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Young entrepreneurs – Two youngsters from Moorefield spent Sunday trying to earn a few bucks.…

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Bronwynne Wilton is now, unofficially at least, the sole candidate interested in running in Ward 5 in Centre Wellington in the municipal election this fall.

WELLINGTON NORTH – A scaled-back conceptual design for a proposed new outdoor pool in Mount Forest was approved by Wellington North council on Aug. 29. A detailed concept will go out for a market pricing assessment and return to council for more discussion.

MINTO – The Town of Minto and the local downtown revitalization committees - Harriston Rising, All Aboard Palmerston, and Clifford Connects - have issued an invitation to all to join them in celebrating their downtowns on Sept. 27.

FERGUS - An Army Cadet unit is starting up in Fergus this fall and organizers are hoping there are enough interested youth aged 12 to 18 in the Fergus-Elora-Arthur area to make it fly.

GUELPH – As students brace themselves for another school year, the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) is preparing for a “business as usual” return to school.

FERGUS – There’s been some plotting and planning going on at the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex. The planning has been going on for some time, but on Sept. 1 came the plotting.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Sections of Wellington Roads 7 and 16 were set to reopen on Sept. 2

PALMERSTON – When James Street United Church officially opens for worship here this month it will be a new church with a long history and deep roots in two communities.

OTTAWA – Health Canada has approved the country's first updated "bivalent" COVID-19 vaccine formulated to attack the original COVID strain and the BA.1 Omicron variant.

KITCHENER - Wellington County and Guelph officials participated in a roundtable discussion with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on homelessness and housing issues on Aug. 30.

TORONTO – Arthur fall fair ambassador Emma Smyth placed second at the Canadian National Exhibition’s (CNE) annual Ambassador of the Fair competition. 

FERGUS – Adding more traffic to an already busy Highway 6 was the only comment against a proposed residential development at the New to You store property in Fergus.