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Town & Country closes its doors after three decades of doing business in Picton
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JASON PARKS
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Brush clearing on private lands connected to the White Pines Wind Project was slated to begin yesterday, according to Kevin Surette, the communications manager for proponent wpd Canada. Last Thursday, legal counsel representing the company emailed counsel representing the Alliance To Protect Prince Edward County (APPEC) and representatives of the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) to state its intent to clear vegetation in areas that weren’t among those identified as Blanding’s turtle spring foraging habitat by consultant Stantec while preparing applications for the 29-turbine project slated for South Marysburgh and Athol. “Right now, we’re looking at clearing what is pretty much scrub brush on private landowners’ areas. There might be some agricultural stuff we have to clear, there may be some trees, but it’s mostly scrub brush,” he said. “It’s to prepare the area for access roads we have to build, the crane laydown areas, and all the other infrastructure for the area.”
See CLEARING, page 25
For the record, the psychological horror-thriller Split starring Scottish actor James McAvoy was the final movie rented at Town & Country Video Monday evening. After Laine Morch and Brinsley Sorensen checked out the DVD, Picton's home entertainment mainstay was locked for the evening and owner Gavin Bonham-Carter let his dedicated customer base know via social media that the store that had served the needs of Prince Edward County for the better part of three decades had rented to its last patron. Since that point, emotions from the Town & Country faithful have
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See TECHNOLOGY, page 22
END OF AN ERA Gavin Bonham-Carter has closed Town & Country Video, Prince Edward County’s last movie and video game rental store. A liquidation sale started yesterday morning. (Jason Parks/Gazette staff)
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