Jordan Snobelen

WELLINGTON COUNTY –  Gypsy moth caterpillars are back with a vengeance throughout Wellington County and they have their eyes set on one thing: your trees.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is reporting 32 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend (June 25 to 27). The region’s active case count now sits at 65, an increase from 55 on June 21, reversing a nine-week downward trend in cases.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington County council has made official its support of Guelph’s plan to integrate the 230-acre Dolime quarry lands into the city’s boundary from Guelph/Eramosa.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Attainable housing is now a pressure point throughout the county, county councillors agree, with astronomical housing prices making single-family dwellings unattainable for most.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - Dr. Nicola Mercer’s praise of the local rollout of vaccines was followed up with caution and a plea for parents to vaccinate their children as she led off Wellington County council’s June 24 meeting.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – On a Wednesday each month, the Wellington OPP traffic management unit (TMU) blitzes a community, based on concerns called in, reports over social media or feedback from municipal councillors along with data collected from “Blackcat” radars.

WELLINGTON COUNTY –  In 2015, when Crime Stoppers Guelph Wellington launched its human trafficking campaign at Stone Road mall, the idea of such a monstrous activity happening in Wellington County was too much for some to wrap their heads around.

WELLINGTON COUNTY –  After 33 years in uniform working hundreds of cases across the province through a climb up the ranks of the OPP, Bruce Aitken, now a Wellington OPP staff sergeant, says he’s ready to hand over the reins to someone else.

WELLINGTON COUNTY –  Carpeting the bark of trees on Jeff Stubbs’ property, voracious European gypsy moth caterpillars are making quick work of nibbling away poplar leaves, leaving the Erin resident worried about whether his trees will be able to take the abuse.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is turning up the heat on vaccine hesitancy in Wellington County.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Residents voiced concerns at a June 17 public meeting about speed management and diverting trucks through Alma along a county bypass around Fergus.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is reporting 21 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend (June 18 to 20). The region’s active case count now sits at 55, down from 71 on June 14, and the lowest it has been since early November.

GUELPH/ERAMOSA – A pit of contention over the years, Guelph/Eramosa is inching closer to waving goodbye to the 230-acre Dolime quarry lands bordered on three sides by the City of Guelph.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – A new commercial film policy will come before county council after the county’s information, heritage and seniors committee approved an amended film policy on June 9, outlining regulations and fee schedules for films to be shot on county property.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – During a June 9 meeting of the county’s social services committee, director of housing Mark Poste brought forward a plan which, if approved by council, could see WiFi hotspots installed throughout 17 affordable housing buildings in the county and nine in Guelph.