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STRATFORD - Perth County public works staff shared the importance of under-budget road work, and the opportunity to use those dollars to partially fund the winter maintenance overage estimated at $2.2 million.

MITCHELL - Sixty-six per cent of this province has forest cover, however, the majority of that is in the boreal forest, which is north of Huntsville to Perry Sound, not in southern Ontario. More locally, Essex County has 3% forest cover, and Chatham-Kent County sits a bit higher at 3.2%. Huron Count

LISTOWEL - North Perth Council considered two names for the industrial lands to be developed north-east of Listowel as well as selecting the names of the streets within. This development is located beside the residential subdivision Countryside Meadows. 

LISTOWEL - This year, the annual Paddyfest Mini Stick Tournament fell on St. Patrick’s Day itself.

STRATFORD - Every seven years, Perth County Paramedics Services replaces its ambulances.

LISTOWEL - White signs with green arrows will soon be seen along Binning Street, Road 165 (Gun Club Road), Line 87, and Road 175. These are ATV wayfinding signs, directing off-road vehicles to the appropriate route for entering and exiting Listowel.

Grade 7 and 8 students will be attending Listowel District Secondary School (LDSS) in September 2026, and they will require a play area for recess. The suggested location for the play area is across the road from the school on Maitland Avenue South, between Main Street East and Clayton Street East,

Local students say the provincial government’s decision to change the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) funding model has “crushed their dreams” of going to college and university.

LISTOWEL - While the Province of British Columbia (BC) made their last biannual time change on Sunday, March 8, Tim Bakelaar, owner of Bakelaar Jewellers, climbed four storeys, by ladder, to the top of the Listowel clock tower once again, with no end in sight for his work winding and maintaining the

LISTOWEL - Before most of the snow melted away in the rain last weekend, local dogs had the chance to play in the pop up dog park event Pups and Pancakes, hosted by the North Perth Dog Park volunteer group, at the Kin Station on March 7.

LISTOWEL - Listowel Minor Hockey Association’s (LMHA) biggest tournament of the year is back again, taking residency primarily in the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex in Listowel from March 13-15.

SEAFORTH - Avon Maitland District School Board (AMDSB) joined the effort to protect public school trustees from elimination by the province. Similar to its counterparts across the province, AMDSB sent a letter last week to the Minister of Education Paul Calandra and Premier Doug Ford.