Interfaith raises $19,000

The annual Interfaith Giant Silent Auction raised over $19,000 this year despite a blustery spring storm.
“It was a successful fundraiser,” said director Bill Roth.
He said he was pleased to see participation from MP Harold Albrecht, MPP Leeanna Pendergast, Mayor Wayne Roth and four area fire chiefs.
The kids area was well received, although the new breakfast [...]

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Storm causes widespread damage

Saturday’s late afternoon storm snapped this pine tree at Nancy and Louis Silcox’s home in New Hamburg. The storm also smashed apart Ed Crawfords 80-foot concrete silo on Township Road 12 near Bright. Send your photos of storm damage to editor@newhamburgindependent.ca and we’ll post them here.

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The Fix is On

Park space litter poses a hazard

Someone living near what is supposed to be a developer-maintained green space on Theodore Schuler Boulevard in New Hamburg called the Independent on Earth Day to complain about garbage and dead trees littering the space.
She said the park was being weeded last year and about a dozen evergreen trees [...]

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Donation to Making Waves for MS

The Hillcrest Mennonite Church Youth Group, the “Hillcrest J-FROGS” made a cheque presentation for $300 to Making Waves for MS on Tuesday night.

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Interfaith Giant Silent Auction this Saturday

The 22nd annual Interfaith Community Counselling Giant Silent Auction is this Saturday.
A pancake breakfast will run from 8 a. m. to 10:30 a. m., with a cost of $3.
One of the biggest new events is a large book sale.
There will be a few events throughout the day.
From 12 p. m. to 1 p. m., there [...]

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Independent staff collect three OCNA awards

New Hamburg Independent reporter photographer Tim Murphy and managing editor Doug Coxson attended the Ontario Community Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Competition in Toronto on Friday where they were up for three awards. The staff of the Indy collected three second place finishes, including second for general excellence in their circulation class, second for best photo [...]

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Local bookstore owner honoured

Upper Case Books owner Kristen Hahn was recently awarded for her efforts to promote DC Comics. Hahn and her staff created a window display that beat out 20 other entries across Canada. She received a Watchmen poster, a Batman figure and an autographed copy of the graphic novel Watchmen, signed by co-author David Gibbons.

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Skills winners

Waterloo-Oxford sent a number of students to the annual Technological Skills Canada competition at the end of March. Students competed in photographing, electrical wiring, cabinet making, fashion design, plumbing, website design, landscaping, job skills and television production. Eight students returned with medals. Pictured are Stephanie Baril, Nic Nabrotzky, Bradeon Horst, Dylan Henderson, Tyler Weiss and [...]

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Waterloo Street reconstruction to begin Monday

Wilmot council has approved the Region of Waterloo’s decision to award the tender for Waterloo Street reconstruction to Network Site Services at a cost of $3.2 million.
The project was first recommended in 2004 following a water distribution study that identified the Waterloo Street watermain as infrastructure in need of replacement due to its age, history [...]

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