ELORA - Three-hour on-street parking in downtown Elora and Fergus will begin on the May long weekend and end Oct. 31.
Committee gets go-ahead from council to move forward on attainable housing
ELORA – Centre Wellington council got a second chance to discuss the work of the Healthy Growth Committee and its desire to focus on attainable housing at its April 26 meeting. And this time, there were several delegates to underscore the importance and impact of high housing costs in the township.
Lightning causes brush fire north of Rockwood
GUELPH/ERAMOSA – An "intense lightning storm" was the cause of a brush fire just north of Rockwood on Tuesday night.
Board hopes to build new elementary school in north Fergus
FERGUS – The Upper Grand School Board (UGDSB) is making a second attempt at getting a new elementary school built in Fergus after being turned down by the Ministry of Education in 2019.
Centre Wellington to offer online voting in 2022 election
ELORA - Centre Wellington will offer internet and telephone voting in the 2022 municipal election. Council agreed at its meeting on April 26 to provide the option next year.
Belwood Lodge and Camp turns 75 this year
BELWOOD – Organizers hope they’ll be able to hold a special ceremony this year to mark the 75th anniversary of Belwood Lodge and Camp. But after a year of being shut down due to the pandemic, officials say just being able to welcome campers in person this summer will be celebration enough.
Save Our Water celebrates milestone but urges continued vigilance on water protection
ELORA – Local water advocacy group Save Our Water talked about water on Earth Day through a public forum on Zoom to update the community on the end of the provincial moratorium on water taking permits and the sale of Nestlé Waters Canada – and what they mean to Centre Wellington’s water supply.
Enjoying outdoor fun at Beatty Park
Playing in the park – Three-year-olds Finnley Bryant and Piper Kurtz chase each other around…
A fixture on Elora’s Mill Street East for 33 years, Yarnbird to close at end of May
ELORA – Yarnbird owner Marlene Pascoe has a passion for knitting but the store on Mill Street West in Elora is closing at the end of May.
Local hospitals to take patients from other hospitals as COVID-19 patients fill ICUs
WELLINGTON COUNTY - The three hospitals in Wellington County are bracing for the third wave of COVID-19 and, as of April 19, are taking patients from outside the region.
‘It’s an embarrassment’: with one councillor absent, CW council can’t even approve agenda
ELORA – Centre Wellington council had its shortest committee of the whole meeting by far on April 19. It didn’t even last 10 minutes – and nothing was accomplished.
Committee approves minor variance for first phase of Elora housing development
ELORA – Centre Wellington's committee of adjustment has approved a minor variance application to allow street-level units of a proposed stacked townhouse building in Elora to be built as either commercial or residential units depending on market demands.
Volunteers are vital to local hospitals, and they’ve been missed this year
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Volunteer week would normally be a big deal at Louise Marshall Hospital, where the 30 to 50 citizens who give hours of their time to the hospital and its patients, are properly celebrated and appreciated.
Erin awards $4.4-million contract to WSP for next phase of wastewater treatment plant
ERIN – The Town of Erin continues to push ahead with its plan to construct a wastewater treatment plant to service the villages of Erin and Hillsburgh.
Construction could begin at Kensington Square in Erin next year
ERIN – The development of Kensington Square – on the site of the former Erin Public School at 185 Main Street – will be built in one phase instead of two, as originally proposed.