Important visitor – The Signer Family, its younger members sporting Santa hats, was among those…
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Optimist Club of Moorefield and Hensall Co-op teamed up for the Santa parade in reverse
Reverse parade – The Optimist Club of Moorefield and Hensall Co-op (Drayton location) teamed…
Waste depot in Rothsay for December
MAPLETON – The County of Wellington’s Mobile Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Depot has moved…
Mapleton Township proposing 2% reduction in 2021 taxes
MAPLETON – Officials here are forecasting a 2.17 per cent reduction in municipal taxes next year, based on the second year of a multi-year budget.
Temporary traffic lights should be installed by spring
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Temporary traffic light systems are expected to be operating at three intersections in the county by spring.
Classy Farmer brings farmers’ market to your doorstep
DRAYTON - At the beginning of the pandemic, when lineups outside grocery stores were long and public health was recommending just one person per household attend the grocery store, Nadia Sommerville found herself travelling from farm to farm to buy her groceries.
Funeral director: proposed price hike for Mapleton cemetery plots is too high
MAPLETON – Ken Thompson of Heritage Funeral Homes Inc. asked Mapleton council to rethink a proposal to increase plot charges at Mapleton-owned cemeteries.
Health Professional Recruitment Committee searching for new family physician
MAPLETON – The Minto-Mapleton Health Professional Recruitment Committee is on the hunt for a new physician in the area.
New reporting shows concentration of COVID-19 cases in north Wellington
WELLINGTON COUNTY – On Dec. 1, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health's (WDGPH) online COVID-19 dashboard showed about three quarters of the county's cases are in Wellington North, Mapleton and Minto.
Old Order Mennonites feel ‘persecuted’ by orders that closed schools, churches
NORTH WELLINGTON – Members of the Old Order Mennonite community in northern Wellington County feel “persecuted” by Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH), which ordered their schools and churches closed on Nov. 12.