Community News

Flower show – The Mount Forest Horticultural Society held its May meeting and first flower show of the season on May 11.

Youth games – The Minto Youth Action Council hosted a free games night for local youth in Palmerston on May 15. 

Recruitment contribution – Mapleton Mayor Gregg Davidson presented the Minto Mapleton Health Professional Recruitment Committee with a $10,000 cheque on behalf of the township on May 16.

ARTHUR – Arthur Canadian Reformed Church recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of its inaugural service, which was held on Feb. 20, 2022.

Skylynn Boutique – A grand opening for Skylynn Boutique was held on May 2, with local dignitaries and members of the business community on hand.

Garden fun – Thirty students learned about horticulture in the Clifford and District Horticulture Society’s Let it Grow program.

Over the last five years, Clifford youth and families have literally put down roots in the community by planting almost 100 trees.

KENILWORTH - VED Homes has reduced the number of townhouses for a proposed development in Arthur by a single unit.

MOUNT FOREST – After 163 years in the Wellington North community, the Mount Forest Agricultural Society will cease to exist.

KENILWORTH – Wellington North council has begun discussing how the township’s electoral ward boundaries may need to change with the township’s growing population.

GUELPH – Expanding municipal boundaries within Wellington County wasn’t on the list of changes the county was proposing when it filed amendments to its official plan last fall.

PALMERSTON – Work is underway for a full-scale homecoming party here in 2025.

PALMERSTON – Officials with the Town of Minto and Kridak Developments gathered on May 16 for a groundbreaking ceremony for the "Palmerston Business Junction."