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ARTHUR – About 40 people attended a drop-in open house at the Arthur and Area Community Centre on June 19 co-hosted by Tribute Communities and The Biglieri Group.

ERIN – The Town of Erin partnered with the Rotary Club of Erin to host Summerfest Canada Day at the Erin Fairgrounds.

GUELPH – Police are asking for help finding Ian Brown, who is wanted in connection to the kidnapping and death of a 40-year-old Cambridge man in Guelph.

ELORA - Council got a glimpse of Mo the Moose Fawn at its June 30 meeting and soon everyone can get a close up look - and selfies - once it’s sited in the Elora Green Space.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Geranium Homes didn’t want to put a pause on the estate development it had planned for land between Fergus and Belwood. But the market dictates what the home building company can do, and the housing market has slowed, even while demand for homes is on the rise.

PUSLINCH – Wellington County OPP officials say "a Good Samaritan" called police to report "a suspicious person damaging wires affixed to hydro poles" on Arkell Road on July 2.

ELORA – Lorraine Greaves has spent years studying the differences between men and women – how they react to drugs, tobacco and alcohol, and how they are treated differently in medical research, health care and in society in general.

ELORA – The Elora Festival celebrates its 46th edition beginning with the Opening Night Gala: The Genius of Mozart, featuring Canadian soprano, Karina Gauvin, on Friday, July 11. 

ARTHUR – One driver was arrested and another taken to hospital after an early morning two-vehicle crash on the main street of Arthur on Thursday.

PALMERSTON – After several years of lobbying, hard work and a fundraising campaign that raised over $8 million, the new MRI machine has finally arrived at Palmerston and District Hospital.

WELLINGTON NORTH – Wellington County OPP officials say emergency crews responded at about 8:15 am on July 2 to a collision involving a tractor-trailer and a pickup truck at the intersection of Highway 6 and Sideroad 2.

FERGUS – Winning third place at the Toronto Barber Expo last year didn’t quite cut it for Mahfoz Adeeb, owner of the Barber Parlor in downtown Fergus. So he hunkered down, increased the challenge, and came home with the first-place trophy after this year’s contest on June 22

ARTHUR – The province is providing the Township of Wellington North and the Arthur Area Curling Club (AACC) with $251,485 in funding through the Ministry of Sport’s Community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund (CSRIF). 

GUELPH – Drivers passing through Fergus are placing pressure on residential streets in an attempt to avoid county speed cameras. 

GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Five people were seriously injured when two vehicles collided head-on just outside Ariss on July 1 at about 11pm.