ELORA – Astronauts can compost biodegradable materials at the International Space Station (ISS). That’s what four local students learned from an experiment they created that spent about a month in outer space late last year.
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Alma Optimists host annual Toy Show and Sale
Toy show – The Alma Optimists hosted their annual Toy Show and Sale on March 9 at the Alma Community Centre.
Local twins celebrate 90th birthday
MAPLETON – Twins Morley and Murray Trask were born at a farmhouse in Alma on March 1, 1935.
Police beat: Mapleton man dead after collision on Wellington Road 12
MAPLETON – A Mapleton man is dead following a serious crash last Thursday on Wellington Road 12 near Glen Allan.
Mapleton farm engulfed in evening mist
MAPLETON – A farm emerges from the mist south of Goldstone on March 6 at about 5pm.
Mapleton man dead after collision on Wellington Road 12
MAPLETON – A portion of Wellington Road 12 was closed on Thursday following three separate crashes near Glen Allan involving a total of eight vehicles.
Wellness retreat with five tiny homes coming to Mapleton
MAPLETON – The go-ahead has been granted for a naturopath to move forward with plans to open a wellness retreat near Cumnock, between Fergus and Arthur.
Bosworth Bridge on Wellington Road 7 closed last week
MAPLETON – A “significant” asphalt failure on both sides of Bosworth Bridge on Wellington Road 7 led officials to close it at 5:30pm on Feb. 24.
Safety lessons were focus of pancake breakfast
ALMA – Over 350 people attended the sixth annual Wellington County Farm and Home Safety Day and Pancake Breakfast held at the Alma Community Hall.
Adam Brown Street lot to be split, semi-detached homes sold separately
MAPLETON – The construction of two semi-detached homes at 41 Adam Brown Street in Moorefield is complete.