Patrick Raftis

MINTO – Council here got a pleasant surprise at its July 11 meeting when the tender for a culvert replacement project came in well under budget.

MINTO – Municipal staff members are preparing a report in response to a request from the Minto Pride committee seeking the town’s help in setting up more durable decorations during Pride Month.

MAPLETON – Township council has directed the municipality’s CAO to work with a consulting firm to pursue opportunities for funding from upper tiers of government.

GUELPH – With weekly curbside collection of waste returning to the downtown areas of Fergus and Elora, Wellington County officials note other member municipalities are free to request additional service if desired.

GUELPH – The initial funding that launched it is winding down, but the Our Food Future project will have lasting impacts and has attracted a global summit on circular economy to the Guelph and Wellington region.

GUELPH – Wellington County’s planning department is working on ways to proceed with policy development despite looming changes to provincial planning policy.

HARRISTON – The Minto community came together to celebrate diversity and take a stand against intolerance here on June 28. 

GUELPH - An overwhelming majority of residents, 96 per cent, rate the quality of life in the County of Wellington as either “very good” or “good” according to a Citizen Satisfaction Survey conducted for the county by Ipsos Canada.

GUELPH – Housing, critical services, sound decision making and valuing staff are key priority areas identified in the County of Wellington’s updated strategic action plan.

FERGUS – About 40 people were on hand at Pierpoint Park last Saturday for a celebration of the “significance and uniqueness” of the parkland to the local community.

MINTO – Four years after the abduction and death of a Kitchener man, the OPP continues to investigate the incident as a homicide and is asking the public for assistance.

MINTO – No objections were presented at a recent public meeting on a proposed site-specific rezoning to allow a kennel on a rural property here.

MINTO – Some local residents raised concerns about the potential impact of locating a truck and heavy equipment sales business near their residential properties at a public meeting here on June 20.

MINTO – Council here has approved an agreement to share the services of a bylaw enforcement officer with the Township of Mapleton.

MAPLETON – Township council has agreed to cover a shortfall in funding for the Optimist Club of Alma incurred through operating the local community centre.