Mapleton

MAPLETON - For the second year in a row the Drayton Fair is cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, officials note, many of the society’s traditional events will still take place.

MAPLETON – Township council has approved a plan to apply for $7,100 in provincial funding to assist with training firefighters in a pandemic environment.

MAPLETON – Council has authorized staff to respond to a Request for Proposals to operate a before and after school program in Upper Grand District School Board facilities within the township.

MAPLETON – The township will offer a children’s summer camp program for the first time this year. The plan calls for the township to offer a weekly, themed summer camp for up to 30 children aged four to 12.

DRAYTON – Mapleton residents will get a say in the look of a planned new water tower in Drayton. On March 23 economic development coordinator Aly Cripps explained council decided in 2019 on the design of the township logo to be placed on the tower, which is targeted for completion in 2022.

MAPLETON - The township has issued a statement in response to citizen concerns following a report on the condition of some of the equipment and facilities that make up the municipal water system.

WELLINGTON COUNTY –The Guelph Wellington Paramedic Service’s (GWPS) Community Paramedicine Long-Term Care project will soon have a new home in Drayton.

MAPLETON – A provincially-mandated report shows water from Mapleton’s systems in Drayton and Moorefield is safe to drink, but another report shows the systems require about $1.8 million worth of immediate maintenance and repair work.

DRAYTON – Some likely wanted to get outside after a long winter without much to do, others were enthralled by the prospect of an explosion and some people just wanted to witness a significant change to the local rural landscape.

GUELPH – A Moorefield native is being enshrined into the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame (OAHF).