Picton Gazette Express: Vol. 2 No. 20

May 29, 2025

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On the Cover: Chapel in Peril

Glenwood Chapel is collapsing. The restoration could cost $2 million

Former CAO Marcia Wallace not sidelined for long

Marcia Wallace

Department of Illumination Lights up Delhi all summer with music and picnics in the park every Saturday.

Real Estate: County Cachet

The Post Pandemic crash in Cottage Country real estate values skips the County, where waterfront prices are rising sharply

Editorial: Our Daily Fossil

It is essential that the development coming to the County not be built to rely on fossil fuels.

The Weekend Ticket

Shatterbox Theatre presents She Kills Monsters — opens tonight! Runs Thursday 29 May through June 7 at the Picton Branch Library. When Agnes Evans stumbles into her late sister Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, she’s pulled into a fantastical world of sword fights, demons, and cheerleader succubi. What begins as a quest to understand her sister becomes a wild ride through epic battles, 90s pop culture, and the fierce magic of imagination.

County Garden Club and Ameliasburgh Garden Club Native Plant Sale. At the Picton Armoury Saturday 31 May 10-2.

100 Years of Wellington — New Museum Exhibit Launch. Saturday 31 May Wellington Heritage Museum. 1-3pm.

Picton Fashion Week launches Sunday 1 June with a kids’ fashion workshop at the Department of Illumination in The Armoury, a launch party at Mary Street Vintage, and a free screening of Clueless at The Regent. All the details here.

The Regent Theatre presents the Metropolitan Opera’s The Barber of Seville Saturday 31 May at 1pm.

Wellington Community Market is at the United Church on Wellington Main Street, every Saturday morning 9am-1pm all summer long.

Prince Edward County Markets hosts the Wellington Farmers Market at the Eddie Hotel and Farm Saturday May 17 9-1:30pm. Special Guests: Ontario Dairy Farmers.

The Picton Town Hall Farmers Market runs Sundays 9-12 at 2 Ross Street, Picton all summer long, rain or shine.

The Commissary opens at Base31 just in time for the long weekend. Five food kitchens, live music, pop ups.

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