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Wellesley Township History In The News

2019
Heritage Group Looks to Save History One Page at a Time, Woolwich Observer, February 21, 2019

Flash from the Past: Let the show begin! Early  Movie Theatres in Waterloo County. Waterloo Region Record, March 29, 2019

Developing a View of Wellesley's Past Woolwich Observer, May 2, 2019


2017
​Former fire chief, treasurer gave and gave for Wellesley Community; Waterloo Region Record, January 9, 2017. 

Friends and Colleagues Recall Contributions of Ron Hackett, Woolwich Observer, January 5, 2017

2016
Ronald Bast Hackett - 1936-2016
; Obituary; Waterloo Region Record, December 26, 2016 

Heritage Way - Former Wellesley Post Office at Doon Heritage Village, New Hamburg Indpendent, December 5, 2016

Wellesley Public School Seeking Recipes for Cookbook to Mark 50th Anniversary, Woolwich Observer, November 3, 2016

‘After the war, she never sang again’ On Thanksgiving, a family remembers one of their own, killed 100 years ago, Waterloo Region Record, October 8, 2016

​Keep Wellesley Name, Staff Report Tells Council, Waterloo Region Record, August 23, 2016

Resident wants to mark the spot of century-old mill explosion in Linwood​, Woolwich Observer, August 25, 2016

Wellesley Should Stay Distinct, Skip Costly Name Change, New Hamburg Independent Editorial, Waterloo Region Record, July 18, 2016

End Name Game in Wellesley, Waterloo Region Record, July 18, 2016

Leave Wellesley Township's Name Alone, Waterloo Region Record, July 15, 2016

Wellesley Township Investigates Name Change, Waterloo Region Record, July 11, 2016

Flash From the Past: Headstone Puzzle was Finally Decoded in 1947  Waterloo Region Record, June 10, 2016

Flash From the Past: Can You Crack the Code on this Crosshill Headstone? Waterloo Region Record, May 28, 2016

Painter’s Daughter on Mission to Preserve his Religious Art  Waterloo Region Record, May 14, 2016 

Wellesley’s history a growing point of interest, Woolwich Observer, March 17, 2106

Rare old photographs to go on display in Wellesley, Woolwich Observer, February 11, 2016