Community News

DRAYTON – Area residents will come together once again to help the Terry Fox Foundation fight cancer.

HARRISTON - Rehearsals for the Grey Wellington Theatre Guild’s fall musical production 12 Days ‘Till Christmas got underway on Sept. 5.

PALMERSTON – A special tree was dedicated on Sept. 1 in Palmerston Lions Heritage Park in memory of the railroad families who embraced Palmerston as a railroad community.

PALMERSTON – The Palmerston Railway Heritage Museum recently received a monetary donation from the late Dr. Ronald Horning, a former resident of Palmerston and successful Chicago veterinarian, to honour his cousin, Susan Welsh of Palmerston. 

PALMERSTON - All Aboard Palmerston is bringing a new twist to its annual September Tiny Trains event. 

HARRISTON – The Larry Mercey Trio and Leo Stock will perform at a fundraising concert in support of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank hosted by the Harriston Foodgrains Growing Project.

ARTHUR – Local agriculture and rural lifestyle were on display at the Arthur Fall Fair last weekend, Sept. 7 to 10.

KENILWORTH – Wellington North staff are reallocating previously budgeted tax dollars and withdrawing from a township reserve to cover expected buget overruns.

MINTO – Town council has approved an agreement to sell a 3.83-acre lot in the Palmerston Industrial Park to a local developer with plans to develop a business condominium complex.

MINTO – A plan to more than double the density of a proposed subdivision in Palmerston was presented at a public meeting here on Sept. 5.

MINTO – The driver of a vehicle involved in a serious single-vehicle crash here last week has died.

MOUNT FOREST – For the second time in as many weeks the emergency department at Louise Marshall Hospital here will be closed this weekend.

HARRISTON – A local driver has been charged after a commercial truck caused extensive damage on a private property here, narrowly missing a house.

PALMERSTON – A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Palmerston and District Hospital. Officials say two inpatients and five staff at the hospital have tested positive for the virus.