MAPLETON – Large crowds of runners and event goers attended the annual Mapleton Sunflower Festival and Run on Aug. 16.
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OPINION: Yesterday Once More goes back to the 70s
MAPLETON – As someone whose teen years happened during the 1970s, I was really looking forward to the Drayton Festival Theatre’s third production, Yesterday Once More. And I wasn’t disappointed.
Pentz drain work to be done this fall for $90,675
MAPLETON – Council here has awarded a tender for improvements to Pentz Drain.
Drayton Fair crowns its Junior Ambassador
DRAYTON – The Drayton Fair recently held its Junior Ambassador of the Fair competition.
Locals celebrated their roots at Drayton Fair
DRAYTON – The Drayton Fair ran from Aug. 8 to 10 at the Drayton fairgrounds.
Drayton motorcyclist dead after collision in North Perth
NORTH PERTH – Emergency crews responded the scene, on Perth Line 88 at Perth Road 140 in North Perth, just after 1pm on Aug. 12.
Blue-green algae spotted on Conestogo Lake
MAPLETON – Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) officials say they have spotted blue-green algae at a second reservoir in Wellington County.
Plaque commemorating local Black history missing, feared stolen
MAPLETON – A historic plaque commemorating the Queen’s Bush Settlement and the Black pioneers who settled there in the 1800s, is absent from its moorings in Glen Allan Park.
Drayton Fair returns from Aug. 8 to 10
DRAYTON – The Drayton Fair is celebrating the community’s roots at the Drayton Fairgrounds Aug. 8 to 10.
Drayton-Mapleton Agricultural Society to host Junior Ambassador Competition Aug. 5
DRAYTON – The Drayton-Mapleton Agricultural Society is hosting its second Junior Ambassador Competition on Aug. 5 at 7pm.