Student art – Art students at Wellington Heights Secondary School and teacher Nichola McEwan coordinated an art exhibition entitled Running With Scissors at Hybrid Hair and Detox Spa (183 Main Street) in Mount Forest.
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CSGW mulch sale on May 13
MOUNT FOREST – Bags of mulch will be sold at Young’s Home Hardware (525 Main Street North) for $6 per bag on May 13.
May is declared Lions Month in Mount Forest
Lions Month – Wellington North council has declared May “Lions Month” in honour of the Mount Forest Lions Club’s 85th anniversary. Wellington North Mayor Andy Lennox, front, third from right, joined club members in raising the Lions Club flag at the Mount Forest Museum and Archives on May 1.
Council votes to officially decommission Lion Roy Grant pool
KENILWORTH – Wellington North staff are looking into how much decommissioning the Lion Roy Grant pool and rehabilitating the property will cost the township.
Township grants businesses $3,700 for building improvements
KENILWORTH – Main Street businesses The Imagination Space, a boutique store and play area, and The Tipsy Fox, a new pub, in downtown Mount Forest have been granted a total of $3,700 from Wellington North’s Community Improvement Program.
Lions raise $5,270 for mental health initiatives
MOUNT FOREST – The Mount Forest Lions Club is thanking the community for its support of the club’s March 29 food gift card raffle for mental health.
Recover Canada selected as wining charity by 100 Women Who Care Rural Wellington
Showing they care – At the March meeting of 100 Women Who Care Rural Wellington (100WWCRW) Recovery Canada was selected as the winning charity.
New store donates to Get in Touch for Hutch
Worthy cause – Mryna Hutchison accepts a $500 donation from Arthur Ace Hardware co-owner Barrie Eidt at the store’s grand opening celebration on April 29. Hutchison heads up Get In Touch For Hutch, a charity focused on ending stigma surrounding mental health issues.
Drug strategy groups release data sheets highlighting drug poisoning crisis
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Drug strategy officials here have released a set of fact sheets in an effort to address the ongoing drug poisoning crisis that's taking a toll on the local community and across Ontario.
Arthur resident facing, drug, theft, forcible confinement charges
ARTHUR – An Arthur man is facing drug, theft and forcible confinement charges in connection with two separate incidents this week.