Joanne Shuttleworth

Time to meet your maker – It was a blustery day for the Hand-made Makers Market at Rockmosa Park…

Run – The HEARTS committee at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Fergus held its annual…

PUSLINCH – A popular Halloween display that raises money for local charities, will either have to pare way back or not operate at all after council here decided there’s no way it can grant an exception to the township’s new bylaw to prohibit and regulate publicized displays.

PUSLINCH – Despite delegations by people who live on the street and don’t want the name changed, council stuck to its guns on Oct. 19 and Swastika Trail will be renamed Holly Trail.

GUELPH – Instead of focusing on data that points to enormous mental health needs across all demographics in this country, this year’s Mayors Event for Mental Health, on Oct. 13, zeroed in on four fun, easy, creative outlets that can add physical and mental health benefits to anyone’s life.

ABOYNE – There was a much more conciliatory tone at the Conversations with the Candidates event hosted by the Centre Wellington Black Committee on Oct. 14 than was seen at a similar event the day before. 

ELORA – The all-candidates meeting hosted by the Guelph Wellington branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario on Oct.12 got off to an explosive start.

GUELPH – The Healthy Babies Healthy Children program could be in jeopardy. The Board of Health of Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health heard on Oct. 5 that funding has not kept pace with the growing cost of delivering the program or the demand.

PUSLINCH – Council hopefuls painted their vision of Puslinch Township at a meet-the-candidates meeting on Oct. 5 hosted by the Optimist Club of Puslinch.

ERIN - Attendees heard a lot about growth at the all-candidates meeting at the Erin Legion on Oct. 4, and not many opposing opinions among them.

FERGUS – A combination of township staff, council and the economic development task force gathered at the end of Dickson Drive to break ground on the new Fergus North Business Park.

PUSLINCH – Puslinch council is contemplating going back to in-person meetings but will have to surmount a few challenges first – mainly the technological kind.

PUSLINCH – A pillar in the community of Puslinch has died. Doug Smith was perhaps best known for the 37 years he spent on the Puslinch Fire Department, where he was one of the original members and chief for 10 of those years.

ABOYNE – Habitat for Humanity Guelph Wellington plans on building two new housing complexes – one in Fergus and one in Guelph – and to fund them through its newly launched Community Bonds program.

PUSLINCH – Councillors here have agreed to change a controversial street name in the township. Swastika Trail, in the community around Puslinch Lake, will be renamed Holly Trail.