Picton Rotary delighted with Apricot Ribbon campaign
DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER The Picton Rotary Club are delighted people are responding to their apricot ribbon campaign which honours local health care workers in a number of different…
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Ross pedaling for SickKids Foundation
A Prince Edward County resident is hitting the road later this summer to participate in his fourth cycling challenge benefitting SickKids Hospital. Milfordian Don Ross is planning to ride 750 kilometres…
OPINION:Vaccinating kids against COVID-19 is good for everyone
The first COVID wave seemed to leave children largely unaffected. Infections, mostly asymptomatic went unnoticed and undiagnosed. While other activities were cancelled and COVID decimated seniors, schools stayed open. Things…
Plenty happening at Community Care
Celebrate Seniors Month with a free ride to your vaccination appointment, a tasty roast leg of chicken meal, then watch Minister Cho on a webinar on a tablet you borrowed…
You can ‘Discover YOUth’ at Library
June is Pride Month, and to celebrate, members of Discover YOUth have shared some suggested reads. Discover YOUth is a group that welcomes 2SLGBTQ+ youth to gather, both virtually and…
LETTER: COVID-19 Vaccine roll out leaving some in ill humour
The vaccine rollout in Ontario has been a complete joke. I live in Picton and have been trying to get a vaccine in my area since I was eligible but…
LETTER:Lack of Zinc, Vitamin D make people susceptible to COVID-Reader
Dear Editor, This is in response to the letter from Catherine Crawford of the Prince Edward Family Health Team (Picton Gazette, A first hand account of a “mild” COVID-19 case, May…
LETTER:Shutting off beaches “Bureaucratic Overkill
Prince Edward County staff have pinpointed the locations of all of the Lake Ontario ‘secret beaches” on the west side of the County. One quick look at the County ‘Summer…
One arrested in break-and-enter on Inkerman Ave.
A Break-and-Enter in progress Thursday evening at a Macaulay Village home was foiled by members of the Ontario Provincial Police. Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Prince Edward County…
Infrastructure upgrades to Picton Town Hill imminent
OLIVIA TIMM FOR THE GAZETTE Prince Edward County Council signed an agreement with the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) Tuesday night to jump-start construction at the town hill intersection of Bridge…