Centre Wellington

ELORA – Tree Trust, a program of the Elora Environment Centre, has hired Braedon Witt as its program manager. 

FERGUS - Every year around Jan. 25, the famous Scottish Poet Robbie Burns’ life is celebrated.

FERGUS – Meadows Music Festival will be returning to the Centre Wellington Sportsplex on May 31 and June 1 for its second year.

ELORA – Kristy Hillis and Don Kogan are continuing with their plan to beautify downtown Elora. On Jan. 29, Centre Wellington council agreed to sell Francis Lane to Kat Florence Corp. Ltd., Hillis’ business, for $160,000 to create a pedestrian walkway.

FERGUS – A group of parents in Centre Wellington is banding together to form a local chapter of the Block Parent Program of Canada. 

ELORA – Mayor Shawn Watters worked hard at the Jan. 29 council meeting to convince his fellow councillors to approve his motion. Watters wanted to direct township staff to collect information and identify the needs and challenges of establishing a childcare centre in Belwood.

FERGUS – Centre Wellington council voted on Jan. 29 to declare Strathallan Park surplus property and sell it to the Wellington Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) to facilitate construction of a new school.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Local police are looking for the public's help to identify those responsible for two recent thefts in the township.