Community News

WELLINGTON NORTH – As the weather turns colder in the coming months, it is important to remember the threat of residential fires. 

MAPLETON – The fifth annual Moorefield Optimists’ Grass Drags, held on Sept. 28 at Driscoll Farms, included race categories for all ages.   

WELLINGTON NORTH – Wellington North deputy fire chief Marco Guidotti warns e-bike users against battery modifications. He says modifying these batteries can have dangerous consequences.

PALMERSTON – On Sept. 26 at the Palmerston Railway Heritage Museum, Perth Wellington MPP Mathew Rae announced over $307,000 in Rural Economic Development funding for seven projects across Perth-Wellington. 

DRAYTON – Almost 150 years have passed since Drayton was incorporated as a village, and a committee of community members has some big plans underway to celebrate next year.

LISTOWEL – Perth-Wellington MP John Nater presented King Charles III Coronation Medals to 20 residents from Perth County and northern Wellington County at the Listowel Legion on Sept. 29.

MOUNT FOREST – Wellington North is surveying residents to find out how they want John Street to look before settling on a final design for reconstruction of the roadway.

MINTO – Council here has approved a $6,000 in-kind sponsorship of a youth curling tournament next spring.

MOUNT FOREST – A large crowd gathered behind the post office here on Sept. 21 to celebrate the town’s first ever Tree of the Year, an Amur cork tree. 

ARTHUR– The U11 Arthur Twisters (White) girls softball team recently added another victory to their season – this time at the Arthur Fall Fair parade.

MINTO – Minto treasurer Gordon Duff, centre, was awarded the Suzanna Dieleman award at the Municipal Finance Officers’ Association (MFOA) meeting earlier this month.