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  • Ernie Ritz
  • Thu, Feb 10th, 2022
The Wilmot Name

Bridget Coady, Cultural Heritage Principal Planner at the Region of Waterloo, provides an update to Wilmot council members during a virtual meeting on January 17.
Feature
  • Veronica Reiner
  • Thu, Feb 10th, 2022
Wilmot council gets update on cultural Heritage landscape study

The official heritage designation of St. James Lutheran Church. Front row: MPP Mike Harris, Church representatives Peter Gingerich and Connie Miller, Director/Curator Tracy Loch; Back row: Chairman of Heritage Wilmot Nick Bogaert and MP Tim Louis.
Feature
  • Veronica Reiner
  • Thu, Feb 10th, 2022
Heritage Wilmot Chairman discusses past accomplishments and future projects

2016-01-151 Ivan Holzschuh envelope
Feature
  • Nancy Maitland
  • Thu, Feb 10th, 2022
Valentine’s Day on the Thirteenth Line - 1930s Style

At left is the author’s father, Sylvion Gordijk, in his RAF uniform during national service, which was optional in the former British colony of Guyana. Also shown are Sylvion’s mother and seven brothers.
Feature
  • Nigel Gordijk
  • Thu, Feb 10th, 2022
The shame of slavery left unasked questions about my family’s history

Ending a silence that lasted for generations, Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette reporter Nigel Gordijk says it’s time to start telling his ancestors’ story

Feature
  • Ernie Ritz
  • Thu, Feb 10th, 2022
The Sandhills

The three-storey Peel Commercial Hotel building as it stands today, featuring a mix of commercial businesses.
Feature
  • Marie Voisin
  • Thu, Feb 10th, 2022
The Hardiness of New Hamburg’s Buildings

The Nith River lazily meanders past the old Bridge Street bridge. (Photo credit: Rob Laurette)
Feature
  • Yvonne Zyma, Member of Heritage Wilmot
  • Thu, Feb 10th, 2022
The Bridges of Wilmot Township

ROMA keynote speaker Perry Bellegarde, the former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, talked about the need for municipalities to nurture relationships with Indigenous communities.
Feature
  • Nigel Gordijk
  • Thu, Feb 3rd, 2022
Region’s rural municipalities join forces at ROMA conference

Wilmot can look forward to funding from the Municipal Modernization Program to improve local operations, said Director of Corporate Services Patrick Kelly

Jim Scott, a long-time New Hamburg resident, is all smiles while watching a baseball game. He is now in stage five of chronic kidney disease and is in need of a new kidney. (Photo contributed)
Feature
  • Veronica Reiner
  • Thu, Feb 3rd, 2022
New Hamburg man in need of kidney transplant

The Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo-Wellington, Helen Fishburn. (Photo contributed)
Feature
  • Veronica Reiner
  • Thu, Jan 27th, 2022
Calls to CMHA Waterloo-Wellington increased by 60% throughout COVID-19 pandemic

CEO Helen Fishburn shares mental health tips

Feature
  • Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette
  • Thu, Jan 20th, 2022
Welcome to the Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette newspaper

Andrea Ziegler on the set of Big Top Academy. (Photo contributed)
Feature
  • Nancy Silcox
  • Thu, Jan 13th, 2022
Andrea Ziegler—Dancer, Choreographer, Yogi

Baden resident Mike Bechtold said one of his proudest moments over his 25-year career was co-hosting a CTV National News broadcast with Lisa LaFlamme and General Roméo Dallaire, pictured here The segment, “D-Day Remembered: The 75th Anniversary” won the 2
Feature
  • Nancy Silcox
  • Thu, Dec 9th, 2021
Mike Bechthold: Military Historian

The changing of the seasons gives hope to farmer and Wilmot councillor Jenn Pfenning. “The world changes. Nothing stays the same.” (Photo: from video)
Feature
  • Nigel Gordijk
  • Thu, Dec 2nd, 2021
Local residents find hope in nature and faith

Suicide Action Wilmot Wellesley’s video shows where the community finds hope during times of personal struggle

The Shop Local Bingo Card has 16 squares with various categories. Contestants who complete one line will receive one entry in the draw, while two lines will be two entries. Completing the whole card will give the contests five entries. (Photo contributed)
Feature
  • Veronica Reiner
  • Thu, Nov 25th, 2021
Shop local and win big

Adam and Hannie van Bergeijk, owners of the Mountainoak Cheese, show off their award-winning cheeses in the New Hamburg-based store. (Photo credit: Veronica Reiner)
Feature
  • Veronica Reiner
  • Thu, Nov 18th, 2021
Mountainoak Cheese products win first-place awards at Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Local cheesemaker is also now offering gift baskets, just in time for the holiday season

Feature
  • Wilmot Post Staff
  • Thu, Nov 11th, 2021
New Dundee Remembrance Day ceremony on November 6

Sidney Lambert, Neil Conner and Bert Coulson
Feature
  • Contributed
  • Thu, Nov 4th, 2021
A Remembrance Story - War Amputee Veterans Started 100-Year Legacy

War Amputee Veterans Started 100-Year Legacy

Feature
  • By Nancy Maitland, Wellesley Township Heritage and Historical Society
  • Thu, Nov 4th, 2021
Remembering (and Researching) Wellesley’s Soldiers

Ross Eichler leads the New Hamburg Legion’s annual Poppy drive, which raised $35,000 last year. He oversees the distribution of hundreds of boxes of the iconic emblem throughout Wilmot. (Photo credit Nigel Gordijk)
Feature
  • Nigel Gordijk
  • Thu, Nov 4th, 2021
Wilmot Remembers: Local Legion will honour Veterans in New Dundee and New Hamburg ceremonies

New Hamburg’s Ross Eichler deals with public health protocols while leading the local Poppy drive, which raised $35,000 last year

Feature
  • Lee Griffi
  • Thu, Oct 28th, 2021
Chiropractic Practice working on four years of adjustments in Tavistock

Tim May is a fourth generation dairy farmer from Rockwood who runs Mayhaven Farms with his family. He is better known as “Farmer Tim” on his active social media accounts, and has amassed a following of about 119,000 people on Facebook. (Photo credit: Face
Feature
  • Kelly Daynard, Farm & Food Care Ontario
  • Wed, Oct 6th, 2021
Farmers turning to social media to answer your questions

Feature
  • Nancy Silcox
  • Wed, Sep 29th, 2021
Where are they now? Baden’s Peter Quanz

This Celtic cross memorializes James Livingston, (who founded Castle Kilbride), along with his family, including his wife Louise Sophia Liersch, and their children, Rebecca, Agnes, Barbara, Caroline, James and Peter. (Photo credit: Veronica Reiner)
Feature
  • Veronica Reiner
  • Wed, Sep 22nd, 2021
Castle Kilbride, Rushes Cemetery featured in digital Doors Open Waterloo Region

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