MINTO – Council here has passed a resolution indicating the town’s support for plans by NRStor Inc. to upgrade its groundbreaking energy storage facility in Harriston.
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Centre seeks support for position to help keep seniors connected
MINTO – The local Seniors Centre for Excellence (SCE) is seeking financial support to continue funding the centre’s ACE (Active, Connected, Engaged) coordinator position.
Harriston Legion Ladies Auxiliary recognized
Auxiliary honours – Harriston Legion Ladies Auxiliary members Fran Rogers and Myrtle Gilbert…
County approves citizen appointment to board of health
FERGUS – Wellington County council has appointed former Minto mayor George Bridge as one of the county’s three representatives on the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health.
Total OCIF funding for county municipalities to rise slightly in 2023
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The combined Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF) allocation for Wellington County municipalities will rise by just over $30,000 next year.
MRI machine coming to Palmerston and District Hospital
PALMERSTON – A new MRI machine is coming to Palmerston and District Hospital, which officials say will help reduce wait times, eliminate the need to travel for the service and alleviate pressure on other hospitals.
Town of Minto plans Fire and Ice New Year’s Eve celebration
PALMERSTON – The Town of Minto, Minto Fire Department, and All Aboard Palmerston, are bringing back it’s annual Family New Year’s Eve event, Fire and Ice, which will be held at the Palmerston Arena from 6 to 8pm on Dec. 31.
SE health showcases services to MPP
PALMERSTON – SE Health, a national not-for-profit social enterprise, recently hosted Perth-Wellington MPP Matthew Rae at the Minto Rural Health Clinic and Minto-Clifford Public School to highlight the critical community health services SE Health provides to Minto residents.
Union Civil War veterans homesteaded in Minto
Thanks to the biography that “Tot” Whitten Tate wrote about her mother, Rachel Marion Gibson Whitten, we now know a relatively detailed history of our Gibson family.
Stop 23 honours donation pledge to Palmerston and District Hospital Foundation
Platinum sponsor – Santa came a little early to the Palmerston and District Hospital Foundation, when foundation development officer Dale Franklin stopped in to see the folks at Stop 23 in Listowel.