Jessica Lovell

ARTHUR – Pam Woodhouse, a Grade 3 teacher at St. John Catholic school in Arthur, is this year’s recipient of the AgScape Teaching Excellence in Agriculture and Food Education Award.

ELORA – Hundreds of people came out to the Elora Centre for the Arts on Oct. 5 to enjoy the music, food,  drinks and more during the Concert with Addy-tude, but they were also supporting an important cause – sarcoma research at SickKids Hospital.

ELORA – “The Awakening” event on Oct. 5 in downtown Elora officially kicked off Monster Month in the village, with a pumpkin smash, a pumpkin carving competition, costume fashion show and more.

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.

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.”

ARTHUR – The 19th annual Warden’s Tree Planting, organized by the county’s Green Legacy program, saw approximately 900 trees and shrubs of 36 different varieties planted over the course of a couple of hours on Oct. 2.

MOUNT FOREST – A local woman is turning to the community for support in the wake of an accident involving her son during the Mount Forest Fireworks Festival.

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.

GUELPH – It won’t be for several months, but the County of Wellington may be on its way to livestreaming its council and committee meetings.

MOUNT FOREST – Wellington North is surveying residents to find out how they want John Street to look before settling on a final design for reconstruction of the roadway.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Two local women who were recently targeted by online scammers are sharing their story in hopes that others will not fall victim to the scam.

KENILWORTH – Increased traffic volumes and the safety of pedestrians were among the concerns raised by community members who spoke at a public meeting regarding a proposal for a stacked townhouse development in Mount Forest.

GUELPH – Tiny homes and sheltered encampments became the focus of the discussion after the county’s interim director of housing services presented the county’s winter response plan for unsheltered homelessness at a recent committee meeting.

ABOYNE –  The Wellington County Museum and Archives was named the Top Small Museum/Art Gallery/Historic Site in the Ontario's Choice Awards, which rely solely on public votes to determine winners across eight categories.