After more than a decade of exhaustive research, writing and fine-tuning, the authors and historians behind the five-volume anthology, The Historic Buildings of New Hamburg and the People Who Lived in Them, will officially celebrate its release at a book launch later this month.

The 2025 deputy warden and deputy mayor of West Perth, Dean Trentowsky, has officially accepted the gavel and chain of office as Perth County’s 2026 warden.

Residents of Perth County’s four lower-tier municipalities, Stratford and St. Marys reported a total of 80 coyote sightings and encounters in the first year of Perth County’s coyote tracking and public-education program.