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CENTRE WELLINGTON – The 47th annual Car Show at the Wellington County Museum and Archives on Aug. 27 was a popular event.

MAPLETON – Joel Rumph competed in the Canadian National Track and Field Championships in Sherbrooke, Quebec with the Laurel Creek Track Club from Aug. 11 to 13, where he represented Ontario in high jump.

ELORA – Addison Hill had a sharp wit, an enduring smile and a never-give-up attitude. And those are the qualities that will be celebrated on Sept. 23 as Team Addy hosts 'A Concert with Addy-tude.'

HARRISTON – Many residents here were shocked recently to see a pig roaming the streets after it escaped a Durham-area farmer at Harriston Meat Packers on Aug. 14.

FERGUS – Industrial lots in the North Fergus Business Park will go for $450,000 per acre. That’s competitive pricing, Centre Wellington's manager of economic development George Borovilos told council on Aug. 28.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - Observed annually in September, National Trucking Week is a dedicated occasion that underscores the significance of Canada’s trucking industry. 

WELLINGTON NORTH – About 200 cattle died in a barn fire south of Conn on Saturday afternoon and damages are estimated in the millions of dollars.

PUSLINCH – Puslinch council is losing patience with CBM Aggregates, the owner and operator of the Roszell Pit.

FERGUS - The Centre Wellington District High School technology teacher who has led numerous CyberTitan teams to victory, recently won a few awards himself.

GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Garin Dunton played for Team Ontario this summer, and the team won first place in the U13 National Lacrosse Championship.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - A new $1.2 billion fund to support the creation of new housing in Ontario is unlikely to provide much of a boost to Wellington County municipalities, says Warden Andy Lennox.

BRUCEDALE – Fire fighters with the Guelph Eramosa Fire Department responded to 53 calls between May 1 and July 31.  Most calls were for medical issues.