Puslinch

WELLINGTON COUNTY – As of July 1, the Blue Box Program in Ontario will no longer be the county’s responsibility.  

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The number of local municipal employees paid over $100,000 per year went up by 38 per cent last year. The salaries were published by the province as part of the Public Sector Salary Disclosure List.

PUSLINCH – ­Councillors here have learned it’s complicated to switch from the provincial offences system to an administrative monetary penalty system, but they remain convinced the effort will be worth the savings in both time and money. 

GUELPH – On March 27, county council voted 9–7 to reject larger signs for the automated speed enforcement pilot program, which to date has generated $1.18 million in gross revenue.

PUSLINCH – While they appreciate the “break” from construction mayhem after a year of traffic detour mayhem, residents on Sideroad 10 South in Puslinch want the township to pave the road as soon as possible. 

PUSLINCH – Puslinch councillors and the mayor were paid a total of $147,196 in 2024 in honorariums, benefits and expenses.

GUELPH – The trial for a Puslinch man who pleaded not guilty to sexual assault and gross indecency charges is set to continue at least until July.  

PUSLINCH – On Sept. 8, 2023, “a deceased individual was located in a blue sedan along Wellington Road 34,” Wellington County OPP officials stated in a press release at the time.

GUELPH – A Puslinch man has pleaded not guilty to two counts of gross indecency and four counts of sexual assault in connection with multiple incidents between 1986 and 1991 involving two victims.

PUSLINCH – The University of Guelph is coming under fire in Puslinch for the way it has managed its Mill Creek aggregate pit it. Opponents say the university has stretched extraction of the pit to its limits and has disregarded promises made to the community. The university denies those claims.