Community Care carries on despite pandemic
This latest lockdown brings yet another challenge to the staff and volunteers at Community Care. We are fully committed to helping seniors live at home. And to live safely at…
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Annual County Reads competition returns April 22
It’s April, which written word lovers in PEC will know means it’s time for the County Reads & Authors Festival. This year’s events will be online. We’ll share more about…
LETTER: Businesses should provide adequate parking
Following last year’s tourist crush, the County conducted a “Have Your Say” online survey. 108 respondents clearly voiced concern about the traffic/safety problems at Lake on the Mountain. Staff analysis…
LETTER: Diners take over provincial park parking lot in the summer
In response to the article Parking motion could cripple Lake-on-the-Mountain business, The Picton Gazette, April 1 2021 about Ryan Kreutzwiser speaking out against the motion to restrict parking along County…
Maple in the County To-Go bags makes $6,000 to back Memorial Hospital build
DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER While the County’s annual maple syrup celebration was much more muted affair in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the initiative to bring about the…
Stories from our past – April 8, 2021
Each week, the Gazette looks back on stories from the past. Here is what happened this week, by year… 1911 The opening up of the Spring, laying bare streets and walks, brings…
PEC Jazz Festival supports Regent’s Raise the Curtain campaign, discusses designs for 2021
DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER The Prince Edward County Jazz Festival (PECJF) Board of Directors are supporting the raising of the Regent’s curtain. The PECJF announced Tuesday they are making…
Wellington puts finishing touches on Trenton
An open net. A clinching goal that sealed a series victory against the arch rivals from Trenton. A mob scene of hugs and victory yelps when the clock at Lehigh…
EDITORIAL: Province must start viewing teachers as front line workers in new COVID-19 reality
In these, the very dog days of the COVID-19 pandemic, predicting the moves and measures of the provincial government has very much become a game of darts. Occasionally-and with lessening…
