CENTRE WELLINGTON – Rehabilitation work Creekbank Bridge, located on Wellington Road 17 approximately 0.7km East of Wellington Road 18 in Centre Wellington, is set to begin May 8. The work will be performed by Engineered Concrete Limited of Kitchener, Ontario.
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Royal Canadian Legion presents donation to Belwood Lodge and Camp
Camp donation – At the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 275 Fergus general meeting on April 19, a donation of $2,000 was presented to the Belwood Lodge and Camp.
Friends of the Grand plant trees along Carroll Creek
Grand planting – It was 8C and wet on May 1 on the banks of the Carroll Creek near Elora, perfect…
JD Hogarth teacher facing child pornography charges
FERGUS – A teacher at JD Hogarth Public School here is facing child pornography charges. Darwin Charles Harrison, 38, of Guelph, was arrested on April 6 and charged with possessing child pornography, making child pornography available and accessing child pornography.
Elora Farmers’ Market opens for season on May 6
ELORA – The Elora Farmers' Market will open for the season at Bissell Park on May 6. It will run every Saturday in the spring and summer, rain or shine, from 9am to 1pm.
Indigenous Gathering Circle opens with ceremony and tree planting
ABOYNE - The Indigenous Gathering Circle located at the Wellington Place Campus in Aboyne was officially opened on April 26 with remarks from local politicians and Indigenous ceremony.
‘Outlander’ star to be featured guest at Fergus Scottish Festival
FERGUS – The Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games has announced its "featured guest" for this summer's festival will be Richard Rankin. Fans of Outlander will recognize Rankin as the actor who plays Roger MacKenzie on the hit TV series.
Council says ‘yes’ to Habitat for Humanity
FERGUS – With little fanfare, Centre Wellington council approved a proposal by Habitat for Humanity Guelph Wellington to build a townhouse complex at 465 Garafraxa St. W. in Fergus.
Grand River Raceway track expansion to proceed this fall
ELORA – Work is expected to begin this fall on a multi-million dollar project to expand the track at the Grand River Raceway here. Officials announced on April 26 the raceway is moving ahead with longstanding plans to transform the current half-mile oval into a 5/8-mile track.
Township to provide farmhouse for resident/locum doctors for at least one year
FERGUS – While the long-term fate of a historic farmhouse is not known, for the short term it will be used to house resident and locum doctors working at Groves Memorial Community Hospital.