FERGUS – The Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games is thrilled to announce Maria Doyle Kennedy and Charles Vandervaart will be the featured guests for the 2024 festival.
Centre Wellington
Have a say about potential short-term rental regulations
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Short-term rentals (STR) are considered a type of accommodation where an individual rents a residence, or a portion of a residence, for a short-term period, generally through internet platforms such as Airbnb or VRBO.
Community Fun Day at Elora Christian School
ELORA – The sound of happy voices resonated around Elora Christian School on May 25.
Portage residents experience ‘power of art’ through Elora arts centre program
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Teens staying at the Portage Ontario residential substance abuse rehabilitation centre in Elora are learning to make their mark thanks to a unique outreach program offered through the Elora Centre for the Arts (ECFTA).
Get the dirt on dirt at new county museum exhibit
ABOYNE – Wellington County Museum and Archives have a new exhibit opening that encourages visitors to get their hands dirty.
Fergus Lions Club donates $40,000 to Groves Hospital Foundation
CENTRE WELLINGTON – The Fergus Lions Club donated $40,000 to the Groves Hospital Foundation at the club’s 45th annual Home and Leisure Show on May 28.
They’ll be rockin’ now: council agrees to new terms for Elora Rocks to pay their debt
ELORA – The Elora Rocks Hockey Club got the reprieve it needed from council to start a new season with a clean slate and a pathway out of debt.
Service dog a ‘Delight’ and friend to Fergus woman
FERGUS – Kara Shaw wants to express her gratitude to the people who support Lions Clubs in Wellington County, because it’s the Fergus Lions Club and the Mount Forest Lions Club that helped her get Delight.
Neighbours don’t want to see high school on Strathallan Street
FERGUS – A growing population, schools bursting at the seams, and a desire to get children off school buses are the main reasons the Wellington Catholic District School Board wants to build a catholic high school in Fergus.
Benefactor offers to build public washrooms in Elora
ELORA – Elora’s largely unknown power couple Kristy Hillis and Don Kogen are at it again, this time offering to build public washrooms in Elora.