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FERGUS – Richard Pierpoint would be proud. And perhaps a little surprised that his life is now on a storyboard in a park that bears his name.

ELORA – In the face of a housing crisis, the province has determined that every municipality in the province should allow homeowners to add up to two additional residential units to their property and council decided at its Nov. 10 meeting to update its zoning bylaw amendment to allow it here.

ABOYNE – To commemorate Remembrance Day the Wellington County Museum and Archives hosted two events.

ARTHUR – The Arthur Optimist Club has fulfilled its pledge of a $10,000 donation to the Aboyne Rural Hospice fundraising campaign.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – The U15B Grand River Mustangs team was the only local team to bring home a gold medal last weekend at the Remembrance Day Classic tournament in Centre Wellington, which included 56 teams and over 900 female athletes.

GUELPH – The Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington’s annual “Once Upon a Time Gala” raised a net total of over $230,000. 

ORANGEVILLE – The Emmanuel Christian High School junior boys volleyball team won the D4 Championships held at Westside Secondary School in Orangeville on Nov. 3.

ABOYNE - The next Gallery Concert Series on Nov. 23 features the Grand River Trio, who will play music of CPE Bach and J. Haydn. Venture Wind will play the second half of the performance with music arranged for a modern wind quintet.

HARRISTON – Whites Road Pentecostal Church wrapped up Pastor Appreciation Month by paying tribute to Reverend Bill Brown and pastors Jim and Shirley Morrison on Oct. 26.

ELORA – Two of the Elora Distilling Company’s signature liqueurs have been recognized at the 2025 Global Spirits Masters Liqueur Competition.