MAPLETON – Local residents should get their cameras ready because the Mapleton Township Photo Contest is back.
Community News
Abbas Wahab and Friends show brings comedy to Crown Harriston
HARRISTON – The Crown Harrison Cultural Centre is offering an evening of comedy on April 15.
Shaun Majumder brings comedy act to Town Hall Theatre
HARRISTON – Comedian Shaun Majumder is bringing The Love Tour to the Harriston Town Hall Theatre on March 25.
Minto plans volunteer appreciation dinner
MINTO – The Town of Minto is planning to host a volunteer appreciation dinner on April 19.
Minto Farmers Market seeks vendors
PALMERSTON – The Minto Farmers Market is seeking vendors as it gears up for the seasonal grand opening.
Warden’s caucus calls on province to work with municipalities on housing
LONDON – The Western Ontario Wardens’ Caucus (WOWC) joined the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) in calling on the Province of Ontario to work collaboratively with municipalities on efforts to increase the supply of housing, and to tackle the growing homelessness crisis in Ontario.
Brown’s new book helps moms ‘worry less and live more’
MAPLETON – Instead of worrying what may go wrong, Alison Brown has learned to ask “What if this goes great? What if the best is yet to come?”
Council supports severance applications to create six new homes in Mount Forest
KENILWORTH – Six new single detached homes are being proposed for largely vacant land at 645 Martin Street in southwest Mount Forest, near the Louise Marshall Hospital.
Council requires tree compensation plan for severance proposal
MAPLETON – Township council has attached a condition requiring development of a tree compensation plan to its support of a severance and lot line adjustment required to facilitate expansion of a local business.
Soleki first 2023 Hawk’s Nest investor
NEUSDADT – The Bruce Community Futures Development Corporation (Bruce CFDC) and Saugeen Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) have announced Tony Solecki, President of Caframo Ltd. is one of the investors for the Hawks’ Nest a Dragons’ Den-inspired competition.
Horticultural society hosting festival, Garden of Month program
HARRISTON – The Harriston and District Horticultural Society met at the train station here on March 15 for its first in-person meeting of the year.
Mount Forest teen dead, two others injured following single-vehicle crash
MAPLETON – A Mount Forest teenager is dead and two other teens are seriously injured following a single-vehicle crash here on Sunday night. Emergency crews were called to the scene, on Wellington Road 12 in Mapleton Township, on March 19 at about 11:50pm.
Township issues building code order to Arthur Green Developments
ARTHUR - Wellington North has issued a compliance order to a Caledon-based developer adding 11 new rental apartments to the Sussman’s building at 143 George Street.
Farmers Plus in Arthur closing after almost 10 years in business
ARTHUR – The Farmers Plus on Smith Street in Arthur is closing its doors after nearly a decade serving the farming community in Wellington North.
Local ‘butter tart queen’ wins Ontario title
DRAYTON – The Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies has named Helen Moffat this year’s Reserve Butter Tart Champion.