Joanne Shuttleworth

ELORA – Matt and Jan Teeter are the opposite of NIMBY. Instead of saying “not in my backyard,” they are saying “come to my backyard,” as they are hosting two backyard concerts this summer.

FERGUS – Helene DeWitt has lived a life of abuse and fear, with a disability she didn’t understand – all of which left her feeling abandoned and unloved most of her life.

ELORA – Centre Wellington has initiated a study of five bridges in former Pilkington Township that are all within 20 kilometres of each other and closed to traffic – three of them for more than a decade.

ELORA – It's just a drop in the bucket, but the owners of 27-43 Mill St. W. in Elora will receive a $10,000 grant Community Improvement Plan grant from the township.

PUSLINCH – Mayor James Seeley is no longer employed as a City of Guelph firefighter. “It’s a personal and private situation I am not willing to discuss,” he stated. Seeley also confirmed that clerk Courtenay Hoytfox has been named acting CAO of Puslinch Township.

PUSLINCH – The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) says the cause of smelly water coming from the taps in some homes in Puslinch is naturally occurring and is not the result of a chemical spill in drainage ditches on Highway 6. But in the absence of documents and data, some local

ELORA – Coming to a theatre near you, a theatre near you! The Gorge Cinema is set to re-open tomorrow – July 21 -  after being closed almost steadily since the pandemic started in March 2020.

PUSLINCH – About 25 homes on Fielding Lane, south of Morriston, have had smelly water coming from their taps for a couple of weeks. The owners are seeking help from the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) to determine the cause.

PUSLINCH – Former councillor Don McKay has been named this year’s Senior of the Year in Puslinch.

BELWOOD – Centre Wellington council has approved a development in Belwood that will see 118 private homes on half-acre lots built in an estate community.

PUSLINCH – Council here approved a zoning amendment at its July 12 meeting that will allow a trucking hub to be established at 128 Brock Rd. in Puslinch.  And although it was Wellington Motor Freight that submitted the original application, that company might not be the one that moves into the site

PUSLINCH – Members of the newly-formed Maltby Community Association got some swift action from council after introducing themselves at council’s July 12 meeting.

ERIN - The Erin Rotary Club will erect a Peace Pole in McMillan Park on Sunday, July 16 at 12:30pm, just as Rotary Summerfest gets underway at noon.

PUSLINCH – Residents who live on Maltby Road in Puslinch are concerned about both the volume of traffic and the speed of drivers on their hilly, windy, rural road – and they hope that with combined voices, their concerns will be heard by government officials.