Forest Glen celebrates Halloween

Grade 4 and 5 students at Forest Glen organized a Halloween carnival on Friday to celebrate the spookiest day of the year.

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W-O defeats Southwood

The W-O senior girls basketball team beat Southwood 40-28 during a match on Thursday afternoon.

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Pumpkins for UNICEF

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Grandstand construction photos

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Crusaders in action

The W-O junior boys football team competed with Eastwood Collegiate on Thursday. The boys lost to Eastwood 26-22.

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Buehlow finishes Hawaii Ironman

Wilmot’s Peter Buehlow has finished the Kona, Hawaii Ironman World Championship.
For the full results, and to watch a video of Buehlow crossing the finish line, click here.
He finished 536 out of 1,736 competitors overall. He finished 38 out of 164 in his age category.

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Protesting torture

An anti-torture protest was held in New Hamburg this past Saturday. For all the details, visit the New Hamburg Independent.
Protesters gathered in front of the Independent, the post office and the New Hamburg Sobey’s.
The protests were just days before a report into the involvement of Canada in torture were released.

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Upright and smiling

Their motto was ‘finish upright and smiling’ and that’s how Wilmot Township runners Jackie Rolleman, Caroline Wilson and Amy Moses completed the Chicago Marathon on October 12. Sheila Yendt, a friend from Kitchener, was looking for someone to run with and the three thought it sounded like fun. Chicago was the destination of choice [...]

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TCP supports community groups

The Community Players have partnered with Aldaview Services to improve the literacy of their residents and help non-profit groups. TCP is letting non-profit groups use the sign, located on Highway 7/8 in front of Tim Horton’s, to advertise special events. Aldaview Services residents will help spell out the messages, which will aide them with literacy [...]

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Albrecht elected

Conservative Harold Albrecht won by a considerable margin, securing a second term as MP for Kitchener-Conestoga.
Speaking to an energetic crowd at the Edelweiss Tavern, Albrecht thanked all the volunteers who made his victory possible.
“This is fantastic,” he said. “Thanks for all of your support.”
Flanked by his wife Betty and other family members, Albrecht told the [...]

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Campaign signs indicate Conservative lead

A bylaw enforcement officer inspects signs in downtown New Hamburg last week. The signs were removed for violating regional regulations on the placement of signage.
Tim Murphy, Independent staff
Some people like to wear their political affiliations on their sleeves, in this case their lawns.
The Independent has conducted a not-very-scientific, drive-by poll of Wilmot Township’s settlement areas [...]

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All-candidates debate

Kitchener-Conestoga candidates discussed the issues during a debate on Sept. 30, in St. Agatha.

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