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Months long Wellington Main closure; 40 days of trail drilling and blasting begins Jan. 13
Work on the Wellington watermain and sanitary sewer project will impact vehicle and pedestrian traffic on Wellington Main Street for the coming months. A section of Wellington Main Street in front of the water and wastewater treatment plants is to be reduced to one lane Monday, Jan. 6 to Monday, Jan. 13. Traffic is to […]
New Year’s Day beach walk despite wet flurries and rain
Some Prince Edward County residents welcomed the new year with a walk at Sandbanks Provincial Park despite the rain and wet flurries on Wednesday, Jan. 1. Thursday is expected to offer a mix of sun and cloud, windy, with flurries and a risk of snow squalls (about 2cm expected), while a snow squall warning is […]
Perfectly Preserved group peels and pickles its way to record-setting donation
Perfectly Preserved wraps up a record-setting 2024 season with its biggest donation to date: the purchase of four items for the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital, totalling $32,000. These include a point-of-care system to deliver lab-quality results, and three vital signs wall monitors to help boost care in the emergency department. “Considering we do it […]
Happy Winter Solstice
On the shortest day and longest night, Winter Solstice ushers in the beginning of winter in the northern hemisphere, this year on Saturday, Dec. 21. The celestial event also signifies Yule, bringing yuletide joy, cheer and spirit as many focus on a connection with nature and welcome the return of the sun and longer days.
Sign up to throw a few rocks to Back the Build of County’s new hospital
Story and photos by Sharon Harrison For the third consecutive year, the Prince Edward Curling Club is hosting a Curl-A-Thon in February, again raising funds to Back the Build of the County’s new hospital. The 2025 Curl-A-Thon is set for Saturday, Feb. 8 at the curling club located at the fairgrounds in Picton, and […]
Community carol service rings in support for new hospital
The Community Carol Service piped in the holiday season making a donation to the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation Monday. The group, organized by Pat Bentley and Rosemary Moore, invited guest organist Murray Baer and local church choirs to perform at this year’s Christmas Carol Service at Picton United Church. The sweet melodic sounds […]
Holiday photographs capture support for County’s new hospital
County residents and visitors celebrating the season with a holiday photograph helped raise $5,000 for the campaign to build the new hospital in Prince Edward County. Spirits were bright at ANDARA Gallery in Bloomfield as artists-owners Andrew Csafordi and Tara Wilkinson presented the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation with the early Christmas gift. As […]
Loyalist Heights sub-division to be deferred for groundwater impact study
By Sharon Harrison The fifth revision for an application for the proposed (now 495-unit) Loyalist Heights sub-division off Sandy Hook Road was deferred at Wednesday’s planning and development committee meeting. That decision will move to council to be ratified. Councillor Sam Branderhorst brought forward the deferral motion so a cumulative hydrogeological (study of groundwater) impact […]
