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CENTRE WELLINGTON – The township’s Community Connect program will host a New Resident Reception for the area’s growing population later this month.  

ARTHUR – The Arthur Fall Fair will crown its ambassadors on Sept. 8, the last day of the four-day fair. 

FERGUS - The Fergus Curling Club is celebrating its 190th anniversary this year, and welcoming new members.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Centre Wellington Fire Rescue responded to a house fire and to a fall into the Elora Gorge on Tuesday.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – As students prepare to return to school next week, experts say it’s important to remember to keep their mental health “top of mind.” 

GUELPH – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) associate medical officer of health Dr. Matthew Tenenbaum advises everyone eligible get vaccinated against mpox, but said “we are not in a place where people need to be worried.” 

MOUNT FOREST – Following a fire in January, St. Mary Catholic School here has been closed to students and staff. But it is set to welcome students back, beginning the second week of school. 

KENILWORTH – It’s time to raise the roof at the Lynes Blacksmith Shop – literally. The historic building has been undergoing a restoration project, but one of the most significant parts of the restoration has yet to be undertaken: the roof.

PUSLINCH – A Guelph man has died from injuries sustained in a serious two-vehicle crash here last week.

BELWOOD – Some of the lodgers at Belwood Lodge and Camp have been coming to the camp for decades, but their summers there may soon be numbered, as the not-for-profit works to find the funding needed to stay afloat.

MAPLETON – Council here has approved a purchase of $491,700 worth of firefighting equipment.

PARIS – Fergus wheelchair basketball athlete Patrick Anderson was one of two Paralympic champions named to lead the Canadian Paralympic team in the opening ceremony for the games.

GUELPH – Most students in Wellington County will be going back to school a day late this September. Both the Upper Grand District School Board and the Wellington Catholic District School Board have chosen to make Wednesday, Sept. 4 the first day of school for elementary and secondary students.

GUELPH – The University of Guelph has officially turned 60.

ABERFOYLE – With the fairgrounds under construction, last year’s Aberfoyle Fall Fair was a somewhat smaller affair, but this year the fair is back at full strength and then some.