Wellington North

MOUNT FOREST – Wellington Heights Secondary School’s (WHSS) boys varsity soccer team had an exciting playoff run this year after finishing the season in fourth place with three wins, three losses, and four ties, for a total of 13 points.

MOUNT FOREST – Sharon Wenger, chair of the Mount Forest Fireworks Festival, recently presented a cheque to Community Pantry Board member Mary Wenger in the amount of $3,085.

WELLINGTON NORTH – Mount Forest and Arthur communities both honoured the war dead by gathering at separate Remembrance Day ceremonies on Nov. 11. 

KENILWORTH – Wellington North council is considering an application to rezone a property in Damascus to facilitate the development of a Mennonite church, cemetery and school.

KENILWORTH – Wellington North council is hoping to shave at least one per cent off the 4.5% tax rate increase initially proposed during a Nov. 4 budget presentation.

MOUNT FOREST – Remembrance Day is celebrated every fall, but soon after forgotten.

MOUNT FOREST – A new weekly group here provides a place for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and their allies to offer each other support. 

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Wellington Rural Water Quality Program, which was launched in 1999, offers grant money as well as technical assistance to farmers and landowners to implement a variety of different types of projects that improve and protect water quality.