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From broken to whole: Helene DeWitt offers hope in new book
FERGUS – Helene DeWitt has lived a life of abuse and fear, with a disability she didn’t understand – all of which left her feeling abandoned and unloved most of her life.
Put your garden on the ‘butterflyway’ by planting some pollinator favourites
WELLINGTON COUNTY – According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, the dog days of summer are the 40 days beginning July 3 and ending August 11.
Blue Bonnet Lassies hit road for summer competitions
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Dancers from the Blue Bonnet Lassies School of Highland Dance travelled across Ontario to compete through the month of June.
Mary Ellen Cann School of Highland Dancing competes in Halifax
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Mary Ellen Cann School of Highland Dancing in Guelph travelled to the Scotdance Canada Competition in Halifax.
Angelstone Events: major league events have major community impact
ERIN – Angelstone Events has been operating here since 2011.
Heat stress and dehydration can harm horses: OVC professor
GUELPH – Dripping with sweat and breathing hard through flared nostrils, an agitated horse shakes her head. The horse stumbles, ears pinned back, and kicks out.
HorseDay Erin event benefits local equine organizations
ERIN – HorseDay Erin, held in early June at the Erin Fairgrounds, gave back to the local equine community to support horse education and horse welfare.
Equine Guelph offering online training for grassroots-level horse show judging
GUELPH – Five provincial equestrian associations have partnered with Equine Guelph to offer online training for those interested in becoming horse show judges in grassroots circuits.
Horsin’ around at Maplewood Farm
ERIN – At just three years old, Isaac O’Hagan has already shown interest in helping out with farm chores.
Erin home severely damaged by nighttime fire
ERIN - Volunteer firefighters from stations 10 and 50 in Erin and Hillsburgh responded to a structure fire in Erin on the night of July 25.
Township studying five bridges in former Pilkington Township, seeking public input
ELORA – Centre Wellington has initiated a study of five bridges in former Pilkington Township that are all within 20 kilometres of each other and closed to traffic – three of them for more than a decade.
Town submitting feedback critical of proposed provincial planning policy changes
ERIN – Council here has endorsed town comments to be submitted to the province in response to proposed changes to provincial planning policy.
Resident consultation on Erin strategic plan update continues
ERIN – Residents’ priorities for the town were scribbled onto colourful sticky notes at a July 12 open house at the Erin Community Centre.
Former Commercial Hotel to receive $10,000 grant from Centre Wellington
ELORA – It's just a drop in the bucket, but the owners of 27-43 Mill St. W. in Elora will receive a $10,000 grant Community Improvement Plan grant from the township.