Top Wellington Advertiser tweets for 2021
Jan. 8 - A program launched by local paramedics in 2016 to monitor patients with chronic diseases in their homes, is helping to fill a gap in staffing at Caressant Care Arthur as #COVID19 spreads through the facility. bit.ly/3sa5L0c
Feb. 5 - Centre Wellington councillor Steven VanLeeuwen has joined the ‘End the Lockdowns Caucus,’ a group of current and former politicians opposed to #COVID19 restrictions imposed by the province. bit.ly/36OzeE1
Mar. 25 - Centre Wellington Fire Chief Brad Patton retiring next month. bit.ly/3w0UqS8
April 24 - For the second consecutive year, The Wellington Advertiser has been named the top community newspaper in Ontario in its circulation class. bit.ly/32JfejF
May 27 - Wellington County is seeking public input on an environmental assessment of four bridges southeast of Arthur. Replacement is recommended for the Wellington Road 109 bridges spanning the Conestogo River. bit.ly/3hUvmYx
June 23 - Wellington OPP Staff Sergeant Bruce Aitken retiring after more than three decades. bit.ly/3zKDNfo
July 6 - Fergus boy’s Canada Day lemonade sale raises $1200 for autism services. bit.ly/3hkjuyl
Aug. 15 - A 31-year-old Fergus man is dead and an OPP officer is seriously injured following an incident on Belsyde Avenue in Fergus today. bit.ly/3jQkjyU
Sept. 6 - Dozens of classic and classy vehicles on display at Drayton Rotary cruise night. Event includes fundraising barbecue. Show on till 8pm in municipal parking lot downtown.
Oct. 7 - ‘Wellington County has lost a great man’: Advertiser founder Bill Adsett dies at 86. bit.ly/3FtLedE
Nov. 10 - Wellington residents placed remembrance candles at memorial markers commemorating the county’s war dead on the front lawn of the Wellington County Museum and Archives on the evening of Nov. 10. Candles will remain lit until November 12. #LestWeForget
Dec. 8 - Deceased in fatal collision in Wellington North identified. bit.ly/3GpevWF
