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A smashing good time at the Picton fair
Story and photos by Sharon Harrison While the sun is expected to shine on this Saturday’s fair in Milford, the damp and coolness last weekend was no deterrent for fans of the County’s first fair of the season at Picton. The Picton fair brought everything from lawn tractor racing to tractor pulls, an antique tractor […]
Council to seek separate legal opinion over Picton Terminals agreement
By Sharon Harrison The Picton Terminals saga didn’t move forward with bylaw approval as expected at Tuesday evening’s council meeting, where council decided instead (in closed session) to seek a separate legal opinion. The bylaw not approved, would have authorized the mayor and chief administrative officer to execute the settlement agreement between County and ABNA […]
Premier Ford in the County to announce $18.3M for regional water plant
Story and photos by Sharon Harrison Premier Doug Ford came to the County Monday morning to announce an infrastructure investment of up to $18.3 million to help build the new Wellington Regional Water Treatment Plant. The funds will help build the new plant, replacing the local water treatment plants in Wellington and Picton (also servicing […]
Fawcettville development second public meeting called ‘a waste of time’
Story and photo by Sharon Harrison A second public information meeting on the proposed Fawcett Avenue sub-division was largely considered a waste of everybody’s time at the Picton town hall, with some suggesting it should have been postponed, as it brought little to no new information or resolutions of concerns already expressed. Developer Eric DenOuden, […]
Third time a charm for County cyclist at World Gran Fondo
The County’s favourite senior cyclist says the third time was a charm at the World Gran Fondo race in Aalborg Denmark last Sunday – but it wasn’t without a snag and bump along the way. Rob Legge, 75, of Cressy, reports a satisfying 14th place finish among 28 athletes in the age 75-79 category at […]
Bouts of rain, some chill expected to interfere with glorious end of summer weather
Environment Canada reports a bit of a rainy weekend will interfere with the current stretch of spectacular September late summer weather. However, a few days of chilly and wet weather are expected to be sandwiched between two stretches of warm and dry days and it could feel a bit more like October at times. The […]
Unofficial end of summer as students return to school
The unofficial end of summer unfolds Wednesday morning as students return to school. This year, there are several significant changes to codes of conduct in all Ontario schools. At Hastings Prince Edward District School Board schools, students will not be allowed to use mobile devices, including cell phones, tablets, smart watches, etc., in the classroom. […]
Rental housing project with group homes proposed for Picton
Story and photos by Sharon Harrison A proposed medium-density rental housing project, if approved, is promising affordable and market-rate housing to a relatively small, irregular-shaped parcel of land, located south-west of the intersection of Nicholas and Cumberland streets in Picton. What’s significant about this proposal is that 50 per cent of the proposed units are […]
Support for health team to seek funding for new medical facility
Council is showing support for the Prince Edward Family Health Team (PEFHT) to seek Ministry of Health funding to turn a parking lot near the hospital into a new medical facility. Council, at Thursday’s committee of the whole meeting, directed the mayor and CAO to write letters as required to support the funding application to […]
Wellington pumping station approved; plant design conditional, further work deferred
By Sharon Harrison Water services took a significant step forward Tuesday evening with council making decisions involving many millions of dollars surrounding the massive infrastructure projects – and public opposition also left the meeting with a win. The two main decisions before council were the tender for the new Wellington sanitary sewer pumping station (approved […]
