Joanne Shuttleworth

3 days ago | wellingtonadvertiser.com | Joanne Shuttleworth

ABERFOYLE – Puslinch Township’s first use of a new excess soil bylaw is proving to be the first test of the bylaw as well. The owner of property at 4670 Sideroad 10 – a decommissioned and rehabilitated quarry near Forestell Road – has applied for a site alteration permit to import soil to level the property and make it more suitable for farming. Council heard the proposal at a public meeting on May 28. The property is zoned agricultural and there will be no zoning change.

4 days ago | wellingtonadvertiser.com | Joanne Shuttleworth

ELORA – Elora resident and business owner Maclean Hann was named Citizen of the Year at the Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce Awards of Excellence. The event was held on May 27 at the GrandWay Events Centre. “I was very humbled to be nominated, never mind to win it,” Hann said in a phone interview a few days after the ceremony. Hann and his wife Sarah Barber own the Evelyn restaurant, Le Chien Chaud, the Fromagerie, Honey Church Interiors and a couple of short term rentals.

1 week ago | wellingtonadvertiser.com | Joanne Shuttleworth

FERGUS – The public education system is broken, a panel told its audience at an event at Centre Wellington District High School on May 22 – and it will take defiance, perseverance and a shift in public thinking if change is to come. Local branches of the Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation (OSSTF) and Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) organized an event to inform parents about what’s really going on in public schools.

1 week ago | wellingtonadvertiser.com | Joanne Shuttleworth

FERGUS – Many volunteers have helped build the 32-unit stacked townhouse development that’s rising from the ground in Fergus. But on May 21, carpentry students from Centre Wellington District High School (CWDHS) were on the Habitat for Humanity Guelph-Wellington’s Garafraxa Village site getting hands-on learning in a real-life workplace environment. And they couldn’t be happier. “It’s giving me real-world experience,” said Emma Vervoort, a grade 12 student.

1 week ago | wellingtonadvertiser.com | Joanne Shuttleworth

ELORA – Visitors to “Ontario’s most beautiful village” will have to pay to visit after council approved paid parking for visitors in downtown Elora – but free parking for Centre Wellington residents. At the May 26 meeting, CAO Dan Wilson presented the next steps in the municipal parking strategy for Fergus/Elora downtowns that had been prepared by R.J. Burnside in 2024. The report indicates parking in Elora is in such high demand there are no available parking spots on peak days in the village.