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FERGUS – Tradespeople across sectors set up behind the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex in Fergus on April 25 and 26 for the Trade Tracks Showcase.

KENILWORTH – A row of stacked townhouses with eight units is coming to downtown Mount Forest. 

WELLINGTON COUNTY –  Wellington County recently announced that Steed and Evans Limited will continue replacement work of the Salem Creek Culvert on Wellington Road 18 west of Elora.

ERIN – Council here has awarded a contract for the wel house for community well E9 to Baseline Constructors Inc. for the price of $2,988,000 excluding tax.

FERGUS – There’s a warm place for Canada in the hearts of people in the Netherlands that goes back 80 years – back to 1945 when Canadian troops fought bitter battles and eventually freed the country from Nazi occupation.

ARTHUR – Lafarge Canada’s ready-mix concrete plant in Arthur is set to officially re-open May 1. 

MAPLETON – Northern Maple Utilities Inc. is the name of Mapleton’s new municipal services corporation (MSC). 

FERGUS – Locum doctors will move from their temporary accommodations at Gartshore House to temporary accommodations at Craighead Cottage when renovation of that heritage home is complete.

WELLINGTON NORTH – The county’s Green Legacy program operates two nurseries, and due to drastic weather this past winter, one will require a serious makeover. 

ERIN – The town’s new $12.8-million library branch is slated to open to the public shortly after Labour Day. 

ERIN – Sports fanatics and casual players alike are in for a treat, as the Town of Erin sets its sights on a new robotic line painting device for local sports fields.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – In Wellington-Halton Hills North, the political landscape remains the same – incumbent Conservative Michael Chong won the seat and will return to Ottawa for his eighth term.

MITCHELL – Conservative incumbent John Nater will return to his seat on the Opposition benches to represent Perth-Wellington in the next parliament.