Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Thieves went relatively cheap when they drove off with a newish boat valued at $100,000 the same weekend as the annual Antique and Classic Boat Show. But they didn’t get far with the watercraft after their comically clumsy attempt, say neighbours. Though the black 24-foot, 2023 Sea Ray was […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Old friends, good time — and hopefully good weather. That’s the forecast for a Thursday, July 23, noon reunion of Gravenhurst and Bracebridge high school students at Gull Lake Rotary Park gazebo. In fact all students are welcome at 11:30 a.m. no matter what district school they attended. The […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES — A Markham man who was boating near Walker’s Point late yesterday afternoon is the third drowning victim of the summer in Muskoka. Police investigating in incident in the Township of Muskoka Lakes — west of Gravenhurst and close to Bala They say that on Saturday, July 18, at […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — On another oppressive day of heat — that a day earlier had a pall of yellow smog blanketing Muskoka — a “town hall” meeting left a further bitter taste in the mouths of some 200 opposing the Cliff Bay resort and housing proposal. As protests go it wasn’t that […]
MUSKOKA — Put out those fires — if you’ve got one. And if you don’t — don’t even think about starting one if you live anywhere in Muskoka. Fire chiefs this morning at 11 a.m. in the six municipalities issued a complete ban on any types of outdoor open fire burning in Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Huntsville, […]
MUSKOKA — The theft of a $70,000 skid steer over the weekend and a charge of stunt driving last Friday top today’s police calls in south Muskoka. Police say that July 10, at 3 p.m., an officer was doing speed enforcement on Muskoka Road 169 in Torrance and stopped a vehicle for travelling considerably higher […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GERMANIA — A 150th anniversary of the Lutheran Church here Sunday, July 19, will be as much a family reunion as a service of celebration. Each year, families in Germania gather twice in the summer to keep alive the original tiny Nazareth Lutheran Church — known in the small west Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Summer’s lazy days on the docks and beaches are heating up talks about: “What’s happening with the Muskoka Centre property in Gravenhurst?” An ambitious “mixed use” tourism, commercial and residential plan from a year ago — which appears as laid back as a Muskoka chair — continues to undergo […]