County preparing for possible move in COVID-19 response framework
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER Day-to-day life in Prince Edward County is already changed under the spectre of COVID-19 but further restrictions regarding municipal services…
As clean up continues, Ministry monitoring oil spill near East Lake
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER An oil spills firm retained by a North York-based solar energy company called Abundant Solar Energy is conducting a clean up…
Approval granted for two of four trail staging areas
OLIVIA TIMM FOR THE GAZETTE Two of the four proposed launch points for the Millennium Trail forwarded by the Prince Edward County Trails Committee through…
Municipality and BIA to develop new solution to low-hanging baskets
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER Hanging festive baskets installed by the Picton Business Improvement Association have been taken down temporarily in the downtown core as a…
Ellis trumpets supply management compensation package for affected agri-businesses
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER There may have been a few doubting Thomases (And Prinzens and Byfords and Thompsons and…) when the federal government told dairy,…
Porch Pirate poaches parcel in Prince Edward County
A roaming grinch has made the season less bright for one local family. The Prince Edward County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded…
HPEDSB announce goals in newly developed strategic plan
DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER A new strategic plan has been approved for Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board (HPEDSB). The 2020-2025 Strategic Plan:…
Connell and Donovan honoured with Paul Harris Fellow awards by Rotary Club of Picton
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER The Rotary Club of Picton have seen fit to honour a pair of local residents with 2020 Paul Harris Fellow awards….
Mayor Ferguson urges against travel to highly active COVID areas in Ontario
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER As the second wave of COVID-19 starts to flow around and over the county, the mayor of this island municipality and…
Biography of Miss Supertest II driver Asbury includes details of ‘57 run to world’s record
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER The legacy of the man who first brought the roar to Long Reach, put Picton on the map as a powerboat…