GUELPH – With much fanfare, speeches, and a smudging ceremony causing the fire alarm to go off, the new Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington (CMHA WW) building on Woolwich Street in Guelph celebrated its official opening on Oct. 2.
Police looking to find two vehicles linked to fire that destroyed Erin homes
ERIN – Police say they hope to find and identify the owners of two "suspicious motor vehicles believed to be linked to the investigation": a 2023 black Honda CRV EX-L and a grey "Land Rover-type" vehicle.
Study of Boreham Park will be the last: mayor
ABERFOYLE – Puslinch council has agreed to fund a safety study at Boreham Park at the urging of the ad hoc group Concerned Residents of Puslinch. But this will be the last study of Boreham Park, depending on the outcome of the study, Mayor James Seeley said at the Sept. 25 meeting.
Centre Wellington will regulate short-term housing rentals
CENTRE WELLINGTON – The township will take a regulatory approach to short-term rentals as it tries to balance the need for short- term accommodation for tourists with complaints from residents that it’s “the wild west” in residential neighbourhoods because of the way some Airbnbs operate.
Minimum $10 fee coming to Wellington County waste sites starting Jan. 1
GUELPH – Starting in the new year, people disposing of trash at county waste facilities will have to pay a minimum fee of $10 – even if their trash is in yellow garbage bags they’ve already purchased.
Mapleton user fees, charges to increase; public meeting Oct. 8
MAPLETON – Most user fees and charges for municipal services in Mapleton are set to increase, including permits, zoning amendments, animal control, cemetery services and hall rentals.
Wellington County planting pollinator habitat along roadsides this fall
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The county’s roads division will be planting two pollinator habitat areas starting this fall as part of a trial project on county right of ways.
More school zones added to list of potential speed camera locations in county
WELLINGTON COUNTY – As the county continues to work on its rollout of automated speed enforcement, the areas around eight schools are being added to the list of locations designated as “community safety zones.”
Centre Wellington’s first Community Supports Fair slated for Oct. 18
FERGUS – Centre Wellington organizations are coming together to show the community what supports are available and to provide resources through a collaborative event.
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