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 […]
Food to Share
Volunteers provides tasty nutritious meals to foodbanks Food to Share began with the simple concept to take fresh produce donated by farmers or gardeners in the County and use that to make tasty, nutritious meals that would be distributed to foodbanks or offered at community dinners. Launched by Glen Wallis in 2015 with the help […]
Running of the Maples
Gearing up for a big weekend After a long winter it is a bright light for most to know that the first big spring event is on its way. Maple in the County has now become the entry date for visitors and tourists coming to the County. It was once considered that the floodgates opened […]
Family fun
Wellington Recreation Committee changing it up Earlier this year, the Wellington Recreation Committee (WRC) embarked on a resident survey to see how it can better focus its attention and funds in the coming year. During 2018, the WRC was involved with three annual events in Wellington: Canada Day, Pumpkinfest and Christmas in the Village. It […]
Shift
Council votes to lower farm tax ratio, shifts portion to residential Owners of farmland property in the County will be receiving a tax break after council decided to drop their tax ratio from 25 per cent to 23.19 per cent this year. This will see $65,119 shifted from the farmland tax class, to other tax […]
Taxing times
Ontario winemakers looking for tax relief It’s hard to grow grapes. It’s backbreaking work day in and day out. You’re at the mercy of Mother Nature and to become a success story, you have to put more hours into a day than are physically possible. And yet, people love this profession. Harvesting from the land […]
Go ahead
Picton Library expansion project will go to tender After the Save Picton Town Hall group was granted approval to take over the hall earlier in the week, members of the Prince Edward County Libraries board were at Committee of the Whole on Thursday to give an update on its plans and progress for the Picton […]
A sweet start to Spring
Maple in the County launches its eighteenth season Deep under the frozen ground, the roots of the County’s maple trees are working their alchemy spinning moisture and minerals into liquid gold. This year, though, Mother Nature is being less generous with her bounty. The cold days and downright frigid nights have meant that the sap […]