Archive for March, 2012
Adopt this municipality’s bylaw to help protect from turbine “fall out”
Dear Mayor Mertens and Council members, With respect, I am writing to ask that you please take note of the recent bylaw passed by the municipalitiy of Plympton-Wyoming to protect their municipality and its residents. I request that on behalf of the residents of Prince Edward County you take similar steps to protect our municipality […]
PEC Women’s Day celebration connects girls, inspires futures
The beating of drums and Jeanette Arsenault’s ‘Women of the World’ song opened the eighth annual celebration of International Women’s Day, at the Picton Town Hall Thursday night. Arsenault also provided back up vocals for a song with daughter Katie Shannon. A panel of young County women discussed the future of feminism under the theme […]
Museum & Marina summer jobs for students
County of Prince Edward Recreation, Parks & Culture are currently accepting applications for summer students. Student positions start mid-April and are pending budget and funding approval. If you are interested in any of the above opportunities, please forward your cover letter and resume identifying the summer position you are applying for, by 4 pm on […]
The Lorax movie stays true to Dr. Seuss book
March 2 was Dr. Seuss’ birthday. He would have been 108 if he hadn’t assumed room temperature in 1991. For those who don’t know, Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodore Grissel, was rejected by an army of publishers who told him he had no talent, no one wanted to read what he wrote and […]
Library defends value of branches suggested to be surplus
The Prince Edward County Library board is well prepared to inform council about pitfalls and problems with declaring three library buildings surplus. “We’ve done our homework,” library board chair Judy Blemkie told the media Monday. “We have gathered a lot of data they should tap before a decision is made.” Blemkie notes only a library […]
Plenty to do during March Break at the Library!
The library is offering a number of fun and educational March Break activities for families for free over the March Break. A one week long “Let’s Blog!” camp will run Monday, March 12 – 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. A blog, short for web log is a place to publish one’s […]
Class action lawsuit against the wind companies?
Dear Mayor Mertens and Council: I am writing this letter as a result of information that has come forward concerning the possible location of one of the wind turbines near the village of Milford. One fine sunny day in December my husband and I were driving from South Bay into the village of Milford on […]
Council needs to reinvent itself
In this column, I’d like to tie together the thoughts from the last two columns. First: It’s time to be creative and innovative when it comes to running our County. Second: Council is digging into formerly community-run projects, like town halls, museums and libraries, looking for ways to balance their ever-expanding budget. In good times, […]
There’s no free lunch
Have the residents of Prince Edward County never learned that there is no free lunch? Do councillors not buy groceries or gasoline? Do they not use hydro? Have they not noticed the increase in the cost of living? I would challenge anyone to live anywhere in Ontario more reasonably than in The County with the […]
OPSEU information picket protests privatization
Fellow OPSEU union members joined staff from the ServiceOntario office at Pitt Street on their lunch hour Monday to hold an information picket. The union is concerned that finance minister Dwight Duncan’s plan to create a “public-private partnership” for ServiceOntario will reduce access to front line services and jeopardize the security of Ontarians’ personal information. […]
