MINTO - The Town of Minto will be reopening parks, sports fields and other amenities on May 25.
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Town making plans for reopening office, restarting some programs
MINTO – Town staff is starting to make plans for the eventual re-opening of the municipal office and other facilities largely shuttered under emergency orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Minto not far off first-quarter budget projections
MINTO – It’s still too early to tell much about the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on municipal finances here, says treasurer Gordon Duff.
Several councillors opposed to shared fire department management team
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The decision by municipal councils in Minto and Wellington North to share a fire department management team, while approved at separate May 19 video-conference meetings, sparked considerable discussion in both municipalities and was not unanimous in either.
Longtime firefighters Bramhill and Geiger retire from Minto Fire
MINTO – Two longtime firefighters have recently retired from the Town of Minto’s fire…
Local business donates $30,000 to local hospitals for COVID-19 relief efforts
ELMIRA – Elmira Pet Products has made financial donations to COVID-19 projects in the communities…
Minto, Wellington North to share fire department management team
MINTO - Current Minto Fire Chief Chris Harrow has been appointed as the new Director of Fire Services for both municipalities.
Clifford native leads New Zealand’s first satellite launch effort
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - Jim Hefkey has followed a winding life path from a small Wellington County village to Auckland, New Zealand, where his class at the University of Auckland is about to launch that country’s first space satellite.
Woman sent to hospital after serious crash in Minto
MINTO - A Brussels woman has been sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries following a serious crash between a car and transport trailer.
Palmerston residents organize bottle drive in support of local food bank and hospital
Supporting the community – A bottle drive organized by a group of Palmerston residents last month raised $3,600 for the Palmerston Food Bank and the Palmerston and District Hospital Foundation.