Community News

MAPLETON – A proposal that would have seen the township outsource construction and operation of municipal water and wastewater infrastructure has been scrapped and council will instead look at borrowing against its own reserves to finance the project.

WELLINGTON NORTH – Councillors here are considering changes to the township’s procedural bylaw to allow council to maintain the option of continuing with electronic meetings.

DRAYTON - 2020 has been full of changes, and  the Drayton Terry Fox Run is no exception.

MINTO – The business count in town is on the rise. With numerous new business openings in recent weeks, local officials have been busy attending grand openings in Clifford, Harriston and Palmerston.

WELLINGTON NORTH – A bylaw authorizing a zoning amendment to permit a six-unit townhouse development on Cork Street in Mount Forest will be considered at the next township council meeting on Aug. 10.

DRAYTON – Small-town fairs are a traditional source of small-town fun, but the fair won’t be happening this year in Drayton, not unlike many other towns in the province. 

Made for shade – Members of the Harriston Kinsmen Club completed work on a new pergola at…

New swings in Alma – A new swing set in Alma’s Wallace Cumming Park is now in use. The…

WELLINGTON NORTH – Wellington North council will ask the county to waive tipping fees for township residents for yard and garden waste brought to the Riverstown Landfill Site.

MAPLETON - A 13-year-old girl is dead after being hit by a boat on Conestogo Lake on Sunday afternoon.

TORONTO - The Advertiser won first place in the general excellence category (circulation between 22,500 and 44,999) at the annual Ontario Community Newspapers Association awards.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases for the region has been holding steady at 510 since July 16, according data provided on the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health website on July 21.