All Entries Tagged With: "Prince Edward County"
Fine for shovelling snow onto roads or sidewalks is $75
JAN 27 UPDATE: The County reminds residents all staff and equipment have been deployed to plow roads and sidewalks and that arterial roads get priority. A street parking ban is in effect from 2a.m. -6 a.m. and residents are asked not to park on sidewalks to allow for snow removal. Residents are asked not to […]
The Devil and the Deep Red/Blue Sea
A New Year is upon us and, if human nature is still the guiding factor, we will repeat all of the mistakes we have made in the past, and then make up excuses for why we are not getting any smarter with age. If there’s a God in Heaven, I hope the debt-building disasters and […]
County will continue to meet challenges in 2014: Mayor
Prince Edward County council welcomes the new year with continued focus on financial matters, improving infrastructure and services while “shielding taxpayers from further increases”. Mayor Peter Mertens reflected on the past year and plans for 2014 at the County’s New Year’s Levee, Sunday at the Community Centre in Picton. “It was challenging to come up […]
Snow squall warning added to flash freeze and wind chill warnings
UPDATE: Snow squall watch! Bitterly cold west winds will result in squalls with snowfall amounts to 10 to 15cms with very low to nil visibility likely in bursts of heavy snow and blowing snow. * * * Flash freeze and wind chill warnings are in effect for Prince Edward County. School buses were cancelled and […]
Celebrants find voices, discover choices
Prince Edward County residents celebrated achievements of women both locally and globally, at an International Women’s Day event Friday night in the Prince Edward Collegiate auditorium. “We have plenty to celebrate,” noted Fran Donaldson adding she was pleased to see an increase in attendance, due to “the younger women joining in with us older ones […]
Decimation of Picton and Trenton hospitals was the plan since 1998
I read with sadness in the Belleville Intelligencer that “Following meetings with three unions Wednesday, Quinte Healthcare management announced an overall reduction of 82 full and part-time positions across three of the networks four hospitals with 40 of those cuts affecting Belleville General Hospital. Trenton MemorialHospital will shoulder 30 cuts and.PECM Hospital faces nine cuts.” […]
World record pumpkin weighed at Wellington
Jim and Kelsey Bryson, from Ormstown, Quebec, weighed a world record whopper at the Wellington Pumpkinfest weigh-off Saturday. Bryson won the weigh-off last year with the “mother” of this year’s winner at more than 1,404.40 pounds. This year, as the scale stopped at 1,818.5 fellow growers and friends cheered the victory. A possible secret to […]
Mustang closed, but Peterson’s reviews continue
The Mustang Drive In is closed for the season. Read Paul Peterson’s movie reviews Location: 1591 County Rd 1, Picton, ON K0K 2T0 The Mustang Drive-In is Prince Edward County and surrounding area’s one and only Drive-In theatre. Paul and Nancy Peterson have been keeping the tradition of drive-in family fun, great movies, and fair […]
Son charged in murder of Elaine Jeffery
The investigation into the disappearance of Hallowell resident Elaine Jeffery has ended with the discovery of her body near Old Milford Road and Miller side road. Her son James Beau Jeffery, 27, is in custody facing second degree murder charges. The investigation into the disappearance of Hallowell resident Elaine Jeffery ended Friday with the discovery […]
Elaine Jeffery disappearance suspicious
The Ontario Provincial Police, Prince Edward County Crime Unit, under the direction of OPP Criminal Investigation Branch is continuing investigations into the suspicious disappearance of Elaine Jeffery. She was recently driving a rental 2011 Mitsubishi RVR, red, four-door hatchback bearing Ontario plate: BLXS 211. The vehicle was located at her residence on County Road 1, […]
