LOCAL HEADLINES

No one knows if the recent Ward 4 townhall meeting should be considered legitimate township business. What is certain is Saturday’s event created controversy among councillors.

To say members of Wilmot Township council heard an earful from residents Tuesday night would be a severe understatement.

A local hemp producer and manufacturer of CBD topicals officially launched its flagship hemp-stick product on the recreational cannabis market during a special event at Little Leaf Cannabis Co. in Stratford last month.

In the summer of 2023, word was circulating around Perth County’s North Easthope Township about a teenage farm girl who was lighting up the dragster racing circuit.

With her extended family from across the province and in the U.S. once again gathered at her rural Wellesley home over the holiday season, renowned bronze sculptor Ruth Abernethy had a lot more to celebrate this year than Christmas and New Year’s.

At its final budget meeting of the year on Dec. 18, 2024, Wellesley council approved in principle the township’s draft 2025 budget with a 3.94 per-cent levy increase – down more than one per cent from the initial 4.99 per-cent levy increase proposed in the budget’s original draft.

Tavistock kicked off 2025 with a 6-4 win over Woodstock last Friday night.

Kevin Thomason isn’t a stranger to delegating at Wilmot Township council meetings.

County taxpayers won’t see the sticker shock on next year’s tax bill in contrast to this year.

Ten players from area Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL) teams have been named all-stars and will lace up for a game over the Christmas holidays in Tavistock.

As the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) struggles to bring in much-needed holiday season donations as a result of the recent Canada Post workers strike, the organization is encouraging locals to drop in at the MCC New Hamburg Thrift Centre to donate in whatever way they can.

County taxpayers won’t see the sticker shock on next year’s tax bill in contrast to this year. Oxford County passed a tax increase of 16.7 per cent in 2024 but this year’s document is a bit easier on the pocketbook despite being greater than the rate of inflation.

Kevin Thomason isn’t a stranger to delegating at Wilmot Township council meetings. He was at the most recent meeting on Monday night presenting petitions and asking council to declare Wilmot an unwilling host for the Region of Waterloo’s land-acquisition project. Thomason is also a member of the Fight for Farmland group.

Literally hundreds of spectators lined the streets of Wellesley Village last Friday evening as one of the largest and longest annual Santa Claus Parades took place to put everyone in a joyous mood for Christmas.

Hickson’s Santa Claus Parade for 2024 not only put smiles on a lot of people’s faces with all the floats and exhibits but, at the same time, it also helped out Hickson firefighters collect Christmas donations.

The Wellesley Applejacks will pay a flat fee of $4,000 plus HST for the exclusive use of the team’s dressing room and use of the community room on game nights at the Bill Gies Recreation Centre for the 2024-2025 season.

Tavistock’s Ontario Elite Hockey League (OEHL) team had a successful night on the ice and in the stands Saturday night.

East Zorra-Tavistock’s (EZT) recreation advisory committee (RAC) has approved three motions the township will be considering during its budget deliberations in the new year.

The 2025 budget was officially presented to members of Wilmot council and the public who attended

In 2025, Wellesley Township will likely take the first step in what will be a long process for determining what to do with the old Wellesley