Mannheim garage sale this Saturday

If you’re looking for a bargain a one-of-a-kind antique, or just a reason to get out for a walk, the place to be this Saturday is Mannheim.
On the first Saturday in May for the last 25 years, Mannheim residents have teamed up to organize one of the largest community garage sales in Waterloo Region. Dozens [...]

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Forest Glen students fundraising for AIDS research

Noam Gold-Utting and Callum Clarkehave teamed up
to try to raise four million pennies to
donate to the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
Tim Murphy, Independent staff

Four million children have died from AIDS in Africa since 2001.
After learning about the disease first hand, a Forest Glen student has decided to collect a penny for every child who has died.
Noam Gold-Utting, [...]

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Kodaly Festival May 6 and 7

Join parents, friends and relatives as they share in this year’s 21st Annual Kodaly Festival on May 6 and 7. This on-going musical festival, put together by the Waterloo Region District School Board, will feature 600 student singers from grades four through six from 30 different schools.
Included in these 30 local schools will be students [...]

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Parent workshops approaching

Tim Murphy
Independent staff
Parents will be filling the classrooms of Baden Public School on May 6.
Organizers are working on a number of educational workshops to provide tips and help on raising children.
Rhonda Hazelwood-Smith, co-president of the Baden Public School Council, said the workshops take advantage of the skills some parents have and allow them to share [...]

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Goose stops traffic

A reader submitted these photos of a pesky goose stopping traffic in downtown New Hamburg on April 23.

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Wilmot hosting fundraising meeting

Wilmot Township is hosting a free fundraising workshop for Wilmot community groups looking for new ideas for fundraising.
The workshop is being presented by Greg Burns, who is well known in the field of Recreation and is a fantastic speaker.
Burns is the Coordinator of the Recreation and Leisure Services Program at Conestoga College and [...]

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Fun at Baden Public School

Lukas Winter contemplates a move during a noon-hour chess tournament on Wednesday afternoon at Baden Public School.
Tim Murphy, Independent staff

Cassady Smith, Sydney Knorr and Mare Prober show off some of the colourful butterfly creations they made at Baden Public School.
Tim Murphy, Independent staff

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Donate hair this weekend

Eleven year old Heather decided to cut her hair this past week to help promote the Teddy’s Bakery cancer fundraiser, which is taking place this weekend.
“Last Friday my mom cut my hair (12 inches) so that I could donate it to help make a wig for a child with cancer,” Heather wrote to the Independent.
” [...]

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Wellesley budget approved

Tim Murphy
Independent staff
Wellesley has passed its 2008 budget.
Councillors were presented with a proposed 8.3 per cent tax increase by staff a few weeks ago.
During the April 7 meeting, council opted to go with a 5.5 per cent increase.
An eight per cent increase would have added about $56.13 to the average property owners bill, assuming [...]

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Body found in Nith River

Police and firefighters wait by the body until detectives arrived to investigate the scene.

Tim Murphy photo
Police remain tight lipped after two canoeists discovered what they described as the naked body of a 40 to 50-year-old woman around the noon-hour Wednesday. The body was found on the Nith River north of Wilby Road in Wilmot Township.
The [...]

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New Hamburg residents oppose “big-box” pharmacy proposal

Doug Coxson
Independent staff
Citing concerns about traffic, pollution and the gradual erosion of the town’s character, New Hamburg residents turned out in force to Wilmot council chambers last night to oppose a zone-change application that if approved would see the construction of a “big box” pharmacy at the northwest corner of Peel Street and Highway 7/8.
The [...]

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Peter Buehlow finishes second in age group

Athletes dive into the swim portion of the Ironman Triathlon in Tempe, Arizona last Saturday. Of the 2035 athletes who started the swim, 2033 finished in time to start the bike leg.

Bright triathlete Peter Buehlow completed the Ford Ironman Arizona in Tempe, Arizona last Saturday with an overall time of 9 hours, 45 minutes [...]

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Grand River Conservation Authority issues flood advisory in advance of heavy rain Friday

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A potent spring storm system will move into southwestern Ontario tonight bringing heavy rain and a risk of thunderstorms through the day on Friday. At this time most of the snow pack has melted from all portions of the watershed.
The combination of rainfall, melting of any remaining snow along with existing [...]

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Renowned entertainer coming to Waterloo-Oxford

As featured in last week’s New Hamburg Independent, Waterloo-Oxford DSS is hosting a Relay for Life event for the Canadian Cancer Society on May 23 to 24. To help raise awareness of this event in the community and to raise more funds for the cause the Relay for Life Committee is excited to be hosting [...]

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Wellesley approves 5.5 per cent tax increase

Wellesley council approved a 5.5 per cent tax increase on Monday night.
Only two citizens of the township stopped by the meeting to learn about the budget before council approved the increase.
When the budget package was first made public, an increase of over 8 per cent was expected. Council lowered those numbers through cuts to department [...]

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