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FERGUS – The Fergus Lions Club is back again this year with its 26th Christmas Gift Card drive in support of the Centre Wellington Foodbank.

ABERFOYLE – Puslinch Mayor James Seeley's salary will rise by 33% next year, and councillors will be paid 3.4% more, in an effort to bring their compensation more in line with comparable municipalities.

ERIN – After much discussion and several disagreements between town staff and councillors, the Town of Erin’s 2025 budget has been passed.

ABERFOYLE – As it works on the 2025 budget, Puslinch council decided on Nov. 27 to increase the amount the township distributes through its grant program.

GUELPH – Five county councillors are in the running to serve as warden for the next two years, and the current warden is not one of them.

ERIN – After more than two months of controversy surrounding a new town logo, council has directed staff to immediately “retain the look and feel of the existing shamrock logo.”

MAPLETON – The first municipality in Wellington County to pass a 2025 budget is the Township of Mapleton, which approved a $30-million consolidated budget on Nov. 26. 

FERGUS – Lenore Prickett was all ears when she learned a treatment that could reverse blindness for people with dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) had been developed and was soon to be approved by Health Canada.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Highway 6 and 8th Line/Wellington Road 22, south of Ennotville, on Nov. 27 at about 5pm.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Recent data from Feed Ontario shows the number of people visiting food banks across the province doubled between 2019 and 2023.

GUELPH – The Business Centre Guelph-Wellington hosted an invitation-only luncheon at Cutten Fields for clients, business advisors, board members and more to celebrate the organization's 25th anniversary.

KENILWORTH – Plans are moving forward for the fifth and final phase of Arthur’s Eastridge subdivision. A public meeting was held on Nov. 18 to gather feedback on an application to rezone land to allow 55 new housing units to be built.

BRUCEDALE – Guelph/Eramosa is looking at a four per cent tax rate increase based on the proposed 2025 budget presented to council at its Nov. 18 committee of the whole meeting.

MOUNT FOREST – A previously dark alley in downtown Mount Forest has been transformed into an art gallery thanks to support from local businesses and the work of local artists.

FERGUS – The Aypa Power application to build a battery storage facility in south Fergus returned to council during a Nov. 25 public planning meeting, with many delegations expressing opposition to the proposed facility.