek was sufficient to power three mills on its route from Picton Bay to West Lake. The early settlers referred to it as Trout Creek for the plentiful fish that formed an […]
South East Health Unit
Three eastern Ontario boards of health merge The boards of health for Hastings Prince Edward Public Health (HPEPH), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health (KFLAPH) and Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit (LGLDHU) voted last month to create the new South East Health Unit. The new health unit covers a much larger […]
Art at the Heart of Picton
Project aims to enhance Main Street’s vibrancy through arts and culture activities The Prince Edward County Arts Council (County Arts) is collaborating with the arts community and local businesses to increase social and cultural vibrancy and retail traffic in the heart of Picton by supporting and promoting arts and culture activities. This project was selected […]
Mayor’s Levee
Mayor Ferguson provides an update at this council’s midterm It was an afternoon of family activities at this year’s Mayor’s Levee on Sunday, January 5 in the Rotary Hall at the Picton Community Centre. In a change from the more formal format of past years, there was colouring and cookie decorating for kids, books from […]