All Entries Tagged With: "Prince Edward County"
Super weekend honours Canada’s most famous raceboat
Miss Supertest III owners Beverly and Jim Thompson unveiled the Canada Post domestic stamp. Picton’s John Lyons set out to achieve three goals, seemingly unattainable, but hit the trifecta last weekend as Prince Edward County celebrated the 50th anniversary Canada’s most famous raceboat. Lyons and his family have a long association with power boat racing. […]
Five possible sites for Sir John A sculpture
The public is invited to a discussion about possible locations for the John A. Macdonald bronze sculpture project. Members of the Macdonald Project steering committee are hosting a public meeting Tuesday, Aug. 9 from 7-9 p.m. in the Town Hall above the Fire Hall in Picton. “This is an important meeting because it’s your opportunity […]
BIA cleans up with County collaboration
A collaboration between the Picton Business Improvement Association and the County of Prince Edward is paying off – for the environment – with the installation of new recycling centres. “This initiative is three years in the making,” says Barry Braun, PEC’s Commissioner of Recreation, Parks and Culture. “But working in collaboration with the Picton BIA, […]
Well above normal temperatures continue into weekend
Thursday’s extreme heat prompted the municipality to invite residents and visitors to Prince Edward County Cooling Centre locations. Bottled water was made available at both locations and the public was welcome to take advantage of the air conditioning. “The County of Prince Edward has opened several cooling centres throughout the municipality today for those residents […]
Thunderstorm brings down trees and power lines
A quick but powerful thunderstorm producing heavy downpours and damaging wind gusts took down trees and power lines in various areas of the County late Monday afternoon. Prince Edward County OPP report responses to nine calls directly related to the thunderstorms. The calls included hydro wires downed by falling tree limbs, residential alarms activated by […]
Drowning at North Beach Sunday
An autopsy conducted today determined Visu Kanthasamy Vimalan, 48, of Scarborough, died Sunday as a result drowning at North Beach Provincial Park, south of Consecon. Prince Edward County OPP said the man’s lifeless body was pulled from the water by family members at about 5 p.m. Sunday, July 17. Const. Kim Guthrie reports the deceased […]
County’s Dwayne Inch elected school board chairman
Prince Edward County Trustee Dwayne Inch was elected as chair of the Hastings Prince Edward Public Board of Education Monday, taking over the position left vacant by the passing of former chair Carl Pitman who died in May. Inch will serve in this role until the annual election in December 2011. He expressed appreciation to […]
Stark Family Fund presents $25,110 to community projects
Ten Prince Edward County charities shared $25,110 in grants from the Stark Family Fund to help continue a vision of providing funds to community organizations that particularly support educational, health and cultural fields. “The Stark Family Fund was established by a bequest in Ruth Stark’s last will and testament,” explained Florence Campbell, President of the […]
Musicians for Mt. Tabor strike chord with community
Musicians for Mt. Tabor rocked the Regent Theatre stage Monday night raising $4,000 in a fundraiser for Prince Edward County’s “other great theatre”. “This event wouldn’t happen without the never-ending dedication of local performers, said Janet Kellough, emcee of the event with Rick Zimmerman. “Since every one of these musicians has performed on the Mt. […]
PEC Relay for Life raises $191,651 and still counting
The PEC Relay For Life raised $191,651.59 as of Saturday morning and the total will continue to rise as post event donations and pledges to come in. “We had set as our goal to raise over $190,000 and we have achieved it, said co-chair Jim Vince. “What makes this event so special is the way […]
