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Change your clocks, check your batteries as Daylight Saving Time ends
Clocks ‘fall back’ an hour Sunday at 2 a.m. as Daylight Saving Time ends – making it lighter earlier in the morning, and darker earlier in the evening. Canadians in most time zones will turn clocks back as they head to bed Saturday, Nov. 2. The Yukon, most of Saskatchewan and some parts of British […]
Poppy Campaign funds help support veterans and seniors in the County
The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 78 in Picton presented $1,500 to the Prince Edward County Community Care for Seniors Association to assist with the Meals on Wheels program. Above, Tom McCaw, vice-president of Branch 78 and chair of the Poppy Fund, presented the donation to Barbara Proctor, past chair for the Prince Edward County Community […]
Sophiasburgh School students win provincial Battery Blitz recycling contest
Sophiasburgh Central School was announced as the winning school in Call2Recycle’s Spring 2024 Battery Blitz contest – collecting more than 821 kilograms of used batteries. There were 89 participating elementary schools throughout Ontario that together collected more than 11,000 kilograms of used batteries. “We are incredibly proud of our students for how hard they’ve worked […]
Sophiasburgh property preferred site to manage organic waste
The County has chosen the rear portion of the Sophiasburgh Works garage property as the preferred location for a proposed site to manage organic waste. The municipality will present preliminary results of the organics management feasibility study at a public information centre Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the Sophiasburgh Town Hall (2771 County Road 5, Demorestville) […]
CUPE Local 2275 helps keep County kids warm
CUPE Local 2275 members representing the Prince Edward County municipal workers (not management) presented $500 to John Hatch, OPP Detachment Commander and Staff Sergeant. The funds will go toward this year’s Keep Kids Warm effort where neighbouring police detachments support working families and those in need of assistance to purchase new winter clothing for children. […]
Funding application for County Road 49 sent to province
Decisions for work to fix County Road 49 could be on the budget table for next year – conditional on the successful application for $20 million in provincial funding. Council Tuesday night directed the mayor and the County Road 49 Working Group to continue to advocate for federal government funding – and support from everywhere […]
A ‘gourd’ time as Pumpkinfest weighs-in with family fun
Story and photos by Sharon Harrison It was a gourd day in Wellington Saturday, and a very packed one, with brilliant fall foliage indicating the time of year for the annual Prince Edward County Pumpkinfest, followed by the equally world-famous Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off. The morning started off under a misty and overcast sky that soon […]
Shorelands re-designation review launches with public meeting
Story and photos by Sharon Harrison When the current official plan came into effect in 2021, a decision was made at the time to review the shorelands designation of the plan to notably determine two things. At a public information meeting this week, around 80 local residents came out to the Wellington and District Community […]
Meyer brings home silver medals from hurricane-ravaged barefoot worlds
The County’s Becky Meyer made it home safely with her family following a hurricane ravaged World Barefoot Water Ski Championship in Florida last week. The competition at Championship Lake in Auburndale, Florida – 105 miles inland from where hurricane Milton first hit the coast at Siesta Key as a dangerous category 3 storm – was […]
Autumn advisory for patchy frost
Kite surfers along Lakeshore Beach were propelled in brilliant sunshine amid whirling water and swirling breezes this weekend. Autumn weather may kick up a notch over night tonight as Environment Canada advises people to cover up frost-sensitive plants and trees. Its forecast is for patchy frost early Tuesday morning that may be damaging in frost-prone […]
