Joanne Shuttleworth

PUSLINCH – In passing a Road Management Plan, council has given staff a road map on how to prioritize maintenance and repairs of township roads, how to include road work in annual budgets, and how to respond to concerns or requests from the public on the township’s road network.

GUELPH – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, along with other community partners, has taken a deep dive into the data to see the secondary impacts of COVID-19 on children and youth – and it doesn't look good.

GUELPH – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) will soon begin its fall "FluVID" campaign, offering residents the opportunity to get both a flu shot and a COVID-19 shot at the same time.

ABOYNE – With the donation of land by Wellington County for a hospice facility here, organizers are going full-steam ahead to see the facility built as soon as possible. And they are organizing a community kick-off event on Sept. 15 at the Wellington County Museum and Archives to introduce the plan

ELORA – Whether it was a match made in heaven remains to be seen, but doctors certainly approved the match between Emma Smith and Ben Doerksen. Smith got the all clear to donate her kidney to Doerksen late last year..

ELORA – Centre Wellington council has agreed to lift a holding provision from a property on Wellington Road 7, paving the way for a McDonald's drive-thru restaurant.

FERGUS – Worries about traffic, wildlife and maintaining their rural lifestyle were the main concerns raised on Wednesday night by neighbours of a housing development proposed for 961 St. David Street North in Fergus.

FERGUS – Industrial lots in the North Fergus Business Park will go for $450,000 per acre. That’s competitive pricing, Centre Wellington's manager of economic development George Borovilos told council on Aug. 28.

PUSLINCH – Puslinch council is losing patience with CBM Aggregates, the owner and operator of the Roszell Pit.

FERGUS - The Centre Wellington District High School technology teacher who has led numerous CyberTitan teams to victory, recently won a few awards himself.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – The township is gearing up for Culture Days and the Elora-Fergus Arts Council is eager to get on board.

BELWOOD – Two trailers were destroyed by fire at Highland Pines Campground on Aug. 12.

FERGUS – Retain access to the pond and limit or don’t interface at all with a multi-use trail proposed to be constructed in the new North Fergus Business Park. That was the prevailing message from about 70 users of the Fergus Off-leash Dog Park at an open house hosted by the township.

PUSLINCH – Roads in Puslinch are rural roads designed for vehicular traffic and not pedestrians or cyclists.

As it happens, I’m re-reading Watership Down and that’s a lucky thing for the rabbits that think my vegetable garden is their all-you-can-eat buffet.