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New Barn Swallow nesting structure erected at Prince Edward Point

New Barn Swallow nesting structure erected at Prince Edward Point

  Barn Swallows are expected to begin arriving at Prince Edward Point in April and thanks to efforts of local naturalists and support of the public, their new home is waiting. Members and supporters of South Shore Joint Initiative (SSJI), Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory (PEPtBO) and Prince Edward County Field Naturalists (PECFN) were elated […]

Five residents will defend favourite books at County Reads debate

Five residents will defend favourite books at County Reads debate

Story and photos by Sharon Harrison Five County residents will defend the Canadian book titles they believe should be declared the must read of 2024 when they go before public judges at next month’s County Reads Debate. The Prince Edward County Library hosts the County Reads Debate, which kicks-off and forms part of the equally […]

Latest Wellington sub-division expansion re-zoning plans approved

Latest Wellington sub-division expansion re-zoning plans approved

By Sharon Harrison With plans long in the works for the village of Wellington to grow and expand on a large scale in the coming years, 263 new residential homes took a significant step forward with re-zoning approval. At the planning and development committee meeting Wednesday, which stretched to a couple of hours on this […]

Friendship and history shared at Demorestville church anniversary celebration

Friendship and history shared at Demorestville church anniversary celebration

Story and photos by Sharon Harrison “You can see that this enormous window looks three-dimensional, and as you come closer, you’ll see that it’s not; it’s completely flat, painted on a flat wall. Only an accomplished draughtsperson and painter can do this effect, and that was Thomas and Ira Barton.” A weekend of celebration in […]

Auxiliary matches donations to help raise $317,000 for new hospital

Auxiliary matches donations to help raise $317,000 for new hospital

A matching incentive pursued by the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, and the hospital foundation has raised $317,000 to Back the Build of Prince Edward County’s new hospital. This past fall, the auxiliary committed to making a 1:1 match for all new donations to the foundation’s Back the Build campaign up to $100,000 and […]

Wellington beach fee to be eliminated; review of boat launches coming

Wellington beach fee to be eliminated; review of boat launches coming

By Sharon Harrison The summer fee for folks to get into Wellington beach is to be eliminated in exchange for better monitoring. First introduced in 2021, the $10 per person beach admission fee had been in effect from early June to mid-September on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays (9 a.m.-5 p.m.), for those age 16 years-plus. […]

Volunteer gardener has dug in for a decade to beautify Picton Main

Volunteer gardener has dug in for a decade to beautify Picton Main

Prince Edward County Mayor Steve Ferguson presented a bouquet of kind words, and a Civic Award, to Arlene Wright at Tuesday night’s council meeting. Wright was being honoured for her volunteer efforts over a decade to adopt nine municipal and non-municipal gardens, the downtown planters, and the creation and hanging of evergreen boughs throughout Picton […]

County fire looking forward to new emergency call dispatch system

County fire looking forward to new emergency call dispatch system

By Sue Capon County residents have come a long way from hearing air raid sirens blare from their community fire hall to summon firefighters into action. Come Tuesday, March 26, Prince Edward County will join nearly 30 other municipalities that have moved their emergency call dispatch services to St. Catharines Fire Services (including Quinte West, […]

Richard Nixon secrets and County visits to be part of new book

Richard Nixon secrets and County visits to be part of new book

By Sharon Harrison County resident Thomas Harrison shared a preview of his research on Richard Nixon’s secret weekend in the County, noting the former US president is one of his favourite topics – so much so that his interest has produced a book (yet to be published, but hopefully by year-end). In his role as […]

Section of Millennium Trail closed this week

Section of Millennium Trail closed this week

Portions of the Millennium Trail will be intermittently closed for repairs between Monday, March 11 to Friday, March 15. The area affected will include the trail between the Picton LCBO and Bloomfield. The closures are required to allow trail surface repairs. Residents are asked to avoid active work areas.

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