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Countylicious Fall 2025 Special Issue

News
October 15, 2025

A long defunct AirBnB listing is fair game for the County’s Bylaw Officers

On the Stage
October 15, 2025

Ali Hassan wanted a show on The Food Network — then he found the funny in that

News
October 15, 2025

The Fitness and Aquatic Centre seeks the support of Council as it faces the sale of its building

News
October 15, 2025

Changes afoot at Merrill House are bittersweet

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Editorial
October 15, 2025

We lost a history warrior in August, at a time when we have never needed them more

Letters
October 15, 2025

Don King's family writes, and readers respond to the Gazette's coverage of the Tim Horton's debacle.

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Special Collection — Countylicious Fall 2025

A guide to participating restaurants

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News
October 15, 2025

Ah, the romance of having your food grown round the corner. Chefs at Bocado, Karlo Estates, Waupoos Estates, and Big Mike’s BBQ revel in everything local

News
October 15, 2025

Autumn means bountiful farm stands, calmer streets and, of course, Countylicious. But for the chefs at Hartleys, the Drake Devonshire and Onesta, seasonal produce and community are front and center all year long.

News
October 15, 2025

Changes afoot at Merrill House are bittersweet

News
October 15, 2025

Countylicious Fall 2025 Special Issue

Special Collection — Picton Terminals

Keeping an eye on activities on Picton Bay

Reporting, editorials and letters

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News
July 11, 2025

Countdown to the MZO

On the other side of Parrish and Heimbecker's eight new 150-foot grain silos on Picton Bay, Doornekamp Construction appears to be expanding its quarrying operations into surrounding lands still zoned agricultural, ahead of any decision on the MZO application being considered by the Minister of Housing.

News
August 6, 2025

Tenants Yuliia and Sergei Nesterenko and two children face eviction order after complaining

News
July 9, 2025

Parrish & Heimbecker grain silos on Picton Bay start to take shape

Editorial
June 25, 2025

An MZO, by its very nature, removes municipal jurisdiction. It overrides municipal zoning. If granted, it would establish a Special Economic Zone right on Picton Bay, where the Terminals can do what it likes. Of course, the Terminals has always pretty much done what it likes.

Editorial
May 21, 2025

Crown moves to withdraw the charge against Picton Terminals

News
October 15, 2025
<p>Firefighter Matt Stiff puts the shine on Prince Edward County Fire &#038; Rescue&#8217;s new pumper truck.(Jason Parks/Gazette Staff)</p>

New Truck, Old Truck

New Fire & Rescue pumper truck feted with Push In ceremony

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Special Collection — Development Underway

Keeping an eye on new builds

Development Projects Around the County

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News
August 6, 2025

Monitoring Cold Creek

Council receives standards for construction on the Warings Creek watershed — but the WCIA charges it’s too little, too late

News
October 8, 2025

Thrive PEC, in partnership with Prince Edward Learning Centre, is undertaking its first Community Benefits Agreement with Pinecrest Housing.

News
October 8, 2025

A plan to build an eight-lot subdivision on Huycks Point Road is totally out of place, say neighbours and environmentalists

News
September 24, 2025

Council greenlights Base31 subdivisions around the Revitalization District

News
September 17, 2025

Picton has enough servicing capacity to go around — for the moment. Wellington does not.

Shoot out the Lights

Pirates pick up a pair of shootout wins to move up the Tod Division standings

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Obituaries

Gone, but not forgotten

October 16, 1939 - September 5, 2025
December 8, 1957 - October 6, 2025

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