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WELLINGTON COUNTY – As the county continues to work on its rollout of automated speed enforcement, the areas around eight schools are being added to the list of locations designated as “community safety zones.”

FERGUS – Centre Wellington organizations are coming together to show the community what supports are available and to provide resources through a collaborative event.

ELORA – Moloks will not be installed at the site of new public washrooms in downtown Elora after all. 

ARTHUR – The 19th annual Warden’s Tree Planting, organized by the county’s Green Legacy program, saw approximately 900 trees and shrubs of 36 different varieties planted over the course of a couple of hours on Oct. 2.

ERIN – Police say they hope to find and identify the owners of two "suspicious motor vehicles believed to be linked to the investigation": a 2023 black Honda CRV EX-L and a grey "Land Rover-type" vehicle.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Participants from the supportive arts program joined Centre Wellington Mayor Shawn Watters and Elora Centre for the Arts board members, volunteers and staff at the official groundbreaking for a new 3,500-square-foot addition to the facility on Oct. 24.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Centre Wellington will put a pause on the idea of paid parking in downtown Fergus and Elora for 2025. And the township will commence the process to move from the provincial offences model to administrative monetary penalty system (AMP) when it comes to parking tickets.

MAPLETON – Council here has directed staff to see if there is public interest in becoming 'a willing host' for wind turbines. A company has proposed erecting up to 20 turbines in the township.

ABERFOYLE – Puslinch council has agreed to fund a safety study at Boreham Park at the urging of the ad hoc group Concerned Residents of Puslinch. But this will be the last study of Boreham Park, depending on the outcome of the study, Mayor James Seeley said at the Sept. 25 meeting.

MOUNT FOREST – A local woman is turning to the community for support in the wake of an accident involving her son during the Mount Forest Fireworks Festival.

GUELPH – People marched through Guelph on Sept. 29 in an effort to push for answers about how 36-year-old Nathaniel Schofield died in OPP custody on July 10.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Elora and Fergus are calling all ghouls, ghosts and monsters to celebrate the month of October with Sensational Elora’s Monster Month.

BELWOOD – The Fieldstone Barn and Farm marked one of many Fall Rural Romp Locations on Sept. 28, featuring a large sunflower field, photo props, an on site store and sitting area as well a few special guest alpacas from Harmony Meadows Alpaca Farm in Belwood.

FERGUS – The Centre Wellington District High School junior and senior boys soccer teams are off to good starts.