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FERGUS –  The Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games recently donated close to $23,000 to local organizations.

FERGUS – Caressant Care Fergus hosted its annual fall fair Oct. 3 as part of Caressant Care Nursing and Retirement Homes Limited’s 50th anniversary.

PALMERSTON – On Sept. 10 the Norwell District Secondary School’s local, environmental, agriculture and food (LEAF) class visited the Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock.

MINTO – At an Oct. 7 Minto council meeting town officials presented three organizations a $4,000 cheque from proceeds of the 15th annual Mayor’s Golf Tournament which occurred on Aug. 7.

MINTO – This year’s second structural grant application has been approved by council for just under $9,400.

MOUNT FOREST – The Mount Forest Lions Club, which boasts about 60 members, recently installed a friendship arch on Main Street at the northwest edge of Mount Forest. Last year, past president Crystal Steffler wished to install the friendship arch as her president’s project.

FERGUS – The families moving into Garafraxa Village – the Habitat for Humanity townhouse complex in Fergus – will also receive a hand-made quilt, courtesy of the Grand Quilt Guild.

HARRISTON – Just as Fire Prevention Week was wrapping up, a fire caused by a lithium-ion battery led to major damage at a Harriston home on Saturday.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Multiple people were injured in a serious three-vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 6 and Wellington Road 22 on Monday.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local postal workers are expected back on the job after the Thanksgiving long weekend with a switch from a nation-wide walkout to local, rotating strikes.

FERGUS – St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School reached two milestones on Oct. 7: it celebrated its 30th anniversary and cut the ribbon on a new addition.