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ABERFOYLE – Puslinch council has agreed to fund a safety study at Boreham Park at the urging of the ad hoc group Concerned Residents of Puslinch. But this will be the last study of Boreham Park, depending on the outcome of the study, Mayor James Seeley said at the Sept. 25 meeting.

MOUNT FOREST – A local woman is turning to the community for support in the wake of an accident involving her son during the Mount Forest Fireworks Festival.

GUELPH – People marched through Guelph on Sept. 29 in an effort to push for answers about how 36-year-old Nathaniel Schofield died in OPP custody on July 10.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Elora and Fergus are calling all ghouls, ghosts and monsters to celebrate the month of October with Sensational Elora’s Monster Month.

BELWOOD – The Fieldstone Barn and Farm marked one of many Fall Rural Romp Locations on Sept. 28, featuring a large sunflower field, photo props, an on site store and sitting area as well a few special guest alpacas from Harmony Meadows Alpaca Farm in Belwood.

FERGUS – The Centre Wellington District High School junior and senior boys soccer teams are off to good starts.

WATERLOO - The Waterloo Wellington Down Syndrome Society (WWDSS) will hold its annual “Any Which Way You Can A-thon” fundraising event on Oct. 6 in Waterloo Park. 

ROCKWOOD – The Wellington County Plowmens Association held their branch match and queen and princess of the furrow competitions in Rockwood on Sept. 28.

METZ – Giant pumpkins were the star attractions at Pumpkin Fest on Sept. 28 in the hamlet of Metz, which is on the border of Wellington North and Centre Wellington.