Jaime Myslik

DRAYTON – The City of Guelph is now responsible for dispatch services for Mapleton Fire Rescue.

DRAYTON – The Kinsmen Club of Drayton is celebrating Founders Day on Feb. 22 at the Drayton firehall.

DRAYTON – Mapleton representatives were invited to a meeting with Stephen Crawford, parliamentary assistant to the minister of infrastructure, at the rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) conference.

MAPLETON – Wellington County fire training officer Charles Hamilton gave council here an overview of his 2019 report.

DRAYTON – New defibrillators are coming to Mapleton Township.

ETFO striking - Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) elementary schools were closed throughout the county on Feb. 6, 10 and 11 due to the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario’s (ETFO) ongoing strike action.

MAPLETON – A Drayton painting from the early 1900s is being returned to its original home at the Drayton Festival Theatre, which was once the town council chamber.

MAPLETON – Mapleton council has offered its support for the Northern Wellington Economic Development Enhanced Partnership.

Straight toss - There was no ice on Feb. 1 for the Moorefield Optimist Club’s Tin Can Classic (tin can curling), but that didn’t stop teams from coming out and enjoying the weather with a cornhole tournament.

GUELPH – Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) elementary schools will be closed on Feb. 4 and 6 due to ongoing strike action.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - Family Literacy Day will take place on Jan. 27.

OECTA strikes – Wellington Catholic District School Board schools were closed on Jan. 21 as…

PALMERSTON – A 40-year police veteran has recently retired from the Wellington County OPP.

MOUNT FOREST – The consortium in charge of local school buses has apologized for north Wellington bus cancellations late in the day on Jan. 8.