Wellington North

MOUNT FOREST – The first Wellington North Farmers Market of the season was held on June 17 in Mount Forest.

KENILWORTH - Annual road repaving work in Wellington North has been awarded to E.C. King Contracting (Miller Paving) for a pre-tax cost of $1.37 million. The estimated cost for taxpayers is $1.53 million, once taxes and rural pulverizing and additional gravel are considered.

ERIN - The Town of Erin's finance director presented council with a $545,405 operating budget surplus at a June 8 meeting. Council voted to spread the surplus across economic development, heritage, and tax stabilization reserve funds.

MOUNT FOREST – A local teenager has been charged with arson in connection with one of several suspicious fires here earlier this month.

MOUNT FOREST – It was shortly after 3am on a recent Sunday when a Mount Forest family awoke to find a shed and car on fire at their Cork Street home.

KENILWORTH – Wellington North Fire Service data shows volunteer firefighters responded to more calls last year than in 2021. The rise in call volume wasn't because of more fires, but more medical-related calls, according to the data.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington County fire departments have lifted a partial fire ban in the municipalities of Minto, Mapleton, Wellington North, Centre Wellington, Erin, Puslinch and Guelph/Eramosa.

KENILWORTH - Minimum distance separation requirements and concerns about future agriculture development kept Wellington North council from allowing a conditional farmland severance to proceed.

MOUNT FOREST – Community gardens aren’t new anymore but take a minute to check out what’s going on in Mount Forest.

ARTHUR – Arthur Minor Softball has received sponsorship donations from Arthur Opti-Mrs, Arthur 2nd Look and the Arthur Lions Club.