Picton Gazette Express: Vol. 3 No. 30

July 30, 2026

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Megan Hutton’s hilarious play chronicles a place a lot like this one

Council overturns Heritage Committee motion to require a Heritage Impact Assessment

Director of Parks and Rec Lisa Lindsay holds an information centre in Delhi Park — but residents thought it was a little late for a consultation on a decision approved years ago

In The Regent Theatre launches major fundraising campaign to put the lights back on at its historic marquee

Legendary Gazette Editor’s last day after 21 years of service is Friday 31 July

Chris takes over the Editor’s Desk — for a few minutes

Who can resist Blossom Lane?

The Weekend Ticket

CountyStage’s Pinocchio at The Eddie Outdoor Pavilion, Friday at 10:30am. First Date continues at The Regent, and Mouthpiece is on at Mount Tabor. Hit all three for a theatre festival weekend! Discounted passes for multiple shows available.

David and Danielle Frum are in conversation at The Regent Sunday 2 August at 7pm. A Fundraiser for Glenwood Cemetery.

Quilted: The Progression of Our Rights – Queer Elders Speak is on exhibition at the County Arts Lab July 23rd-August 10th, 2026, daily from 10 AM-6 PM. Bill Stearman will be hosting an ‘Artist’s Tour’ daily at 12:30 PM throughout the run of the exhibition.

'Layered Landscape responding to where we live' is at the Wellington Heritage Museum until August 2nd. 290 Main Street, Wellington and is open Wednesday through Sunday, 10am-4pm.

Melt Gallery presents Ceremony of Innocence. A Bill Penner solo exhibition. Launch Saturday August 1, 1-4pm. The exhibition takes its title from W. B. Yeats' The Second Coming. More than a century later, the poem's questions remain strikingly relevant. As the world once again stands at the edge of uncertainty, Penner's powerful new body of work invites us to reflect on humanity's future: Will we witness rupture or rapture—or, as Yeats warned, "a blood-dimmed tide"?

It’s blueberry and raspberry season! Try The Blueberry Patch and Waupoos U-Pick Highbush Blueberries, both on County Road 8 in Waupoos. All day every day.

It’s Market Season. Wellington Community Market is 10-4 on Saturday. The Eddie Farm Market Saturdays 9-1:30. Picton Farmers Market is 9-2 every Sunday.

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