ELORA – It will cost about $1 million over five years to eradicate the termite problem in Centre Wellington and after budgeting just $60,000 annually, that price tag caught Centre Wellington council by surprise at its Committee of the Whole meeting on May 17.
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Riverfest Elora cancelled again due to COVID-19 pandemic
ELORA – The 12th festival, originally scheduled for Aug. 20 to 22, is being rescheduled to next August. The festival will honour tickets already purchased for the 2020 or 2021 festivals in 2022.
Four suspects charged in connection with armed robbery
CENTRE WELLINGTON – A local teenager and three adults have been charged in connection with an armed robbery at a home here on the weekend.
Local basketball star receives NCAA Division I scholarship
FERGUS - Brock Newton of Fergus recently signed an NCAA Division I Basketball Scholarship with Bucknell University.
OPP respond to early morning robbery
CENTRE WELLINGTON - On May 15, at approximately 5:00am, Wellington County OPP responded to a report of an armed robbery at a residence on Sideroad 15 near Wellington Road 19, Centre Wellington Township.
CWDHS students reach national finals in cybersecurity competition
CENTRE WELLINGTON - Two teams of students from Centre Wellington District High School (CWDHS) have advanced to the national finals of the 2021 CyberTitan IV National Finals, a virtual cybersecurity competition.
Council will look at termites and St. David Street North reconstruction project on Monday
ELORA – Centre Wellington council will take a look at termites and the St. David Street reconstruction project in Fergus, among other matters, at its committee of the whole meeting on May 17.
County shifts committee responsibility for Continuum of Care
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Responsibility for accessing upper tier funding for Wellington County’s proposed Continuum of Care seniors community project has been switched from the county’s information, heritage and seniors (IHS) committee to administration, finance and human resources (AFHR).
After almost 50 years, doctor Alan Simpson is retiring from the medical community
CENTRE WELLINGTON – If you were Alan Simpson’s patient, he likely saw you in the office, maybe he’d even see you in the emergency room when you were really sick, or he assisted in the operating room when you had your appendix out or maybe he delivered your baby.
CW holds education session on procedural bylaw for community
ELORA – If anything was learned Monday night, it’s that an updated procedural bylaw will not cure all that ails Centre Wellington township council.