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Cast your vote for County Reads’ book of the year
Story by Sharon Harrison The County Reads Authors Festival 2020 looked and felt a little different this year. While the physical public event had to be shelved due to the COVID-19 outbreak, County Reads took place via the radio waves thanks to the Prince Edward County Public Library and 99.3 County FM who partnered for […]
First weekend for ‘phase one’ warm and busy
Prince Edward County’s Millennium Trail remained busy as visitors physical-distanced while walking, biking, riding and roller blading on the warmest weekend of the season. The mercury reached 26.3 (almost 80F) on Saturday. Some people visited retail shops that were newly allowed to open their doors, with precautions, since the province declared a state of emergency […]
Library moving forward with curbside books and County Reads debate
Prince Edward County Library branches are now offering curbside pickup from all branches (Ameliasburgh, Bloomfield, Consecon, Milford, Picton and Wellington). It is as simple as browsing the library website at peclibrary.org, or phoning your local branch and leaving a message. The library will call back to take requests and will call when the items are […]
Sweet thanks to frontline workers from County sugarshacks
Maple in The County organizers gifted close to 100 bottles of Prince Edward County maple syrup to staff at Picton Sobey’s Tuesday. Walts Sugar Shack also brought all the employees at Pierson’s Foodland in Wellington a bottle of maple syrup. The 19th annual festival was one of the first major events to be cancelled in […]
Care for youth in the pandemic and beyond
By Andrea Harrison At the top of the Town hill in Picton, a passionate group of people are working hard to serve the youth of Prince Edward County. The ROC (Recreation Outreach Centre) has a vision of giving every young person in the County an equal chance to excel at life. Founded 20 years ago […]
County businesses provide dinner and a movie for hospital staff
Nobody envies a hospital worker in a pandemic. Especially when doctors, nurses and other frontline staff members are facing a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) and are caring for the community’s most vulnerable people. As a way to say thank you for their efforts, several local businesses stepped up during Nurses’ Week to show […]
Development battle weary from regulations and pandemic gets no relief from council
The COVID-19 pandemic has added tangles to the building of a $10+ million shopping centre just outside Picton, that was already snarled by red tape from provincial regulations. Further, an attempt for relief in development charges from council was denied unanimously at Tuesday night’s electronic meeting – citing concern with saddling pandemic-weary taxpayers with more […]
County Sustainability group socially-distances cheques to award winners
The County Sustainability Group honoured winners of the Prince Edward County Organic Farmers’ Bursary for 2020 presenting socially-distanced cheques. CSG member Don Ross “forked over” $1000 to first prize award winner Mike Barnes, of Lamb’s Quarters Farm in Picton. Barnes and wife Rachel Morris started Lambs Quarters Farm in 2017 at 240 Talbot St in […]
Now showing: Petersons hand over reins after 30 years at the Mustang Drive In
By Olivia Timm Kids on the playground, the sounds of car horns blaring for movies to begin, a near birth, and a wedding are just a few fond memories of the historic Picton Mustang Drive In. Thirty years of memories – of challenges and triumphs – are now at the forefront of Paul Peterson’s mind […]
Ford tells cottagers ‘There will be plenty of long weekends’ to come
In anticipation of May long weekend, Premier Doug Ford is telling cottagers there will be plenty of long weekends to come. In a statement Thursday morning he stated “we need to stay vigilant” with cottage season just around the corner. He doesn’t explicitly advise cottagers not to travel, but advises focus on health and safety. […]
