Centre Wellington

Community members in Wellington County will celebrate the summer solstice and Indigenous Peoples Day by planting traditional medicines in the Indigenous Gathering Circle in Aboyne. 

FERGUS – The playground equipment at Victoria Park here was to be removed on Thursday. The decision was made by Centre Wellington staff after the playground had to be "closed suddenly" last month "due to structural damage to the slide," states a June 13 press release from the township.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – The Cnossen family is preparing to serve up to 1,700 community members breakfast on its Holstein dairy farm on June 17. 

BELWOOD – Restoring a local landmark to a new purpose is taking more time and effort than Noah Klar and Jefferson Wilde originally thought. But their project to restore the old Belwood Schoolhouse, now called the Skol House, is advancing.

FERGUS – Emergency crews were notified of a gas leak on Millburn Boulevard, near the Burnside/Roberston intersection, at about 12:44pm on June 14.

FERGUS – The Fergus Curling Club (FCC) is hosting its first “ABC’s 4 FCC” Fundraiser beginning on June 21 from 5 to 9pm. 

ABOYNE – The second annual Wellington County Writers’ Festival took place at the Wellington County Museum and Archives on June 10.

CENTRE WELLINGTON - A group toured around 18 one-of-a-kind sculptures in Centre Wellington on June 11.