Stories from our past – October 15, 2020
Each week, the Gazette looks back on stories from the past. Here is what happened this week, by year… 1910 Already this week Picton has…
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Local real estate market feels pressure from national trends, urban markets
DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER One doesn’t have to drive too far along the highways and byways of Prince Edward County to see a ‘For…
PEC Jazz Festival cancelled, Jazz Masters new alternative
DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER It was the summer that never was for the 2020 Prince Edward County Jazz Festival. With virtually every medium and…
Agricultural Society acclimates to new reality from a fall fair to a drive-thru festival
DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER The site of one of Ontario’s oldest agricultural exhibitions was dark the weekend after Labour Day. But pandemic or…
For the first time this century, a farmer’s market held on Picton Town Hall grounds
DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER On Sunday, the Picton Town Hall parking lot was a busy and bustling little place, and, for the first time this…
School closures a possibility as HPEDSB deals with shifting enrolment
DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER As students with Hastings Prince Edward District School Board (HPEDSB) have been making the switch from in-person classes to virtual…
Lehigh Hanson pledges $25,000 to cement PECMH build
DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER A local company who cares about their employees and the communities where they live are cementing that commitment with a healthy donation to…
Infrastructure Ontario elevates new Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital in market update
DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER Todd Smith, MPP for Bay of Quinte, was pleased to see Quinte Health Care’s Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital…
Looking back – September 24, 2020
Each week, the Gazette looks back on stories from the past. Here is what happened this week, by year… 1910 The congregation of St. Andrew’s…
Restoration of Moses Hudgin House to get underway
DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER Gathered on traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee people of this territory, Ostrander Point Road was a little louder than usual on Saturday…