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Wellington Advertiser's top online articles of 2022

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Wellington Advertiser's top online articles of 2022
Long-awaited arrests – Not surprisingly, two of the top four articles of 2022 at wellingtonadvertiser.com were related to arrests made in the 2008 hit-and-run death of 18-year-old Lucas Shortreed. The above photo, which shows OPP officers during a search of a Mapleton Township property connected to the arrests, accompanied one of those articles. Advertiser file photo

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The following is a summary of the articles that received the most page views on the Wellington Advertiser’s website in 2022.

1. Two Wellington North residents charged in hit-and-run death of Lucas Shortreed

2. Haunted house’ near Elora uninhabited for over 100 years

3. Couple has $30-million plan for downtown Elora

4. Arrests in connection with Lucas Shortreed’s death come with complex feelings for family, friends

5. Elora builder voids contracts; 32 buyers left without a home

6. Watters wins mayoral race in Centre Wellington

7. Bell store in Fergus robbed at gunpoint

8. OPP investigating death after weekend ‘disturbance’ call near Kenilworth

9. Municipal election nominations are now closed – here’s who’s running

10. Fergus business has developed treatment for AMD that reverses blindness

Top stories by category

NEWS: Two Wellington North residents charged in hit-and-run death of Lucas Shortreed

POLICE: Bell store in Fergus robbed at gunpoint

COVID-19: Wellington County donors gave over $24,000 to ‘Freedom Convoy’

BUSINESS: Fergus business has developed treatment for AMD that reverses blindness

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT: Actor Adam Sandler films movie at Elora Quarry

SPORTS: Local hockey heavyweight preparing for Ice Wars

RURAL: Drayton Fair returns Aug. 5 to 7 for ‘Another Day in Fairadise’

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: “Embarrassment” submitted by Art Kollee of  Elora

EDITORIAL: A gentle reminder by Dave Adsett

COLUMN: ‘Haunted house’ near Elora uninhabited for over 100 years  (Thorning Revisited).

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