Archive for January, 2023
Full burn ban lifted
UPDATE JAN. 3: Full burn ban lifted DEC. 23: Prince Edward County Fire & Rescue (PECFR) is restricting all burning in the municipality. Effective immediately, there is a complete burn ban in effect – including campfires, burn barrels, chimeneas, brush piles and yard waste. Cooking devices that are designed to cook food with wood pellets […]
Garage fire contained quickly on Cty. Rd. 1
Prince Edward County Fire and Rescue crews from Station 2 Bloomfield, with support from Station 1 Picton, responded to a fire on County Road 1 just after 9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30. Deputy Fire Chief Tim Kraemer reported firefighters arrived to a working structure that was contained to a detached single car garage. “The […]
Prince Edward County’s top cop shares some surprising crime statistics
By Sharon Harrison County seniors learned about increases and decreases in local crime, information about cannabis, porch pirates, mental health, and much more, during a session with Staff Sergeant John Hatch, Detachment Commander with the Prince Edward OPP. The ’20 Questions with the Commander’ event hosted by the Prince Edward County Community Care for Seniors […]
