MAPLETON – The construction of two semi-detached homes at 41 Adam Brown Street in Moorefield is complete.
Community News
Mount Forest Cemetery burial hours set to extend in April
KENILWORTH – The Mount Forest Cemetery is set to expand its hours at the beginning of April due to an increased demand for services.
Students, staff stand against bullying on Pink Shirt Day
MOUNT FOREST – On Feb. 26, Pink Shirt Day was recognized at Wellington Heights and Norwell District secondary schools and across Canada and New Zealand.
Two drivers taken to trauma centre after serious crash in Mapleton
MAPLETON – Two drivers were seriously injured – one of them ejected from their vehicle – in a crash near Alma on Thursday morning.
Business commits to $500,000 donation to outdoor pool
MOUNT FOREST – The Mount Forest aquatics ad-hoc advisory committee has announced a $500,000 donation from T.D. Smith Transport towards the construction of the new outdoor pool in Mount Forest.
Coldest Night of the Year walk ‘crushed’ fundraising goal
HARRISTON – The first Coldest Night of the Year walk in northern Wellington was warmly received, more than doubling organizers’ initial fundraising goal.
Minto Chamber of Commerce hosts AGM, awards night
MINTO – On Feb. 12 at the Royal Canadian Legion in Palmerston, the Minto Chamber of Commerce held its annual general meeting and presented business recognition awards.
Reflections
When I was in my impressionable early teens I regularly saw a book my dad was reading lying around the living room. It had a very dramatic cover with the title The Population Bomb. Above the title was the descriptive phrase “Population control or race to oblivion” and below was the ominous assertion
Palmerston Blessings to You Centre donates $800 to local public school
MINTO – Two projects at the Palmerston Public School are receiving $800 in funding from the Blessings to You Centre Thrift and Gift store in Palmerston.
Palmerston Blessings to You Centre donates $1,500 to student snack program
ARTHUR – St. John Catholic Elementary School in Arthur runs a daily nutritious snack program that offers fruit, vegetables and a grain or protein to 238 students.
Arthur students learn to curl
ARTHUR – Students in Grades 4 to 8 at St. John Catholic School had the opportunity to learn to curl with the Arthur Curling Club this month.
Sweet Rose Accounting officially opens in Drayton
MAPLETON – Sweet Rose Accounting recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new business located at 25 Drayton Industrial Dr., Unit E, in Drayton.
Mapleton chicken barn destroyed by fire
MAPLETON – Deputy fire chief Callise Loos said four stations responded to the blaze, on Concession 8 northwest of Moorefield, on Feb. 25 at about 10:30am. There were no injuries to civilians or firefighters and the barn was empty at the time.
Mapleton officials disappointed after rejection of four funding applications
MAPLETON – Staff and council here have expended “a significant amount of time, effort and resources” applying for provincial and federal funding for housing development and community growth over the last two years, but all four of the applications the township submitted were unsuccessful.
Perth-Wellington candidates debate tariff response, farming issues, health care
PALMERSTON – Candidates shared strong opinions about public concerns during Perth-Wellington's first 2025 provincial debate at the Norgan Theatre on Feb. 19.