Race is on for local council seats

We may not get a chicken in every pot, but we now have a council candidate for every spot.

With just over a week to go until the nomination deadline for the Oct. 22 municipal election, enough candidates have filed to provide a full slate of elected officials for Mapleton positions.

Incumbent Mapleton Mayor Neil Driscoll and all four incumbent councillors - Marlene Ottens, Dennis Craven, Lori Woodham and Michael Martin - have all filed their paperwork to run for reelection.

Earlier this week Paul Douglas, a Mapleton resident who also ran for council in 2014, filed nomination papers.

Incumbent Gregg Davidson was the only registered candidate for the Ward 2 Wellington County council position as of the Community News deadline.

Mount Forest resident Shawn McLeod recently filed nomination papers to run for the position of Upper Grand District School Board Trustee for the district including Mapleton, Minto and Wellington North. Genevieve Grenier is running for the seat on the Conseil Scolaire Catholique MonAvenir (French Catholic) board.