LOCAL HEADLINES

It will take some time, but staff at the Region of Waterloo will bring a report back to council on what a well-interference committee could look like.

The first version of the township’s new official plan was presented to councillors at a special meeting last week to mixed reaction.

“You can pay me now, or you can pay me later.”

East Zorra-Tavistock (EZT) deputy mayor Brad Smith is running for a second term in the position and said he has more to give and more to learn from the opportunity to represent the township’s constituents.

Community member Chris Martin has announced his campaign for mayor of Wellesley Township in the upcoming municipal election on Oct. 26.

Wilmot council has approved a series of updates to the township’s procedural bylaw that will change how council meetings are scheduled, how agendas are published and how residents can participate in meetings moving forward.

Wilmot council received an informational report May 25 outlining the possibility the township could enter a restricted-acts, or “lame duck,” period ahead of or immediately following this year’s municipal election.

Residents and visitors alike are invited to head to Shakespeare on Saturday, June 13, for the community’s annual Field Day festivities hosted by the Shakespeare Community Athletic Association (SCAA).

Many longtime Tavistock residents still remember Dianne Yundt by her maiden name, Quehl, from her years growing up in the community and attending Tavistock Public School.

Visitors attending this year’s annual Tavistock Men’s Club fish fry will now enjoy a much smoother walk into the club grounds thanks to a newly paved driveway completed last week.

With warmer weather arriving and traffic increasing on rural roads, Perth East Township road crews are hard at work preparing gravel roads for summer dust-control applications.

Tavistock Community Health Inc. (TCHI) received a major boost toward its fundraising efforts last week thanks to a generous donation from the Opti-Mrs Club of Tavistock.

Volunteers from across Perth East were recognized recently during the township’s annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner held at the Milverton Recreation Complex.

The golf tournament may have been washed out on an extremely rainy day, but the mood inside the Tavistock Memorial Hall on Saturday evening wasn’t dampened in the least.

Members of the North Easthope Antique Tractor Club (NEAT) took to the back roads of Perth and Waterloo counties last week for another one of their popular summer breakfast excursions.

Members of the Shakespeare Opti-Mrs. enjoyed an informative and engaging presentation at their May meeting from guest speaker Maynard Martin of Farmers Cheese near Drayton.

Oxford County has long been known across Canada as the country’s “Dairy Capital,” with neighbouring Perth County not far behind in milk production.

A Stratford production company is once again shining a spotlight on the people behind Waterloo Region’s agricultural industry with the third season of Farm to Fork.

For generations of readers, advertisers and residents across Wilmot Township and beyond, Sharon Leis was more than a newspaper sales representative.

Citizens for Safe Ground Water (CSGW) is raising concerns over what it calls a deteriorating water-security crisis in Wilmot Township.