Community News

KENILWORTH - Annual road repaving work in Wellington North has been awarded to E.C. King Contracting (Miller Paving) for a pre-tax cost of $1.37 million. The estimated cost for taxpayers is $1.53 million, once taxes and rural pulverizing and additional gravel are considered.

MOUNT FOREST – A local teenager has been charged with arson in connection with one of several suspicious fires here earlier this month.

MAPLETON – Township council has agreed to cover a shortfall in funding for the Optimist Club of Alma incurred through operating the local community centre.

MOUNT FOREST – It was shortly after 3am on a recent Sunday when a Mount Forest family awoke to find a shed and car on fire at their Cork Street home.

KENILWORTH – Wellington North Fire Service data shows volunteer firefighters responded to more calls last year than in 2021. The rise in call volume wasn't because of more fires, but more medical-related calls, according to the data.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington County fire departments have lifted a partial fire ban in the municipalities of Minto, Mapleton, Wellington North, Centre Wellington, Erin, Puslinch and Guelph/Eramosa.

MINTO – A province-wide performing arts symposium will be held in this community next spring. 

MAPLETON – The 20th annual Palmerston District Hospital Foundation (PDHF) Starlight Gala raised more than $300,000 toward the equipment needs of the local hospital.

KENILWORTH - Minimum distance separation requirements and concerns about future agriculture development kept Wellington North council from allowing a conditional farmland severance to proceed.

MAPLETON – This township’s Senior of the Year has been “an avid contributor” to the local community for over 45 years, says Mayor Gregg Davidson.

MAPLETON – Electric vehicle drivers can now charge up in Mapleton at four new Level 2 electric vehicle charging stations throughout the municipality.

MOOREFIELD – The Moorefield Athletic Association recognized a century of making the community the local destination for a good, old-fashioned ball game.

MAPLETON – A local youth has just achieved the top honour in high school track and field.   Mapleton resident Joel Rumph won the gold medal in Junior boys high jump at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) championships in Ottawa on June 9.   

ARTHUR – Arthur Minor Softball has received sponsorship donations from Arthur Opti-Mrs, Arthur 2nd Look and the Arthur Lions Club.