Community News

ALMA - The Alma Optimist Club is hosting a candidates evening for all municipal election candidates for the Township of Mapleton on Oct. 6.

MAPLETON – Township finances are trending toward a deficit position for 2022 according to a budget variance report presented at the Sept. 13 council meeting.

MOUNT FOREST - In 2020, the old Mount Royal Hotel building came under new ownership and the restaurant within changed names to the Mount Forest Tavern. A little over two years later, the iconic restaurant was shut down and the building sold once again.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Despite recent rain, Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) officials are urging area residents to continue reducing water consumption by 20 per cent.

The 166th Arthur Fall Fair ran on the grounds of the Arthur and Area Community Centre from Sept. 8 to 11, inviting residents to celebrate community and agriculture.

ARTHUR – Kelsey Lennox has been crowned the 2022-23 Arthur Fall Fair ambassador. 

Among my favorite movies is The Butterfly Effect. The 2004 film features Ashton Kutcher as a troubled time traveller who discovers, to his chagrin, that attempts to correct mistakes in the past can generate unintended consequences for the future. 

WELLINGTON COUNTY - After two years of being held virtually, the in-person Drayton Terry Fox Run is back on.

HARRISTON – The Harriston Kinsmen are hosting the Minto Tuff Truck 2022 fall event on Oct. 1 at the Harriston arena fair grounds. 

Kinsmen contribution – The Drayton Kinsmen Club recently donated $2,800 to the Palmerston and…

GUELPH – The Legal Clinic of Guelph and Wellington is celebrating its 20-year anniversary with events in Guelph and Arthur.

PALMERSTON - All Aboard Palmerston is bringing a new twist to the group’s annual September Tiny Trains event.

MOUNT FOREST -The 18th annual Mary Lynne Forrest Golf Tournament, held each summer in support of North Wellington Health Care, raised nearly double its 2022 fundraising goal.