Joanne Shuttleworth

ABERFOYLE – Gabriele Monteith and Steve Naylor would like Puslinch Township to take extra care when designing and maintaining roads that go through wetland areas.

ABERFOYLE – Puslinch council decided the next gravel roads to be paved in the township are Carter, Cooks Mill and Farnham roads, all located in Arkell. The decision was contrary to the staff recommendation to pave Sideroad 10 South first.

ELORA – Council did not approve the 2025 budget at its June 10 meeting, but it did lay the groundwork for staff to get going on it. So don’t be alarmed by the 6.3 per cent tax increase noted at the meeting. It is a starting point only, treasurer Adam McNabb told council.

ELORA – After being the subject of debate for more than a year, council approved a zoning and official plan amendment for a mixed-use development at 19 Mill St. E. in Elora on June 10.

ELORA – Centre Wellington council agreed to a new delivery method when it awarded the contract to design and build a new operations centre to Ball Construction Ltd. on June 10.

ELORA – In the end it came down to an empty tea box. But before that there was quite a discussion on who council would nominate to run for a director’s seat at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.

PALMERSTON – For the fourth year, the Town of Minto showed its support for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community by holding Pride in the Park.

GUELPH – The Grove Youth Hubs in Guelph and Wellington County have seen 32,000 youth enter their doors in the past year. Not quite that many people entered the doors of the newest Grove hub in Guelph for an open house on June 5, but it was still a revolving door at the facility.

GUELPH – Dr. Nicola Mercer has expressed concern about the province’s recent move to allow the sale of beer and wine at convenience stores. She noted 8,500 new stores in the province will be able to sell alcohol as of Sept. 5, “and it is likely we will see an increase in alcohol harms."

ELORA – The developer of property at 19 Mill St. E. in Elora has lowered the height of the proposed development and that sat well with council.

PUSLINCH – If touring around a lake in a boat sounds like a fun way to spend a day, imagine being welcomed into beautiful homes on that same lake. Throw in a community barbeque and you might have found yourself at the Puslinch Lake Home Tour, returning this year on June 15.

FERGUS – Centre Wellington council has passed the Fergus South Secondary Plan. The plan still calls for higher density than the community is used to but changes have been made to lower buildings on Highway 6 from eight storeys to six and allow four-storey buildings low-density areas.

ELORA – The Elora Rocks Hockey Club got the reprieve it needed from council to start a new season with a clean slate and a pathway out of debt.

FERGUS – A growing population, schools bursting at the seams, and a desire to get children off school buses are the main reasons the Wellington Catholic District School Board wants to build a catholic high school in Fergus.

ELORA – Elora’s largely unknown power couple Kristy Hillis and Don Kogen are at it again, this time offering to build public washrooms in Elora.