Community News

CLIFFORD — Dr. Carrie Bridge, an astrophysicist and science system engineer at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Pasadena, California, has spent a lifetime trying to find out if there is life outside of earth.

Pie time – A soldout crowd was on hand for the Alma Optimist Club’s beef barbecue on July 29 at…

WELLINGTON NORTH – Eighty cattle were lost and a large dairy barn destroyed in a fire here on July 31. Firefighters were called around 2:05am and the barn was “fully engulfed” when they arrived.

DRAYTON – Mapleton council discussed the future of the outdoor hockey rink on the PMD arena grounds on July 12.

WELLINGTON NORTH – Three streets in an Arthur subdivision, located south of Domville Street and east of Preston Street North, will be named after area veterans.

MOUNT FOREST — The splash pad at the Mount Forest fairgrounds is being named the MacDonald – Schwindt Splash Pad in honour of two longtime Mount Forest Lions Club members. 

DRAYTON – Fair season in northern Wellington kicks off on Aug. 5 with the first full-scale Drayton Fair since 2019.

MAPLETON – Township council has agreed to a plan to share a chief building official with Guelph/Eramosa. In response to an inquiry from the Advertiser, Baron confirmed former CBO Patty Wright is no longer employed with the township as of May 16.

WELLINGTON COUNTY  – Saugeen Connects is running the Student Start-up Program for the third year this summer.

MAPLETON – A second person has succumbed to injuries sustained in a serious crash here on Monday.

School parade – Parading to the fairgrounds for the opening of the Harriston-Minto Fall Fair…