Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com BRACEBRIDGE — Housing being a hot election top, today’s ground-breaking at the former Memorial Arena site here was timely, coming just a little more than two weeks out from the municipal vote. A ceremonial dirt turning event marked the start of the Memorial Arena Site Redevelopment project to […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — The Opera House was overflowing this evening with two dozen candidates tripping over each other on stage eager to say how much they loved their town. And more or less wouldn’t improve or change little between now and 2030. Making for a no nothing […]

MUSKOKA — Three recent police stops led to stunt driving, impaired and indecent exposure against local drivers. Saturday, Oct. 3, just after 9:30 a.m., an officer in Huntsville conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 60, near Ragged Falls Park Road in Algonquin Highlands Township, stopped a vehicle travelling 138 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone. […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com Email: news@muskokatoday.com NORTH KAWARTHA TOWNSHIP — Three little words and 20 minutes later a pair lost ATV riders were quickly located after they veered off a trail here Saturday afternoon. Police credit the What3Words app for helping them find them after responding to a call from individuals lost […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com Whether you’re into vintage rock or comedy, mark your calendars for Saturday Oct. 17. It’s the best of both is happening in Gravenhurst and Washago that night at the Gravenhurst Opera House and Blue Moon Junction in Washago. The music begins in Gravenhurst, at 7:30 p.m. with […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — I remember a phone call I got from Huntsville maor Scott Aitchison late in my political career when I was on the Muskoka District council. He wanted to know if I’d support him if he ran for district chair. And could we sit […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — Eat your heart out Bracebridge! After the Leafs opted out of Muskoka this year for a weekend BBQ at Austin Matthews’ Arizona home ….. The Islanders moved into the Graeme Murray rink here Tuesday morning for a practice and scrimmage before boarding a bus and […]

HUNTSVILLE — The fire department is preparing for its 38th annual food drive with a new format. Each December, firefighters hold collect home donations in support of the Salvation Army. The HFD says it is pleased to announce the tradition will continue, but with some changes to how non-perishable food donations will be collected. For […]