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WELLINGTON COUNTY – All Ontario school boards must open “student and family support offices” by next September.

HARRISTON - Jamaicans working on Wellington County farms are packing clothing, food and hygiene items – donated in part by Minto residents – into barrels destined for loved ones in Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.

ERIN – It was a busy day at Erin Hill Acres on Nov. 15, as the farm launched its Christmas season and held a special holiday market.

GUELPH – What started as a measure during the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce the spread of infection in long-term care and congregate setting homes, has become a regular program at Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health.

MORRISTON – Police are looking for four suspects involved in a home invasion that sent one person to hospital with a gunshot wound early on Sunday morning.

FERGUS – Richard Pierpoint would be proud. And perhaps a little surprised that his life is now on a storyboard in a park that bears his name.

ELORA – In the face of a housing crisis, the province has determined that every municipality in the province should allow homeowners to add up to two additional residential units to their property and council decided at its Nov. 10 meeting to update its zoning bylaw amendment to allow it here.

ABOYNE – To commemorate Remembrance Day the Wellington County Museum and Archives hosted two events.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – The U15B Grand River Mustangs team was the only local team to bring home a gold medal last weekend at the Remembrance Day Classic tournament in Centre Wellington, which included 56 teams and over 900 female athletes.

GUELPH – The Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington’s annual “Once Upon a Time Gala” raised a net total of over $230,000. 

ORANGEVILLE – The Emmanuel Christian High School junior boys volleyball team won the D4 Championships held at Westside Secondary School in Orangeville on Nov. 3.