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1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Brittiny Blodgett, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Picton Gazette

   Wellington Town Hall (opens the original)

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   Less than a year after Mayor Ferguson told Sarah Bobas, Christina Zeidler and the Wellington Town Hall Stewardship Association to “go like hell” on their plans for the Town Hall, they have presented Council with a request to move toward ownership. An MOU gave the group a year, beginning Feb. 1, to establish itself as a legal non-profit, form a board and develop the financial, operational and community plans needed to take on the Hall. The conditions were met in just over six months. “Staf

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2. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Brittiny Blodgett, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Picton Gazette

   Drake heritage permit approved (opens the original)

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   “We’re being held hostage by the applicant,” said Councillor John Hirsch. The vice-chair of the County’s Heritage Committee was referring to the Drake Devonshire’s refusal to extend the 90-day deadline for Council to decide its Heritage Permit application for a three-storey addition at 20 and 24 Wharf Street in Wellington at the August 25th Council meeting. David Bronskill, The Drake’s attorney, told Council that if the permit were refused, his client would appeal to the Ontario Land

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3. Article · Jul 8, 2026 · Brittiny Blodgett, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Picton Gazette

   Change in roles at The Andrew (opens the original)

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   “I’m not going to come here and do status quo. I’m not going to come here and think we can reboot 1973.” That was the promise the Rev. Lynne Donovan made when she interviewed to become minister at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian in 2007. Nearly two decades later, few would argue she failed to keep her word. “If you are not interested in this pilgrimage, that will be challenging. I’m not your gal,” she recalls telling the church’s leadership team. Needless to say, she got the job, and

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