LOCAL HEADLINES

The New Hamburg Board of Trade celebrated its 75th anniversary last weekend with a 1950s-themed party at KLT Plaza in downtown New Hamburg.

The Oxford detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received numerous reports of thefts from motor vehicles overnight on Sept. 30.

Clive Woolner is seeking the opportunity to become mayor of Wilmot, he says, to address financial issues, implement solutions to reduce high staff turnover and improve communication.

Upper Queen’s Park in Stratford was filled with walkers Saturday morning, Oct. 3, as supporters gathered for the annual Kidney Walk around the Avon River.

Students at Sprucedale Public School in Shakespeare marked Orange Shirt Day and Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30 with classroom activities and a school-wide gathering.

The Wilmot Indigenous Relations Interfaith Working Group (WIRIWG) and Trinity Lutheran Church in New Hamburg hosted a vigil on Sept. 30 to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day.

Anniversaries are special for local businesses that provide products, materials and employment while becoming part of the communities they serve.

The Stratford Perth Museum has received a major financial boost toward a new permanent audience canopy at its outdoor performance space.

The Square Dancing Tractors made a special return to the International Plowing Match and Rural Expo (IPM) in Walkerton this year, entertaining crowds one last time as the five-day agricultural event welcomed more than 71,000 visitors.

There is a new business in downtown Amulree where butter tarts, Chelsea buns and other homemade baked goods are coming out of the oven fresh each day.

The National Fire Protection Association's 2026 Fire Prevention Week theme is “Charge into Fire Safety: Safe Charging is a Superpower!” It reminds residents that some of the simplest things we do when charging our devices can help prevent fires.

East Zorra-Tavistock (EZT) Township has announced it is taking the next step in strengthening its leadership and service delivery with a new organizational structure that brings community focused services together while creating clear leadership for the future.

When the first weekend of October rolls around each year, members of the Shakespeare Fire Department trade fighting fires for another important battle.

New Hamburg is trying to make some noise in the Provincial Junior Hockey League’s (PJHL) Doherty Division standings but couldn’t gain any ground on first-place Tavistock.

The Tavistock Royals finished the last Ontario Elite Hockey League (OEHL) season by losing Game 7 to Seaforth in the second-round playoff series. The team finished in fifth place in the league’s South Division with 12 wins in 20 regular season games.

Family, friends and community members gathered at Tavistock Optimist Park on Sunday to learn more about beep baseball and show their support for local resident Chayse Zehr.

The Tavistock Curling Club is getting ready for another busy season, with the ice, rings and advertisements all in place for another fall and winter of curling.

The emergence of Artificial Intelligence in literally every facet of life is upon us amid warnings of how powerful the technology could become. Now, there are warnings AI has landed in municipal election campaigns.

For 75 years, Tavistock families have turned to Yantzi’s Home Building Centre for the materials, advice and service needed to build their homes, farms and businesses.

Brothers Connor and Owen Hachborn have established a beef herd near Amulree that would be the envy of most farmers.