Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If it takes a village to raise a child, Gravenhurst is a one big happy family. Thanks to the Rotary Club’s Bursary Endowment Fund. An educational service that last year allowed 34 more Gravenhurst students to pursue post-secondary education at universities and colleges throughout Canada changing their lives forever. […]
MUSKOKA LAKES TWP. — Police and firefighters were called out Saturday afternoon after a member of the public dialled 911 concerned about the well-being of another driver who was stopped at a stop sign on Rosseau Lake Road 2 at Highway 141 in Muskoka Lakes Township. OPP and members of the Muskoka Lakes Fire Department […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MARKHAM — What a way to go out! Undefeated at OFSAA in their final badminton games of their high school career. And don’t stop them there. After scoring gold medals yesterday afternoon in Markham, Om Patel and Cam Bird were up early today winning a pair of morning basketball games with […]
PORT CARLING — A man attempting to avoid a RIDE check last night has been charged. Police say that on Thursday, April 30, at 8 p.m., officers were conducting a RIDE program on Medora Street in Port Carling and noticed a vehicle attempting to avoid the checkpoint. They located the vehicle a short time later […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Damn! That’s what the old gang at Arts at the Albion said recently when the co-op ceased operations after 14 years. But not Barb Stofast. Like an eager beaver, as fast as the doors closed she was working on a plan to bring it back to life. In a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES — A “challenging” fire Tuesday morning levelled a cottage on Franklin Island. Seventeen firefighters from the Port Carling, Bala, Walkers Point and Milford Bay stations had to be ferried from Mortimer’s Point Marina after the call came in a 6:30 a.m. And three of their marine units (boat and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Trespassers at the former Muskoka Centre health facility aren’t uncommon. But to be charged with possession of stolen property is unusual. Police didn’t say what was stolen. Police charged two people yesterday in relation to a break and enter in Gravenhurst. Last night, Tuesday, April 28, at 8:30 p.m., […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Water levels on several lakes have declined toward more normal operating ranges, however the MNR says in its weekly report that some lakes still remain well above normal levels. As such they continue to issue the same flood warning as the previous two weeks. Their seven-day weather forecast at […]