Committee votes to waive municipal kitchen fees for food insecurity group
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER The Committee of the whole has denied a staff recommendation and chosen to waive fees in 2019 for a local group fighting food insecurity who utilize…
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Local players shine in 2019 Hockey Day in Canada celebrations
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER The recent Hockey Day in Canada celebrations in Swift Current, SK had a special Prince Edward County connection. A pair of players from the 2017-2018 Ontario…
Local writer offers 26 tales of inspiration, courage and character
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER Encouraged by his adult son to pen a collection of bed time tales he weaved as father in younger years, a Consecon-based author has complied a…
Pirates’ McLellan top Tod Division player in Jan-Feb.
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER The hottest player on one of the hottest Provincial Junior Hockey League’s team has been named as the Tod Division’s Player of the Month for Jan….
Dukes take five of six points as post season date with Cobourg looms
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER Despite having one game left in the 2018-19 regular season of the Ontario Junior Hockey League, the Wellington Dukes can allow their first round post season…
Skyway Bridge rehabilitation to get underway later this year
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER Members of Prince Edward County Council along with senior staff were provided an update on the five year Skyway Bridge rehabilitation project Thursday Quinn Mieske, contract…
Art Kitchen drop-in opens Family Day
The Prince Edward Learning Centre (PELC) and Loyola classroom space at the Sobeys Plaza will be an incubator for creativity on Monday nights. Starting on Family Day and running regularly…
Info For Seniors: There are options for getting around
Back in January I wrote a column on Community Care’s escorted transportation program. If a senior 60-plus calls Community Care and registers for the program they can then arrange for…
Inside The Library: Join us to explore Flashback February
The second annual Flashback February celebrating “Spirits of Our Past” promises to be a week of constant and varied entertainment. Everything from a paranormal show at the Regent Theatre on…
Stories From Our Past — Week of Feb. 14, 2019
Each week, the Gazette looks back on stories from the past. Here is what happened this week, by year… 1909 – Stephen M. Conger, who had been the editor of the…