Late night sip and shop – The Fergus BIA Late Night Sip and Shop ran four nights, on Nov. 24 and…
Centre Wellington
Preliminary budget draft projects 3.8% increase in county tax rate
GUELPH – A preliminary draft of the 2023 county budget and 10-year plan includes a proposed 3.8 per cent increase in the tax rate next year. However, some members of Wellington County council are pushing for a lower rate hike.
Total OMPF allocation to Wellington County municipalities down $109,000 in 2023
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF) allocations to local municipalities will decrease by a combined total of just over $100,000 next year.
COVID-19 assessment centre in Fergus permanently closed
FERGUS – The COVID-19 assessment centre in the old Groves hospital in Fergus is now permanently closed. The centre, which opened in August of 2020, was shut down on Dec. 1.
Elora writer Sky Hammond gets big break from ‘tiny stories’
ELORA – It will take longer to tell the tale of Sky Hammond’s 'Big Book of Teeny Tiny Stories' than to actually read it. Hammond’s stories – just four simple lines – have become a book and now and TV series.
Police beat: Stolen motorcycles
GUELPH/ERAMOSA – On Nov. 15 at about 3:15am, Wellington County OPP officers responded to a…
Elora man holding mini food drive
ELORA – John Schenk decided it was time to give back to the community that has allowed him to live a good, happy 80 years of life.
Santa hitting the streets of Fergus on Dec. 3
FERGUS – The family of service clubs in Fergus is hosting this year’s Santa Claus parade with the theme “A Family Christmas.”
Printmaker incorporates artifacts into new exhibition
ELORA - Guelph artist and printmaker Carolyn Riddell muses and makes work about place and memory. Her new solo exhibition at the Elora Centre for the Arts, Common Threads: A Printmaker’s Portal reveals a reverence for the history of things, and the stories they tell.
Christmas comes early to county museum
ABOYNE – The Wellington County Museum and Archives welcomed residents and visitors to the second annual Christmas Market on Nov. 25 and 26.