Joanne Shuttleworth

PUSLINCH – Former councillor Don McKay has been named this year’s Senior of the Year in Puslinch.

BELWOOD – Centre Wellington council has approved a development in Belwood that will see 118 private homes on half-acre lots built in an estate community.

PUSLINCH – Council here approved a zoning amendment at its July 12 meeting that will allow a trucking hub to be established at 128 Brock Rd. in Puslinch.  And although it was Wellington Motor Freight that submitted the original application, that company might not be the one that moves into the site

PUSLINCH – Members of the newly-formed Maltby Community Association got some swift action from council after introducing themselves at council’s July 12 meeting.

ERIN - The Erin Rotary Club will erect a Peace Pole in McMillan Park on Sunday, July 16 at 12:30pm, just as Rotary Summerfest gets underway at noon.

PUSLINCH – Residents who live on Maltby Road in Puslinch are concerned about both the volume of traffic and the speed of drivers on their hilly, windy, rural road – and they hope that with combined voices, their concerns will be heard by government officials.

FERGUS – It’s ironic that St. James Anglican Church in Fergus had to buy butterflies to populate the butterfly garden it installed behind the historic church on Queen Street.

FERGUS – Addison Hill only lived to be 14 years old, but she has left her mark on this community.

ELORA – Elora may be getting another grocery store. At a public planning meeting on June 28, Scott Patterson, of Patterson Planning Consultants, explained that the owner of property at 22 Park Road, and 82 and 92 Wellington Road 7, is seeking to build a commercial development on the site.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Taxes could be increasing by six per cent in 2024, although councillors hope staff will be able to reign that in to 4.5% as work gets underway.

ELORA - An artist’s rendering for a proposal at 19 Mill Street East in Elora didn’t do a proponent any favours. Oxford Green Riverside Developments is proposing a multi-faceted development that would sit on the south side of Mill Street East at Geddes Street in Elora.

CENTRE WELLINGTON - It will come as a relief for people who live in the termite zone that the township will be taking on termite management rather than leaving individuals to deal with termites on their own.

ELORA – By public toilet standards, the new one in Elora’s Hoffer Park is pretty posh. It’s wheelchair accessible; has anti-graffiti walls; the toilet, sink and hand dryer are all touch-free; and, most impressively, it’s self-cleaning.

ELORA – Food Day Canada was born in Elora, so it’s only fitting that Elora will host a kick-off event to mark the 20th anniversary of the national celebration of Canadian food, farmers and food producers.