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.