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WELLINGTON NORTH – Wellington County OPP officials say emergency crews responded at about 8:15 am on July 2 to a collision involving a tractor-trailer and a pickup truck at the intersection of Highway 6 and Sideroad 2.

FERGUS – Winning third place at the Toronto Barber Expo last year didn’t quite cut it for Mahfoz Adeeb, owner of the Barber Parlor in downtown Fergus. So he hunkered down, increased the challenge, and came home with the first-place trophy after this year’s contest on June 22

ARTHUR – The province is providing the Township of Wellington North and the Arthur Area Curling Club (AACC) with $251,485 in funding through the Ministry of Sport’s Community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund (CSRIF). 

GUELPH – Drivers passing through Fergus are placing pressure on residential streets in an attempt to avoid county speed cameras. 

GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Five people were seriously injured when two vehicles collided head-on just outside Ariss on July 1 at about 11pm.

MINTO – Bob Emmerson has been recognized by the Town of Minto as Senior of the Year for his outstanding contributions, after the age of 65, that strengthened and protected communities. 

FERGUS – On June 19 Sensational Elora gathered 90 people to go on the crawl in Fergus at three different pubs; The Bradelbane, The Brewhouse and the Offside Sports Bar and Grill.

KENILWORTH – Brenda Harris has received the Senior of the Year Award from the Township of Wellington North.

ROCKWOOD – Mary Andruchiw and Pat Foster show off the Canada flag collage made by the “Lunch Bunch” group from the Rockwood Older Adults Centre.

ROCKWOOD  – The community of Rockwood gathered to celebrate Rockwood Football Club (FC) as it hosted its first annual “Stuff the Net” Food Drive, which coincided with the club’s Photo Day on June 14.

GUELPH – The Arboretum in Guelph will be holding three full-day workshops on butterflies, moths and dragonflies. On July 7 from 9am to 4pm, Andalyne Tofflemire will educate participants about butterflies and how to identify them in the wild. Topics covered will include butterfly natural history, ca

CENTRE WELLINGTON – The pond in the back corner of the garden at 380 Brock Ave. in Fergus was the main event at Helen and Claude Lacroix’s garden, and the most desirable spot on a very hot afternoon.