Picton Gazette Express: Vol. 3 No. 34

Prince Edward County's Newspaper of Record

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Picton Terminals faces another lawsuit. Both the MNR and the Terminals are named as respondents.

No vote upends attempt to develop a financial strategy for required new waterworks

Another meeting deemed to be in order

News: Base31 announces $299 entry price

First village, Hilltop, priced to sell.

In this Guest Editorial, Ruth Estwick warns: the danger isn’t growth.
It’s what happens when it stops.

Back-to-School edition

The Weekend Ticket

The Rednersville Road Studio Tour runs all Labour Day Weekend.
Meet artists and explore a variety of artworks while enjoying a scenic tour of County Road 3. Look for the signs at each Studio stop. Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

County Shakespeare Company’s Much Ado About Nothing offers three more shows on Friday and Saturday this weekend. Don’t miss it!

Arts on Main Gallery Fall Show. Featured artists Pamela Carter, David Drown, and Mark Algar, alongside new gallery artists Colin Green, Gemma Barret, and Andrew Phua. The gallery will also welcome Lina Carter as its Back Room Guest Artist.

Oeno Gallery Scenic Detours Features Bruce Cochrane, Paul Fournier, Gillie & Marc, Aron Hill, Peter Hoffer, Ciba Karisik, Burton Kramer, Claudia McCabe, Paul Murray, Laurence Petit, John Paul Robinson, Pat Service, Alice Vander Vennen, Ulysses Veloso and Cheryl Wilson Smith. And explore work from our new artists - Karen Bagayawa, Tim Okamura and Mike Rachlis.

Melt Gallery opens Night Moves, new encaustic works by Susan Wallis. September 3rd-27th. Opening Reception September 5th 1-4 pm

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

It's Here: Pique's New Caffeine-Free Afternoon Energy

I quit my afternoon coffee. Not because I wanted to — because I found something better.

You know that wall you hit every day around 2–3 PM? I used to just accept it as the cost of doing anything. Another coffee, a quick spike, then the crash — and somehow I'd still feel dehydrated by dinner.

Then I tried X·E Fountain, Pique's brand-new electrolyte energy drink, and I genuinely wasn't ready for how good "no crash" could feel.

No caffeine jitters. No 4 PM slump. Just clean, steady energy that actually hydrates me instead of draining me. It's built with a premium Vitamin B Complex for natural cellular energy, Magnesium Malate + Taurate for real focus, and a full electrolyte blend that makes it feel like a treat, not a chore.

The cucumber-celery-lime flavor is so crisp and refreshing — it's basically stolen my afternoon coffee slot completely.