Joanne Shuttleworth

BELWOOD – Canada Post has resumed regular mail delivery to residents in Belwood after a fire on Nov. 15 destroyed the building where the post office was housed. But those who were picking up their mail at the Belwood Post Office will be inconvenienced a little longer.

HANOVER – It has long been on Olivia Sroka’s bucket list to hike the Bruce Trail end to end, and it has taken a pandemic and mental health breakdown for the 30-year-old to do it.

ELORA – It was a short but stately ceremony at township hall on Nov. 21 as Centre Wellington’s newly-elected council was inaugurated.

ABERFOYLE  – Puslinch council spent quite a bit of time crafting its response to the province’s proposed Bill 23 at its Nov. 9 meeting after hearing from a delegation and receiving correspondence from conservation authorities within the township.

FERGUS – Among the first things to be planted in the spring at the new community garden at the Fergus sportsplex will be signs in each of the garden plots. And those signs were made by youth in the Sparrow program offered at the Elora Centre for the Arts.

FERGUS – About 40 people gathered outside Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott’s office on Nov. 16 to protest Bill 23, the proposed Building Homes Faster Act.

BELWOOD – Canada Post is looking for temporary solutions for Belwood residents who normally pick up their mail at the post office after a Nov. 15 fire ravaged the building.

ABOYNE - On Nov. 17 Wellington OPP launched the Festive RIDE campaign to send a strong message to drivers: if you’ve had too much to drink or are impaired by drugs, get a cab, call a friend, head home on foot, or stay where you are. Don’t drink and drive.

ELORA – We’ll apologize up front to any child or student of the ‘70s for the tune that’s soon to be stuck in your head, but Lighthouse is coming to Elora.

GUELPH – Newly-elected trustees with the Upper Grand District School Board elected Ralf Mesenbrink as board chair at their inaugural meeting on Nov 15.

ENNOTVILLE – The Ennovtville Historical Library celebrated its 175th anniversary this fall, and that’s no small feat considering it is operated by volunteers, receives no government funding, and it is not part of Wellington County’s library system. 

Grand opening – In what may have been his last official act as mayor of Centre Wellington, Kelly…

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BELWOOD – The Belwood post office is in shambles after an early morning fire on Nov. 15 gutted the building and rendered it uninhabitable. Centre Wellington firefighters responded to the call shortly after midnight.

GUELPH – The local medical officer of health is strongly recommending that people wear masks indoors and get up to date with their COVID-19 and flu vaccines in the weeks leading up to the holiday season. But so far she’s drawing the line at mandates.