Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Community News

The counties of Bruce, Dufferin, Grey, and Wellington, together with Saugeen Mobility and Regional Transit (SMART), invite residents to share their transportation needs and priorities as part of a joint Regional Transit Study. A new study is exploring how to better connect and move residents across all four counties. The study will assess if a unified transit network is possible, with the goal of making travel easier for passengers, identifying efficiencies through collaboration, and expanding transit service to areas that...
An Oregon family is hoping that their search for a lost family heirloom, a high school letterman sweater that was owned by Walter Skowhede, who passed away in June, will find some answers in Meaford. Over the holidays, Skowhede's grandson William Farnbach, who lives in Arkansas, contacted The Independent in hopes that someone might recognize the sweater and contact him with information. Farnbach says that his grandfather's high school varsity sweater was a dark coloured wool cardigan with a large yellow...

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