Palmerston

PALMERSTON – The Palmerston Blessings to You Centre supports the Community Resource Centre in Fergus by providing funds for Minto and Mapleton families.

PALMERSTON– Residents of Royal Terrace Long-Term Care participated in the IG Wealth Walk for Alzheimer’s.

PALMERSTON – The Grey Wellington Theatre Guild (GWTG) is the recipient of a $4,000 donation from The Palmerston Blessings to You Centre. 

PALMERSTON – The Norwell District Secondary School girls soccer team travelled to Brantford on May 27 after a strong regular season led it to qualify for the CWOSSA tournament.

PALMERSTON – The cast and crew of Theatre Norwell performed Annie to seven sold out shows from May 14 to 18.

PALMERSTON – A celebration of life for former Town of Minto mayor David Burns will be held at the Frank Lambier Legion in Palmerston on June 14.

MINTO – It may be a small town, but Minto was bustling with community activity in 2023, according to a year-end report from the municipality’s economic and community development department. The department hosted or facilitated a total of 95 community events last year.

MAPLETON – Council here has agreed to share a fire services management team with two other north Wellington municipalities.

MINTO – Town council has adopted a strategic plan to guide the municipality through to 2028. Goals laid out in the plan focus on infrastructure maintenance, enhancing local quality of life, fostering an inclusive community and providing responsible government.

GUELPH - Palmerston resident Michael Hurst was sentenced to 4.5 years in a federal penitentiary on Feb. 14 following a third trial for sexually assaulting two women.

CLIFFORD – The Minto-Mapleton Family Health Team (MMFHT) will be able to provide primary health care to hundreds of additional residents after receiving more than a half-million dollars in provincial funding to add two nurse practitioners, a practical nurse and a receptionist to the team’s roster.

MINTO – Town council has approved two signage grants through the municipality’s Community Improvement Program (CIP) to assist a local charitable enterprise with its expansion plans.

MINTO – A bylaw amending zoning on a lot in Palmerston to facilitate a high-density development was approved by town council on Jan. 23.

DRAYTON – There were 60 north Wellington seniors who conquered a steep learning cuve and ovecame tech hurdles to master digital devices as part of a seniors training and support program that ran for its second year in 2023.