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BRUCEDALE – Guelph/Eramosa councillors shared varying opinions on Monday about conceptual drawings for proposed gateway signs in Rockwood.

MAPLETON – Property owners here may see township taxes go up by about $60 next year.   The proposed 2026 consolidated Mapleton budget totals $22.1 million, with a tax rate increase of 3.1 per cent. 

ELORA – The Elora Adventure Film Festival is growing, tickets are selling fast, and now that Ian Evans has a team behind him, he couldn’t be happier.

FERGUS – The New to You charity thrift store is holding an auction of fine art and patrons have just two weeks to make their bids. The auction opened Oct. 21 and it closes Nov. 1.

FERGUS – Lots of work has been accomplished at 965 Gartshore St., Centre Wellington council heard at its Oct. 14 meeting. And if things continue as planned, township staff will start moving into the new operations centre next autumn.

GUELPH – The Crown’s office wants an Elora man put behind bars for sexually assaulting a former Goofie Newfie Pub employee he had authority over.

FERGUS – Former Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott has received a lifetime achievement award from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).

FERGUS - Residents ran and walked 5km in benefit of Haitian schools at an annual race hosted by St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Oct. 18.

ELORA – Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner and Haldimand–Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady were preaching to the choir as they delegated to Centre Wellington council on Oct. 14.

MOUNT FOREST – The Wellington Heights Secondary School Girls’ Field Hockey Team had another enjoyable season with lots of close games under the direction of coaches Shelley Bell and Justin Gibson.

FERGUS – The former Groves Memorial Community Hospital property in its present state.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Centre Wellington’s new operations centre can be seen in the photo above taken last month.