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FERGUS – Addison Hill’s number has been retired. The 14-year-old, who died from sarcoma cancer in July, was an avid basketball fan and out of respect for "Addy" as she was called, and to honour her memory, the Centre Wellington Celtics U-16 team decided to retire her number.

WEST PERTH – A Harriston man died in a two-vehicle crash here on Monday. Perth County OPP officials say emergency crews were called to the scene, on Perth Line 55, on Jan. 23 at about 4:47pm.

DRAYTON – The Drayton U11 Black team traveled to Pelham to participate in the International Silver Stick Tournament from Jan. 12 to 15.  

GUELPH – Grade 12 students in the Beyond Borders business leadership program raised a whopping $121,000 at their Imagine Charity Gala on Saturday night. 

ABOYNE – Centre Wellington staff and consultant ASI Heritage have been working on identifying and mapping cultural heritage landscapes in the township since 2019. On Jan. 18 they brought the project to the public for a workshop to figure out the best tools to protect those landscapes. 

GUELPH – Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) trustees unanimously approved a list of committee appointments on Jan. 17.

KENILWORTH – Wellington North is hoping for a green light from the province to install pedestrian crossing infrastructure at three intersections in Mount Forest and Arthur.

DRAYTON – Rural Ontario’s agribusiness showcase is back. The Drayton Kinsmen Farm show will return for its 39th edition this spring after three years of pandemic-related cancellations.

MINTO – A Palmerston youth is getting a boost from his hockey team as he prepares for a trip to Italy for medical treatment. 

WELLINGTON NORTH – Police are issuing a warning about scammers after a resident here was defrauded of $500,000 over six months in a cryptocurrency scheme.

ELORA - Centre Wellington has some hard challenges ahead and Mayor Shawn Watters used his time at the Mayor’s Breakfast, hosted by the Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce on Jan.18, to prepare his audience for what he sees on the road ahead.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Ward 5 county councillor Mary Lloyd is the new chair of the county’s library board. Lloyd was elected chair for the 2023-2024 term at the board’s Jan. 11 meeting.

MINTO – An early draft of the Town of Minto’s 2023 budget shows the municipality’s total tax levy rising by 4.88 per cent and the local tax rate increasing by 1.88%.

BRUCEDALE – The 2023 budget for Guelph/Eramosa Township passed on Monday, with tax increase of 4.85 per cent.

ABOYNE – Nearly 400 trees, plants and traditional Indigenous medicines are on the way from Centre-Wellington’s Whiffletree Farm and Nursery for the county’s Indigenous Gathering Circle, where seeding is planned for the spring.