Mapleton

ALMA – Don’t drink liquids if you don’t know what they are.  Don’t walk behind or in front of a tractor that’s running without letting the driver know.  Never go in an area where grain is stored.

ALMA – Nick Grose brought out the big guns at the Wellington County Farm and Home Safety Association’s pancake breakfast on Saturday. Literally.

ALMA – Alma Optimists Club members are busy preparing for this weekend’s toy show and sale.

WELLINGTON NORTH – Members of the Arthur and Alma communities came out on March 3 to take part in Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Wellington’s Bowl for Kids Sake fundraiser.

MAPLETON – Officials here are upset the township’s latest application for Infrastructure Canada funding to upgrade the PMD Arena and Community Centre was rejected and are seeking to take their case directly to the minister in charge.

MAPLETON – Council here has agreed to share a fire services management team with two other north Wellington municipalities.

MAPLETON – Planning fees in the township will rise by about 17.3 per cent annually for the next three years, council has decided. While substantial, the increases are dramatically scaled down from those proposed in a recent consultant's report.