FERGUS - The Dixon family, local community members, and former employees came out to Dixon Home Hardware this weekend to celebrate 100 years in business with a barbecue, raffle and ceremony outside the store in Fergus.
Centre Wellington
From broken to whole: Helene DeWitt offers hope in new book
FERGUS – Helene DeWitt has lived a life of abuse and fear, with a disability she didn’t understand – all of which left her feeling abandoned and unloved most of her life.
Blue Bonnet Lassies hit road for summer competitions
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Dancers from the Blue Bonnet Lassies School of Highland Dance travelled across Ontario to compete through the month of June.
Township studying five bridges in former Pilkington Township, seeking public input
ELORA – Centre Wellington has initiated a study of five bridges in former Pilkington Township that are all within 20 kilometres of each other and closed to traffic – three of them for more than a decade.
Former Commercial Hotel to receive $10,000 grant from Centre Wellington
ELORA – It's just a drop in the bucket, but the owners of 27-43 Mill St. W. in Elora will receive a $10,000 grant Community Improvement Plan grant from the township.
Ultralight aircraft crash-lands into Belwood Lake
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Emergency services responded to a reported airplane crash at Belwood Lake on the evening of July 24.
Medieval Faire drew thousands to downtown Fergus on Saturday
FERGUS - Thousands of festival goers flocked to St. Andrew Street for this year's Medieval Faire.
Waterloo men face weapon, drug charges
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Two Waterloo residents are facing weapon and drug charges after their vehicle was stopped by police.
Fergus park closed ‘for several hours’ after pieces of glass/pottery found in sand
FERGUS – Police are asking residents to "exercise caution" at local parks after pieces of glass and pottery were found in the sand at Webster Park here.
After three years dark, Gorge Cinema to reopen Friday
ELORA – Coming to a theatre near you, a theatre near you! The Gorge Cinema is set to re-open tomorrow – July 21 - after being closed almost steadily since the pandemic started in March 2020.
