fergus

FERGUS - The water tower located near the Wellington Advertiser office on Gartshore Street in Fergus receives a high-pressure spray down on the afternoon of Oct. 28.

SALEM - Darryl Magierowski aims to bring fright to your Halloween nights on Oct. 29 and 30 with his hand-made haunted creation, Salem Frights.

FERGUS – For the second consecutive year, a local family hopes its YouTube video will help spread some Halloween cheer – and fear.

FERGUS – Allan Hons led the way from the parking lot doors through a warren of hallways and stairways and joked that this part of Melville United Church is like Hogwarts, the school of Harry Potter fame.

ELORA – Back in June, Centre Wellington council directed staff to use a 2.4% inflation rate when putting together the 2022 draft budget. At the Oct. 4 committee of the whole pre-budget meeting, council learned it will be hard to hold the budget to that line.

ELORA – The advisory committee charged with finding ways to increase the supply of attainable housing in Centre Wellington has zeroed in on three approaches it hopes council will support in removing barriers for developers.

ELORA – Centre Wellington staff walked councillors through the 10-year capital forecast at the committee of the whole meeting on Oct. 4 as they prepare the 2022 draft budget.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - Ministry of Long-Term Care inspectors issued written notices to a for-profit seniors' care provider operating in Wellington County after resident injured in fall and another verbally abused.

ELORA – Hiring more staff in 2022 proved to be a contentious issue for Centre Wellington council at its Oct. 4 committee of the whole meeting.

FERGUS – As part of the Ontario government’s Regional Development Program, Wellington Perforated Sheet and Plate Inc. is investing $3.9 million to innovate processes, develop new products and produce more steel parts in-house.

ELORA – See a pothole? Notice a streetlight is out? Citizens can now report concerns and requests for service directly on the Centre Wellington website.

GUELPH – Compass Community Services is adding a new telephone support line to its cadre of services, this one dedicated to members of the LGBTQ+ community.

FERGUS – There will be separated bike lanes installed on St. David Street North and staff can go ahead and complete the township’s application for a Connecting Links grant.

FERGUS - Rays from one of the last suns of summer glinted off a spit-shined chrome handlebars, motor casings and tail pipes at the Fergus Legion’s first Show and Shine on Sept. 19.

Marlene Skerritt managed to save the Girl Guide units in Fergus and Elora, but she’s still worried about the fate of the unit in Arthur.