Gazette editor, writer honoured with Harris Fellowship awards
CHRIS FANNING STAFF WRITER The editor of the Prince Edward County’s newspaper of record and a former staffwriter were honoured by the Rotary Club of Picton last week with Paul…
September 7, 2023
‘Round the horseshoe: Council approves $600 k spot repair tender, low income tax relief program
JASON PARKS EDITOR • A Loyalist Township firm has been awarded a $603,893 tender to conduct surface road surface spot repair but the scope of the ad hoc road…
Wellington’s Latreille leads comeback on Cobourg
JASON PARKS EDITOR It took a wild third period comeback effort but the Wellington Dukes were winners in their first and only home pre-season game for the 2023 Ontario Junior…
In Conversation with Base31
FEATURED KAREN VALIHORA STAFF WRITER Alexandra De Gasperis is Vice President of DECO Homes, an arm of legendary Ontario builders TACC, and one the partners at PEC Community Partners,…
Local players star in Softball Canada championship tourneys
JASON PARKS EDITOR Three local softball players earned national championships late last month. Nic McGrayne and Aiden Reddick took home gold medals from the 2023 U20 Canadian Men’s Fast Pitch…
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Wellington Skeptics
There was yet another high-octane community meeting in Wellington last week. This time under the guise of a Public Information Centre on the Wellington waterworks projects. No matter what these…
Ontario’s Opposition Leader pays visit to Prince Edward County
KAREN VALIHORA STAFF WRITER Leader of the Opposition Marit Stiles’s tour of the County last week coincided with a rush of press coverage of the widening Greenbelt scandal. Another…
Council denies Dukes shot at $50,000 ice fees trade off
JASON PARKS EDITOR Citing concerns about setting a costly precedent and wary of supporting a for-profit entity, council made a goal line stop Tuesday, turning down a $50,0000 naming-rights-in-lieu-of-ice-rental-fees request…
The Joker Outwitted, by James Scott. (4 September 1863)
THE JOKER OUTWITTED. BY JAMES SCOTT. Published in the Picton Gazette, 4 September, 1863. [EDITOR’S NOTE: This story also appeared in The New York Coachmaker’s Magazine of December 1858] I…