Mapleton

WATERLOO - A Waterloo family that purchased two 10-week-old goldendoodle puppies from a Mapleton farmer now contends the animals were supplied by a puppy mill.

MAPLETON – Guy Giorno, a consultant with Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP, has been reappointed as integrity commissioner for the Township of Mapleton.

MAPLETON – Township officials are putting a local farmer selling puppies out of his barn on notice. Two puppies recently purchased from the farm were euthanized after being diagnosed with parvovirus, a vaccine-preventable disease.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – In total, 129 employees of Wellington County and its seven lower-tier municipalities were on the 2022 Public Sector Salary Disclosure List, up from 106 in 2021.

MAPLETON – The total cost of remuneration for township council members here was up by about $22,949 in 2022.

MOOREFIELD – The Dead Lie is the first book in a mystery thriller series written by retired teacher Ivanka Fear. 

MOOREFIELD - A new gardening season starts for members of the Moorefield and District Horticultural Society, also known as Mapleton Buds and Blooms, on March 28.

MAPLETON – Instead of worrying what may go wrong, Alison Brown has learned to ask “What if this goes great? What if the best is yet to come?”