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WELLINGTON NORTH – Council here has approved an interest-free loan of $10,000 to the Arthur BIA as well as two Community Improvement Plan grants totalling over $4,200.

GUELPH – Officials with both Wellington County school boards say they are ready to welcome students back to conventional learning on Sept. 8. The return will mark the first time students are in class since March 13, when the province announced all Ontario schools would close due to COVID-19.

WELLINGTON NORTH – Township council here has confirmed its support for continued efforts to work with other Wellington County municipalities to seek efficiencies.

GUELPH - Late on Aug. 5 the board posted on its website the apology letter from Marino Gazzola, who resigned suddenly last week (effective July 31).

GUELPH - United Way Guelph Wellington Dufferin will issue 34 grants totalling over $852,000 to local organizations through the Emergency Community Support Fund (ECSF).

ELORA – Elora Festival Online, which officials are billing as a "reimagined and abridged version" of the annual festival, will take place Aug. 6 to 8 with pre-recorded concerts.

GUELPH-ERAMOSA – Police continue to investigate what they are now calling a "suspicious death" here. On Aug. 4 at about 7:15pm, emergency crews responded to the area of Watson Road near Wellington Road 124 after the body of a dead male was located on the road by a passerby.

ABOYNE – Over a decade of campaigning, planning, fundraising and hard work will culminate in a historic transition at 6am on Aug. 9. At precisely that moment, services will transfer from the old Groves hospital in Fergus to the new building at Wellington Place in Aboyne.

ELORA — Grand River Raceway’s 30th annual Industry Day event on Aug. 3 sustained bouts of heavy rain during the 10-race anniversary card, which boasted purses of $669,663 with nine stake races, featuring the track’s two marquee dashes.

HARRISTON – A Rural Economic Development (RED) grant for downtown beautification projects in the Town of Minto was officially announced here on July 27.

CAMBRIDGE – Drayton Entertainment has cancelled the remainder of its 2020 season due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – The requirement, introduced the week of July 20, has caused confusion – and even some anger – with business owners.

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