No maintenance?

Dear Editor:

How proud are we of our beautiful town of Fergus? What is happening to the statue in front of The Breadalbane Restaurant?

It is rotting away and looks terrible. Who is responsible for the maintenance of the statue?

Also why are there so many tall weeds growing along the sidewalk on St. Andrew Street from Breadalbane Street to Beatty Line? Help!

Joanne Jonker,
Fergus

*Editor’s note: The Township of Centre Wellington announced in the spring of 2023 that the “Breadalbane Giant” carving, officially called the Defender of Blairgowrie, is to be removed. At the time, the township deemed the statue “a safety hazard” because the stump is rotting.