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ERIN – Officials here will be spending about $20,000 on what they are calling a "brand refresh" for the town. The municipality announced the project in a press release on Sept. 4.

MINTO ­– No one was hurt as a result of an agricultural fire between Palmerston and Harriston on Sept. 5.

MOUNT FOREST – According to a hospital Facebook post, the department will close on Sept. 6 (Friday) at 3pm and reopen on Sept. 7 (Saturday) at 7am.

WELLINGTON NORTH – No people were injured but 1,600 pigs died in a barn fire on Labour Day near Derrynane.

FERGUS – The Wellington Advertiser's website appears to be back up and running as normal after a couple days of service interruptions.

ELORA – Riverfest Elora and Team Addy will host A Concert with Addy-tude, a special fundraising event to honour the life and spirit of Addison (Addy) Hill. 

DRAYTON – Trees for Mapleton marked the completion of the W. Paul Day Forest project with a tree-planting ceremony on Aug. 31 at Drayton's Riverside Park.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Warden Andy Lennox returned from the 2024 Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference in Ottawa with a revelation about housing growth: “It’s become clear to me that we in rural Ontario are not getting the credit we deserve for building housing in our communities.”

ELORA – The granddaughter of an Elora man whose motorized scooter was written off after a collision with a pickup truck is hoping the community will support a GoFundMe campaign to get him a new one.

GUELPH – Wellington County’s paramedics are getting the funding they need to ensure there is a nurse to help offload patients when they arrive at Guelph General Hospital.

KENILWORTH – Wellington North council is helping to ensure the Lynes Blacksmith Shop gets its new roof as planned this fall by approving an interest-free loan for the project.

Elora’s Bissell Park was filled with community spirit and cultural celebration during CW Fun Day, organized by the Centre Wellington Black Committee, on Sept. 1.

ERIN – Council here has approved a new program and policy to recognize the “historical significance” of properties in town. 

GUELPH – A new bylaw, which is set to go into effect on Oct. 1 after final adoption on Sept. 10, regulates where and when “temporary structures” are permitted on city property. 

WELLINGTON COUNTY – There have been 33 confirmed cases of whooping cough so far in Wellington, Dufferin and Guelph this year, according to the local public health authority.