ERIN – The Erin Chamber of Commerce host a successful a Summer Jam celebration on June 24.
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Mount Forest Green Team conducting tree inventory
MOUNT FOREST – One might think that with ‘forest’ right in its name, the town of Mount Forest would be focused on protecting its trees – especially the trees that are more than 100 years old.
It smells amazing, can be used in food/craft projects – but how do you grow lavender successfully?
ERIN – Lavender is a Mediterranean mountain desert plant. So how can we grow it in Ontario?
Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy offers summer camp
WATERLOO – The Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy is offering four weeks of theatre training experiences designed provide youth a chance to learn life skills through arts education while having fun and meeting new friends.
Council approves four-storey apartment buildings in downtown Fergus, Elora
CENTRE WELLINGTON – The downtown areas in Fergus and Elora are about to grow "up." Council approved two zoning amendments at its June 26 meeting allowing four-storey apartment buildings to be constructed in the two downtown cores.
Michener fellowship will help Elora resident create media style guide on disabilities
A new media style guide, written by Alanna King and Sarah Trick, will increase accuracy, care and nuance of stories about disabled individuals and communities.
Investigators seeking tips on four-year-old homicide
MINTO – Four years after the abduction and death of a Kitchener man, the OPP continues to investigate the incident as a homicide and is asking the public for assistance.
CONTEST: Win 4 tickets to ‘Peter and the Wolf’ – 2023 Elora Festival Concert
Bring the whole family and join the KW Woodwind Quintet for one of music’s greatest stories, Peter and the Wolf, narrated by Elora Festival Artistic Director Mark Vuorinen.
Danchuk selected for U16 Ontario West women’s flag football team
ERIN – Andrea Danchuk, a grade eight student from Erin Public School, has been selected for the U16 Ontario West women’s flag football team.
Seven families displaced following Mount Forest apartment fire
MOUNT FOREST – Nobody was injured but seven of ten families living in an apartment complex here are displaced after a fire in the building late Friday night. The fire is not considered suspicious and the damage estimate is over $750,000.
Grade 8 students at Elora Public School holding car wash for Team Addy
ELORA – In their final good deed of the school year, Grade 8 students at Elora Public School are holding a car wash in support of Team Addy, which in turn will give those proceeds and more to Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children.
‘I just want to get to that finish line’: local woman completes Boston Marathon
WELLINGTON NORTH – Alyssa Culp never thought she would be pounding the pavement in the Boston Marathon, let alone that the milestone event would mark the Wellington North resident’s seventh marathon.
Council approves lot size exemption for kennel applicant
MINTO – No objections were presented at a recent public meeting on a proposed site-specific rezoning to allow a kennel on a rural property here.
Centre Wellington man facing multiple sexual assault charges
CENTRE WELLINGTON – A local man has been charged with four counts of sexual assault in connection with incidents that occurred between 2021 and 2023.
Residents raise concerns about additional industrial uses on Palmerston property
MINTO – Some local residents raised concerns about the potential impact of locating a truck and heavy equipment sales business near their residential properties at a public meeting here on June 20.