Egg Scramble – Jessica Cummings, left, helps her daughters Katiane and Kaylee with crafts at the…
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Eagles tribute headed to Drayton theatre
DRAYTON – The songs and sound of the legendary 1970s group the Eagles will be recreated as Friends of Drayton Festival Theatre present Take It Easy - The Ultimate Eagles Tribute for two performances only on April 15 at 2 and 7:30pm at the Drayton Festival Theatre.
Ian Bell to play Basement Café at Harriston library on April 21
HARRISTON – The Minto Arts Council’s next Basement Café concert will feature the multi-talented Ian Bell.
Egg hunt in Harriston
Egg hunters – Town of Minto Optimists held Easter egg hunts in Clifford, Harriston and Palmerston…
County hopes to find permanent funding for IMPACT team
GUELPH – County of Wellington officials are seeking funding to extend the local Integrated Mobile Police and Crisis Team (IMPACT).
Reflections: Greatest celebration
Holy week is past and the death and resurrection of Jesus was celebrated by Christians as the…
Lions Easter Egg Hunt draws crowd for family fun
Easter in the park – The second annual Mount Forest Lions’ Easter Egg Hunt was held on April 8 at Campbell DeVore Park.
Applications open for $2,500 scholarships for students with agriculture/rural focus
HENSALL – Hensall Co-op recently announced applications are open for its Bright Futures Scholarship.
Mount Forest woman charged in stabbing
MOUNT FOREST – A local woman has been charged in connection with a stabbing here last week that left one person with serious, non-life-threatening injuries.
Council voices support for Mount Forest subdivison
KENILWORTH – Council here has voiced its support for a revised draft plan related to a 141-dwelling subdivision planned for Mount Forest.
Council votes against winter burials at Mount Forest cemetery
KENILWORTH – Wellington North will not perform winter burials at the Mount Forest cemetery due to a lack of staffing and resources.
Township providing ‘critical’ support for health care recruitment efforts
KENILWORTH – A request to increase the amount of funding this year for physician and health care professional recruitment in Wellington North is being granted by council.
County investigating automated speed enforcement in safety zones
GUELPH – Wellington County continues to investigate the potential of automated speed enforcement (ASE) as a part of the solution to concerns about speeding around the county.
Sports-themed mural to adorn Harriston building
HARRISTON – A massive sports-themed mural on a downtown building here will be the Town of Minto’s latest public art project.
Minto backs call for municipalities to retain surplus proceeds from tax sales
MINTO – The Town of Minto has endorsed a resolution seeking to bring back legislation allowing a municipality to retain surplus proceeds from property subject to a tax sale.