Community News

KENILWORTH – Wellington North is taking another swing at the province’s Connecting Link funding, hoping the application is knocked out of the park.

WELLINGTON NORTH – How much Wellington North councillors and the mayor earn remains unchanged after a market review, and salary increases will be capped at 4% due to rising inflation.

WELLINGTON NORTH - The Township of Wellington North is extending an agreement with the City of Guelph to provide bylaw enforcement services for an additional six months beyond an initial one-year trial period.

WELLINGTON NORTH – An application by St. John’s Evangelical-Lutheran Church to part ways with under an acre of their property reappeared before council here on Nov. 7.

HARRISTON – The Grey Wellington Theatre Guild (GWTG) is set to stage a comedic farce about putting on a play.

PALMERSTON – All Aboard Palmerston, in conjunction with the Palmerston Lions Club, is bringing back the holiday magic with a bigger and brighter Light Up the Park  celebration than ever before.

Breakfast with Santa – The Town of Minto Optimist Club hosted Breakfast with Santa at the…

MOUNT FOREST – An incredibly surprised Tori van Tol was awarded a Queen’s Platinum Jubilee medal at the school on Nov. 8 in recognition of her recent act of heroism. Last month she pulled a crash victim from their vehicle just before it burst into flames.

MAPLETON – While the township’s before and after school program at Maryborough Public School is closing for the remainder of this school year, the door has been left open to relaunch the program next fall.

PALMERSTON – A grand opening will be held at the renovated Palmerston arena on Nov. 12.

MOUNT FOREST – Remembrance Day will be marked at schools across Wellington County. 

PALMERSTON – A hockey tournament at the Palmerston arena on Nov. 5 raised $16,000 for Ken and Carolyn Brubacher as their 12-year-old son Trevor awaits a kidney transplant. Innovative, Whispering Meadows Family Farms and Martin’s Family Fruit Farm sponsored the event.