ABOYNE – The Wellington County Museum and Archives (WCMA) is thrilled to be hosting the third annual Christmas Market, taking place on December 1 and 2.
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Minto Minor Ball U9 team receives $2000 donation
Palmerston – Representatives of the Minto Minor Ball U9 team recently received a $2,000 cheque from The Blessings to You Centre in Palmerston.
Teens help Ontario team win lacrosse tournament
FERGUS – Blake Willard and Riley Woods, two 15-year-old Fergus youths, were selected to attend this year’s Adrln (Adrenaline) Platinum Cup tournament with Ontario’s Evolve Elite Lacrosse team.
Sunrise Therapeutic Riding Centre raises $70,000 at fundraiser
PUSLINCH – Sunrise Therapeutic Riding and Learning Centre raised $70,000 at the Celebrate Sunrise! fundraising event held on June 25.
Little opposition to township plan to convert lands to industrial zoning
CENTRE WELLINGTON – The township has initiated official plan and zoning bylaw amendments to open more land for industrial use in Fergus.
Jefferson Elora Corporation buys naming rights for Elora Community Centre
CENTRE WELLINGTON – The township is excited to announce a community partnership with Jefferson Elora Corporation (JEC).
Comedy show coming to Crown
HARRISTON – Yuk Yuk’s comedians Patrick Haye, Freddy Proia and Ben Bayfield are coming to The Crown Harriston for an evening of live comedy on July 22.
Local student earns National Book Award, starts scholarship
MOUNT FOREST – Graduating Grade 12 Wellington Heights Secondary School student Joey Townsend has won the University of Toronto’s National Book Award.
Mount Forest Fireworks Festival features four days of fun for all
MOUNT FOREST – The 2023 Mount Forest Fireworks Festival will feature four days of fun for all ages from July 13 to 16.
Harriston-Minto Fall Fair selects new fair ambassadors
MINTO – The 2023 junior and senior ambassadors for the Harriston-Minto Fall Fair were selected at a competition on July 8.
Harriston Legion donates to MRI campaign
HARRISTON – Harriston Legion members and members of the branch’s Catch the Ace committee recently invited representatives from the Palmerston and District Hospital’s MRI Committee to join them at the branch, in order to present them with a cheque for $20,000 towards the MRI campaign.
Top athletes
MOUNT FOREST — Leah Richardson and Mason Eurig are this year’s recipients of the Senior Athlete of the Year Award at Wellington Heights.
Fergus Fall Fair searching for next fair ambassador
FERGUS — The Fergus Fall Fair is approaching quickly and fair officials are looking for the next fair ambassador for 2023-24.
Egremont Optimists make final installment on $50,000 pledge to local hospital foundation
HOLSTEIN – July 1 marked a big day for the Egremont Optimists Club.
Donor hall of fame
PALMERSTON – Diane Speers and Connie Robinson of The Blessings to You Centre in Palmerston recently attended a special evening at the Cutten Fields in Guelph hosted by The Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington.