MOUNT FOREST – It was shortly after 3am on a recent Sunday when a Mount Forest family awoke to find a shed and car on fire at their Cork Street home.
Wellington North Fire Service call volume up last year
KENILWORTH – Wellington North Fire Service data shows volunteer firefighters responded to more calls last year than in 2021. The rise in call volume wasn't because of more fires, but more medical-related calls, according to the data.
Plans to retire on severed Arthur farmland dashed after council vote
KENILWORTH - Minimum distance separation requirements and concerns about future agriculture development kept Wellington North council from allowing a conditional farmland severance to proceed.
Athletic association celebrates 100 years of making Moorefield ‘super ball town’
MOOREFIELD – The Moorefield Athletic Association recognized a century of making the community the local destination for a good, old-fashioned ball game.
Replacement of Erin culvert with bridge pushes project $1.29 million over budget
ERIN - The over-budget replacement of an arched, double culvert running beneath 17th Sideroad in Erin is being blamed on inflation and environmental requirements, requiring a single-span bridge at a cost of at least $2.12 million.
Townhouse block proposed along Jack’s Way in Mount Forest
KENILWORTH – Developer Brad Wilson was back before Wellington North council recently regarding another residential development proposed in Mount Forest.
‘A significant plan’: developer hears concerns with proposed Hillsburgh subdivision
ERIN – On June 8 at Erin town hall, the developer behind a 799-unit subdivision proposal in Hillsburgh heard from around 25 Erin residents concerned with the development's potential effects on the village.
Projections put Wellington North elementary schools over capacity by 2030
KENILWORTH – A recent Upper Grand District School Board report suggests student enrolment is projected to increase beyond capacity at Arthur Public School and Victoria Cross Public School due to housing development in Wellington North.
‘We will not be moving forward’: farmland severance proposal dropped by province
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The province is backing away from a proposed policy change that would have opened Ontario’s prime agricultural land to housing development.
Police-enforced parking fines increasing in Wellington North
KENILWORTH – Wellington North council was informed of relatively minor revisions to the township’s parking control bylaw at a May 23 meeting.
Council learns where cash will come from for over-budget grants
KENILWORTH – Economic development officer Dale Small has found out where the cash will come from to fund six over-budget grant and donation requests this year.
Palmerston man sentenced to house arrest for sexual assaults, indecent acts
GUELPH – Palmerston resident Michael Hurst was sentenced to two years of house arrest and three years of probation following convictions for sexual assaults and indecent acts involving five women between 2007 and 2015.
Storage building in Mount Forest destroyed in ‘suspicious’ fire
MOUNT FOREST – Volunteer firefighters were awoken from their sleep in the early hours of Sunday morning this past weekend to battle a structure and car fire, in separate incidents.
Sharpe Farm Supplies opens second location in Wellington County
ERIN – Sharpe Farm Supplies Ltd. has expanded farther east into Wellington County with the purchase of Budson Farm and Feed Company in Erin.
Erin’s development charge reserve balance increased to $1.71 million in 2022
ERIN - The town’s bank balance related to development charges has increased year-over-year according to a report on 2022 year-end development charge reserve balances presented by town finance director Wendy Parr on May 11.