Picton Gazette Express: Vol. 2 No. 10

March 20, 2025

In partnership with

Countylicious starts March 27th. The Gazette special issue features stories on Merrill House’s restaurant transformation into the Brasserie Alexandra, the new full culinary program at The Grange of Prince Edward, and the surprise re-opening of Bloomfield Public House. We also cover Maple in the County, and Cooking for Countylicious at County Food Hub. What a feast!

News: True North 

Get ‘em while they’re hot

Outgoing Integrity Commissioner declines to rule on complaints that Councillor David Harrison has a conflict of interest.

News: Road Rage

Irate property owners attended Council last week worried their homes would be expropriated and demolished to make way for an extension of County Road 22.

Editorial: Localicious

Tourism can be a double-edged sword. Find a striking location, an enviable place to live, full of vibrant interest, unique unto itself, and destroy it. Turn it into a cleaned up, micromanaged, staged version of what it once was. Make it into a backdrop for “experiences,” expensive accommodations, and overpriced restaurants. Let the public run roughshod over it. Charge admission. 

Chris is pretty pleased with the Countylicious Special Issue!

Lots of Spring Action

The Weekend Ticket

PEC March Maple Madness runs every weekend this month.

BigLake’s Scandalous Romantics is at the Drake Devonshire tonight at 5:30pm.

David R. Maracle and Friends are at Base31’s Sergeants Mess on Saturday 22 March at 7:30pm.

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