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Driver clocked at almost 100 km/h over the speed limit in Perth East
A Waterloo man’s driver’s license has been suspended and his car impounded. Perth County OPP have stopped two drivers travelling 170 to 180 km/h this past week. → Read More
Solid financial year helps refill Wilmot's reserves
The township has a bigger surplus than expected for 2017. → Read More
Wet weather costs Wilmot
Township shoulders $242,000 more than expected due to extra run-off in its water system → Read More
Mayor Les Armstrong needs time off for knee surgery
Wilmot’s top elected official won’t be out and about as much this winter. → Read More
Neighbours rally to replace Christmas gifts lost in fire
Neighbours have pitched in to help replace the holiday items a family lost in a car fire. → Read More
Robert Borden’s own descendent posed for Wilmot’s newest PM statue
When sculptor Nathan Scott was creating his statue of former Canadian prime minister Robert Borden, he found the perfect model to pose for his project — Borden’s own descendant, who Scott found just... → Read More
Holiday changes in Waterloo Region for garbage and recycling pickup
Christmas and New Years will push back waste pickup around Waterloo Region, but residents will be able to put out twice as much garbage. → Read More
Family awaits sentence for drunk driver who killed New Hamburg’s Cody Andrews
Tearful victims give statements in a London courtroom for fatal 2016 crash that killed a 23-year-old New Hamburg man. → Read More
Petersburg road work expected to finish Dec. 1
The end is in sight for Wilmot drivers whose routes through Petersburg have been blocked all summer by months of road work. “We’re hoping to be completely out of there by Friday, Dec.... → Read More
Waterloo Street changes causing hassle for drivers, Wilmot mayor says
Wilmot Mayor Les Armstrong has made his case to Region of Waterloo staff that there’s nothing unsafe about left turns from Waterloo Street onto Steinman Street. → Read More
Wilmot increases council salaries ... to keep them the same
A nine-per cent increase will compensate for higher taxes that township elected officials must pay in 2019. → Read More
Two men arrested after multiple thefts in East Zorra-Tavistock
A 21-year-old man and a 26-year-old man were caught by Ontario Provincial Police after taking tools from a construction site, then using a stolen car to rob fuel from a Tavistock gas station on Oct.... → Read More
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer visits Wilmot’s Mountainoak Cheese
New Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer visited Wilmot Township Friday morning to sample local cheese and meet the farmers who made it. → Read More
New Hamburg drivers forbidden from turning left near Waterloo Street train tracks
New Hamburg drivers are no longer allowed to turn left from Waterloo Street onto Steinman Street after Transport Canada deemed the area unsafe. Vehicles waiting behind a driver making a left turn... → Read More
Marie Voisin's Imperial Hotel restoration honoured with ACO heritage award
Marie Voisin is being honoured by the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario for her vision to reshape the Imperial Hotel and create a vibrant new space in downtown New Hamburg. Voisin and her... → Read More
Car, truck and dirt bike stolen in trio of break-ins near Tavistock
Thieves targeted homes near 17th Line and Maplewood Sideroad just outside Tavistock in three early-morning thefts. → Read More
Why I’m leaving the newspaper business — for now — to be a dad
The Independent's editor says farewell and makes the case for dad's to take parental leave. → Read More
Bidding for Maud Lewis painting rockets past $125,000
It only took a few days for a rare painting with a New Hamburg connection to blow past the record price for a Maud Lewis painting — but the sudden spike has Mennonite Central Committee warily double-checking the bids’ authenticity before celebrating. → Read More
Bidding for Maud Lewis painting rockets past $125,000
If validated, a buyer could be purchasing a Lewis original for over $100,000 more than the previous high → Read More
New farmer-led research program harvests new knowledge in Ontario
Angie Koch has always wondered if planting a different cover crop might help her yearly harvest of cabbage, broccoli and kale. → Read More