Prince Edward County’s Newspaper of Record
May 3, 2024
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On the Cover

Andrew Innes, “County Cumulus, Early April”

News
May 1, 2024

Expansion, raising the profile are on the agenda

News
May 1, 2024

Council calls for an overdue meeting with the Premier

News
May 1, 2024

Business is booming at Bailey's Casual Dining, where membership has its privileges

News
May 1, 2024

10 different parcels are candidates for removal from tourist-commercial designation

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Editorial
May 1, 2024

In which the Gazette considers an interview it did with Toronto Sun columnist Warren Kinsella, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen, a new series currently screening on Netflix, and why the local matters.

Letters
May 1, 2024

Fawcettville's Butternuts, Doctor Poaching, and more

Books
May 1, 2024

Two recent books are entries in a special genre. Neither quite history nor entirely fiction, they imagine the past in intriguing ways.

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Special Collection — Development Underway

Keeping an eye on new builds

Development Projects Around the County

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News
May 1, 2024

Tulip Estates

The ambitious new 54-acre plan could add five new streets to the neighbourhood off Owen Street in East Picton. At least 200 houses are coming, as well as a large 2.5 acre park.

News
May 1, 2024

10 different parcels are candidates for removal from tourist-commercial designation

News
April 24, 2024

Residents of Fawcettville, a small neighbourhood just east of the Picton core, are looking forward to getting some new neighbours.

Editorial
April 10, 2024

Developers return to tried and true models for living: the village and the campus

News
April 3, 2024

The vote came despite strenuous objections from the neighbours at Wellington on the Lake

Special Collection — History and Heritage

Stories about our past and its preservation

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Books
May 1, 2024

Two recent books are entries in a special genre. Neither quite history nor entirely fiction, they imagine the past in intriguing ways.

News
April 17, 2024

More than 100 years after it sank, “the holy grail of Ontario shipwrecks” will be opened to divers

News
March 27, 2024

A standout connection to the past serves notice of Base31’s rich future

Tulip Estates

The ambitious new 54-acre plan could add five new streets to the neighbourhood off Owen Street in East Picton. At least 200 houses are coming, as well as a large 2.5 acre park.

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Special Collection — Base31 Collection

Base31

Keeping an eye on development at Camp Picton

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Culture
March 20, 2024

On the cover

Base31 receives historic warplane for new museum

News
April 18, 2024

Putting on the Glitz for the County Food Hub

News
April 10, 2024

County’s new homeless shelter, Leeward House, to welcome its first clients this month.

News
March 27, 2024

A standout connection to the past serves notice of Base31’s rich future

News
March 6, 2024

Questions about the County’s new transitional housing project are answered

News
May 1, 2024
<p>Merrickville served as the backdrop for The Liberation Men, a period film about the liberation of Holland. (Kolo Productions)</p>

The Liberators

A Picton resident who emigrated from Holland 30 years ago stars in a film about the liberation of Holland

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Obituaries

Gone, but not forgotten

November 20, 1954 - April 23, 2024
September 13, 1938 - April 23, 2024
December 5 1934 - April 19, 2024 

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