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ERIN – This past hockey season, the Erin-Hillsburgh Devils U11 BB team initiated a fundraiser in memory of local community member Danny Barber and his fight against brain cancer. 

DRAYTON – The Drayton Fair is back. The Drayton Mapleton Agricultural Society will welcome fairgoers to Another Day in Fairadise, the theme for this year’s agricultural exhibition, Aug. 5 to 7.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - April showers in sugar bushes are a little sweeter this year.

WELLINGTON NORTH - Following a motion from councillor Sherry Burke, council has voted to proceed with a fulsome review of the township’s fleet management policy once a new finance director is hired to replace the former director and treasurer Adam McNabb.

FERGUS – It won’t be long before people entering Fergus will know that this is the home of Paralympian Patrick Anderson. Centre Wellington council, at a special meeting on April 27, unanimously supported a staff recommendation to install “home of” signs at the north and south entrances to Fergus.

SALEM – Chris Cox has done it again. The Salem man set his third Guinness World Record – this time for the heaviest single repetition Turkish get-up. He completed the complicated manoeuvre on Jan. 9, lifting 76.56kg (168 lbs. 8 oz.) in a single repetition.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Four local municipalities are among 144 from across Ontario receiving federal and provincial funding for water infrastructure projects.

ALMA – A local public school teacher involved in a fatal collision is being remembered by parents and longtime friends for the lives of those he touched and the impact he had on his students “just by being himself.” 

TORONTO – Often when an NHL linesman finds himself drawing the crowd’s attention at a game it’s the result of a call some in the stands find questionable.

ABOYNE – The inaugural Wellington County Writers Festival launched here on April 23 was a hit with writers and readers alike. A total of 45 authors and book vendors were on hand for the event at the Wellington County Museum and Archives.

FERGUS – A group of young people took to the streets here on Sunday to draw attention to a number of social justice causes. The April 24 Youth for Justice march was organized by Centre Wellington District High School students Abby Graham, Kyla Perry and Avaline Booth.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Recently updated data shows hospitalizations and known active cases of COVID-19 are up this week in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health region following a last week’s decrease.

WELLINGTON NORTH – Township operations director Matt Aston and chief building official Darren Jones have been appointed joint, interim CAOs effective June 1, replacing outgoing CAO Mike Givens.

ELORA – The Elora Rocks have won the championship in the inaugural season of the Western Ontario Super Hockey League. The newly revived team won the best-of-seven final series 4-2 against the Tillsonburg Thunder, wrapping up Game 6 on Saturday with a 3-2 win on the road. 

Shamrock Awards – The Town of Erin hosted the Shamrock Awards ceremony on April 20 at Centre 2000…