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Celebrating a traditional Ukrainian Christmas
St. Jacobs’ Jakobstettel Inn was filled with guests celebrating an Orthodox Christmas on Saturday. Ukrainian families staying at the Woolwich Guest House for Ukrainian Refugees…
Tapping into Woolwich’s growing diversity
Abby Cooper is an Elmira resident looking to offer community workshops around the themes of inclusion and diversity. To that end, she’s presenting a series…
Elmira family experiencing airline havoc over the holidays
An Elmira family was forced to spend $4,000 to get home after their flight with Flair Airlines was unexpectedly cancelled, leaving them scrambling in Mexico.…
Wellesley council approves 14% tax hike in passing 2023 budget
A 14 per cent tax hike it is, as Wellesley council this week quickly approved the 2023 budget as hashed out last month. Homeowners face…
8.5% tax hike considered as Woolwich budget talks begin, drawing pushback
Woolwich homeowners are looking at an 8.5 per cent increased in the township share of the property tax bill as 2023 budget deliberations get underway.…
The Observer Year in Review 2022
JANUARY Wellesley Twp. homeowners will see 5.2% tax increase this year Wellesley residents are looking at a 5.2 per cent increase on the township portion…
business features
Telling the story of local food
As a chef and owner of the Fat Sparrow Restaurant Group, Nick Benninger has always been an advocate for farm to table, as well as…
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local arts
And now he’s engineering some laughs
With his parodies of what it’s like to interview for a job at some of Canada’s biggest companies, stand-up comic Abbas Wahab is quickly building a social media following. His videos have poked fun at the muffled sound of a…
It’s a busy and fruitful time for local folksinger
Local folksinger Carla Muller’s newest single was 15 years in the making. The song Snow Came Falling was inspired by…
The Yuletide Spectacular returns to the stage this weekend
After hosting their annual Yuletide Spectacular online in 2020 and 2021, the KW Symphony is bringing it back for a…
living here
Hard work pays off in gold-medal win
At just 16-years-old, Caitlin Kraemer is already making a name for herself in the hockey world. She not only led Canada’s gold medal winning team at this month’s women’s world U18 championship in Sweden with 11 points, she also broke…
Conestogo man collecting items for the homeless
Christopher Robson recently moved back to the Waterloo Region area, and landed in Conestogo. When he heard about the tent…
Where lunch is about more than just eating
Elmira has a longstanding, thriving community meal circuit that provides much-needed fundraising dollars for the organizations and fellowship for the…
There’s a power to lifting heavy things
Elmira’s Emily zur Linden just came home with a first-place international powerlifting win. Again. Last month she was in New…
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