Monarch Day at Delhi Park
Celebrating the magic of monarch butterflies The South Shore Joint Initiative (SSJI) celebrated Monarch Day on Saturday at Delhi Park in Picton with a range of activities and events to bring attention to the monarch butterfly and the conservation efforts to help protect this migrating insect. The family-friendly event, hosted by the Department of Illumination, […]
Flying blind
WCIA claims it is still left out of Cold Creek discussions Not only do we have a situation where the applicant is not following Council’s direction, but we also have a situation where staff appear to be okay with that,” stated the Waring’s Creek Improvement Association’s (WCIA) lawyer Colin Léger at last Tuesday’s council meeting. […]
Recycling transition bumps
Curbside collection for businesses ends Regular visitors to municipal dumps will have noticed some big changes in recent weeks. Meanwhile, businesses that were accustomed to putting recycling at the curb each week have noticed the truck no longer stops anymore. Other residents have discovered that their recycling gets picked up on a new day, altering […]
Water is critical
Future event venue plans will hinge on finding water source Planning Committee heard of grand plans for the former North Marysburgh Centennial Central School located at 383 County Road 7 near Lake on the Mountain. The owner—Toronto-based Liberty Entertainment Group—has applied to rezone the property from institutional to tourist commercial to permit an event venue […]
Village A
Base31 seeks draft subdivision approval, hopes to break ground by year-end The first new village subdivision planned for the Base 31 project came before the County’s planning committee last week. These initial phases encompass 450 units, part of a concept plan that envisions 7,500 new homes on the former military base one day. Village A, […]
Juggling chainsaws and debt
Existing debt plus big capital plans equals big risk Yes, we are leveraged,” confirmed Arryn McNichol, Director of Finance, describing the County’s debt to the Water and Wastewater Rates Community Meeting last week in response to committee chair Corey Engelsdorfer. “That’s plain to see.” McNichol added that the $73 million in debt the municipality had […]
Crown jewel
Wellington Beach Implementation Plan looks to the future Wellington’s Rotary Beach is a gem that is loved by locals and visitors alike. But, it has also had its share of challenges over the past few years. In 2018 there was serious flooding which made Beach Street inaccessible for much of the spring. During Covid, the […]
Housing funk
New home building falls while resale home listings soar, causing prices to edge lower For the first time in many years, home prices in Prince Edward County have started to decline as the market undergoes a post-COVID transformation. Growing inventory and declining demand from cautious would-be buyers are leading some sellers to slash their prices […]
The Lake Surfers
Local photographer’s book captures the County’s surf community Calder Sidley is stoked. The usually reserved 28-year-old photojournalist and writer is celebrating the release of The Lake Surfers, a photography book chronicling over four years exploring the County’s coastline and capturing the local surf community (including this writer, moustache curls iced and eyelashes frozen shut on […]
Demolition
Base31 seeks to tear down two military quonset huts from the 1950s The Built and Cultural Heritage Committee discussed a notice of intent to demolish two quonset huts located at Base31 last Wednesday. PEC Community Partners have provided the County with a formal notice of their intention to demolish two listed buildings on the Base31 […]