Centre Wellington

FERGUS – Addison Hill’s number has been retired. The 14-year-old, who died from sarcoma cancer in July, was an avid basketball fan and out of respect for "Addy" as she was called, and to honour her memory, the Centre Wellington Celtics U-16 team decided to retire her number.

ABOYNE – Centre Wellington staff and consultant ASI Heritage have been working on identifying and mapping cultural heritage landscapes in the township since 2019. On Jan. 18 they brought the project to the public for a workshop to figure out the best tools to protect those landscapes. 

ELORA - Centre Wellington has some hard challenges ahead and Mayor Shawn Watters used his time at the Mayor’s Breakfast, hosted by the Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce on Jan.18, to prepare his audience for what he sees on the road ahead.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Ward 5 county councillor Mary Lloyd is the new chair of the county’s library board. Lloyd was elected chair for the 2023-2024 term at the board’s Jan. 11 meeting.

ABOYNE – Nearly 400 trees, plants and traditional Indigenous medicines are on the way from Centre-Wellington’s Whiffletree Farm and Nursery for the county’s Indigenous Gathering Circle, where seeding is planned for the spring.

ELORA – Centre Wellington will receive over $700,000 in its latest payment from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) for hosting Elements Casino Grand River in Elora.

International curling event – Strathcona Cup tournament games were held at the Mount Forest…

Bottle drive – Volunteers from the Belwood Lions Club worked in the sunshine on Jan. 14 at their…

Collapse – A house undergoing renovations in Elora collapsed on Jan. 11. The historic home at the…

Quiet – The exhibition Quiet Moments opened on Jan. 12 at the Wellington Museum and Archives in…