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ELORA – It will cost $2 million to replace the Middlebrook Bridge for pedestrian use and $600,000 to remove it. Council heard the updated figures at its Oct. 30 meeting.

ABOYNE – Monday’s weather would pale in comparison to the conditions suffered by the men and women who served in the First and Second World Wars, but it was enough to chase a remembrance ceremony inside of the Wellington County Museum and Archives.

HARRISTON – Four people are facing numerous charges after an attempted break-in at a home here last week. Police “located the suspects and seized a firearm,” police stated in a Nov. 6 press release, noting four people were arrested and held for bail court.

ELORA – Centre Wellington councillors are thus far uneasy about agreeing to a resolution in support of Aypa Power’s bid to open a battery storage facility in the south end of Fergus.

FERGUS – The Fergus Tennis Club needs more space and wants to partner with Centre Wellington to create a five-court, domed facility at a new location.

ELORA – Council is deciding whether to scrap its monthly committee of the whole meetings and have two council meetings a month instead.  But it did agree to a policy on hybrid meetings.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Wellington OPP investigated an early-morning rollover at Wellington Road 18 and Fourth Line near Belwood on Nov. 2. The road has since been reopened.

FERGUS – A 67-year-old Fergus man has been arrested in connection with a child sexual exploitation and luring investigation that lasted four days in September.

MOOREFIELD - Mapleton fire rescue Moorefield station recently donated another $5,100 to Muscular Dystrophy Canada.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Radon is a colourless, odourless gas present in many homes. The naturally occuring radioactive gas is is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers, and testing is the only way to measure the presence of radon inside a home.`

PUSLINCH – The Township of Puslinch is rehabilitating part of Leslie Road West with support from the Canada Community-Building Fund. 

PUSLINCH – The condomimium corporation that operates Mini Lakes in Puslinch, now the Wellington Common Elements Condominium Corporation #214, has promised the township it is working towards getting its wastewater treatment plant into compliance.

PUSLINCH – Presented with a preliminary tax-supported capital budget of $1.5 million in 2024, representing a 3.78 increase to the tax levy, Puslinch council tried to pay for projects from different funds and postpone some projects to keep tax increases down. 

Spooky Stables at the Grand River Raceway in Elora on Oct. 28

ABERFOYLE – Construction of the pad for a telecommunications tower began here late last year, seemingly without prior consultation with the public or  the Township of Puslinch.