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 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Surgical services have fully resumed at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital and patients can once again access scheduled surgical care at the south Muskoka site in Bracebridge. The resumption follows an almost two-week down period after Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare had announced on Wednesday July 1 that those services and CT […]
Bob Pomerantz — Special to MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s fascinating to know Gravenhurst was home to a Prisoner of War camp during the Second World War. But the real delight is in the details and local archivist and historian Judy Humphries presented some juicy ones during her talk last Wednesday at Gravenhurst Library on the […]
After nearly 50 years of flying Canadian flags through the summer, the Gravenhurst Lions Club has ended the tradition over safety and liability concerns. Now the service club is looking to new community projects — including a Rainbow Pet Bridge memorial — as it searches for volunteers and replacement fundraising. Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST […]