Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Penny Varney has seen a lot of businesses come and go in Gravenhurst. Notably around the main intersection of Bay, Brock and Muskoka Road. Including two of her own.’ Right where she and her husband, Tony, had a pharmacy for decades; and where her Penny Varney Jewellery, Gifts and […]

BRACEBRIDGE — An Etobicoke man faces five charges of impaired driving after his vehicle was stopped headed northbound in the southbound lanes of Hwy. 11 early Sunday morning. On March 22, at 2:25 a.m., OPP officers responded to multiple 911 calls about the pickup truck. Police say the vehicle travelled some distance before turning around […]

GRAVENHURST — With spring officially here, the Gravenhurst Bifocals Concert Band welcomes the changes of season and time with an eclectic and entertaining performance this coming Saturday afternoon. The March 28 show at 2 p.m. features a large range of musical styles from various parts of the world, will include “Evangeline, Canadian Folk Song Fantasy, […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — The first day of spring today brought a threat of freezing rain. But that’s nothing like 51 weeks ago when Muskoka got walloped with an ice storm it hadn’t seen in many years causing severe damage to homes and businesses. It left municipalities to clean up a mess […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST  — Police are investigating after a man and woman posing as bylaw officers wrongly accused a man of illegally parking in an accessible parking spot Monday. After being contacted, the Town of Gravenhurst says it is aware of a local incident in which two individuals impersonated town bylaw enforcement officers […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION GRAVENHURST — I’ve often said residents new to towns like this should be obliged to take a course on its history. A few lectures and some Q&As. Town archivist and historian Judy Humphries would be the perfect professor along with the several other fine purveyors of the past on the […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST  — GHS robotics students, Muskoka Ringette, Hospice Muskoka and Big Brothers Big Sisters are among 11 community groups award Terence Haight grants this year. The 12-year-old program awarded them a total of $30,000 this year. Funding comes from a $1 million-plus gift to the community by the late Terence Haight, […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST  — It seems size does matter. Four inches, in fact. It’s the difference in extra height a new Northlander train will mean for passengers boarding in Gravenhurst. “A Hail Mary” attempt this afternoon, according to Mayor Heidi Lorenz, wasn’t enough to convince most councillors of the merit of keeping a […]