Broken roads
County to apply for an Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program grant to resurface County Road 4 Council approved filing for an Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) grant at last Thursday’s Committee of the Whole meeting for work on County Road 4 stretching from the Millennium Trail and Talbot Street to Highway 62. The project […]
Gardening competition
A call to young gardeners Coming off a successful inaugural year, the Prince Edward County Master Gardeners are holding their Children’s Garden Award again this year. The competition is now accepting applications and is open to children aged eight to 12 years who reside in Prince Edward County. The competition requires a child to create […]
Hard numbers
Queen’s students present their findings The Queen’s University undergrads were back in the County at the Bloomfield Town Hall this week to present the findings from their study on affordable housing. The group was hired by Barry Davidson and the Prince Edward County Affordable Housing Network (PECAHN) to delve further into the topic and possibly […]
Students first
Proposed education changes raise concerns for students and parents Hundreds of students at Prince Edward Collegiate Institute (PECI) joined in a province-wide classroom walkout last Thursday afternoon to protest proposed changes to Ontario’s public education system. The protest was mobilized through social media after an Instagram post by Listowel District Secondary School student Natalie Moore […]
Eight weeks
Story: Corey Engelsdorfer Southern portion of Wellington Park approaching third summer closed to the public Construction on the Wellington Park retaining wall was set to start last May (2018). By terms of the contract, it was to be finished eight weeks later. It wasn’t finished last summer. Or fall or winter. In fact, nearly a […]
Food insecurity in PEC
Coordinated effort underway to find solutions The Vital Signs Report of 2013 identified three key areas of concern for the County: transportation, youth education and food insecurity. Since that time, a collective approach to transportation and youth education has resulted in advances being made in both areas. A pilot project to bring public transit to […]
County manager out
Municipality looking to replace top bureaucrat for the second time in four years The County of Prince Edward has parted ways with its Chief Administrative Officer, James Hepburn. Hepburn was in the job just four years, after elevating to the position when the municipality fired Merlin Dewing in 2015. Mayor Steve Ferguson would not elaborate […]
Happy Trails
Council receives update on Millennium Trail upgrade project With spring weather comes another season of Millennium Trail upgrades. Barry Davidson, chair of the Trails Improvement Ad-Hoc Committee, updated council on the group’s plans for 2019 at Thursday’s Committee of the Whole meeting. Last year, in a short six-week time span, seventeen kilometres of the Millennium […]
Maple Mudness
Maple lovers undeterred by rain and snow The sweet scent of all things maple was accompanied by the squelch of boots through mud during this past weekend’s Maple in the County festival. The rain and snow hurled in a last-gasp effort by March to leave like a lion failed to dampen the spirits of thousands […]
Art Kitchen
New venture aims to build community through art Building community engagement at the grassroots level has been a longtime passion for Christine Renaud. Her new project is the Art Kitchen in Picton, where she is hoping that the process of making art will forge new bonds between people in the County, regardless of social or […]