Mark Clairmont

GRAVENHURST — The GHS senior boys volleyball team are tops in the Muskoka-Parry Sound high school circuit. They swept Huntsville in the semifinals three games straight Thursday, Oct. 30. Then, facing Almaguin in the final, they dropped the first game 25-23 before rising to the challenge in their next match winning 25-16. And taking the […]

BRACEBRIDGE — Take a moment to remember “Canada’s Heroes” at a special concert this Saturday afternoon to commemorate and honour the many people who have been impacted by war, those who have served and continue to serve our country. Join the Muskoka Concert Band, with special guests the Muskoka Men of Song, for their annual Remembrance Concert. The […]

GRAVENHURST — One-stop shopping for trick or treaters at the Baptist Church here last night was “perfect timing” as usual. The 20 tables for 500 kids is an annual tradition that always falls between 6-7:30 each Halloween — rain or shine. More the latter than the former. And everyone was happy with that from the […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It was a scary triple-triple day for Oliver’s customers as the doors closed at 6 p.m. Friday. The last free cuppa coffee came the same day as Halloween and the Blue Jays looked for their first World Series Championship tonight since 1993. That’s two years after Oliver’s opened in […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A year from now drivers should be close to crossing the Silver Bridge again by car. That’s the dream of town and District of Muskoka staff as they finalize contract details with Clearwater Construction to repair — rather than replace the iconic 1920 three-span bridge closed on Jan. 6 […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Could AI have completed Mozart’s unfinished deathbed Requiem? Will we ever know? When Wolfgang Amadeus died in 1791 he was about half the average — or median — age of the Cellar Singers and their devoted audience who heard the renowned local choir perform them both beautifully yesterday afternoon […]

GRAVENHURST — A Midland driver stopped for travelling the wrong direction on Highway 11 early yesterday has been charged with impaired driving. On Monday Oct. 26, at 2:15 a.m., police conducting patrols on the highway located a vehicle travelling southbound in the northbound lanes. Officers were able to conduct a traffic stop, arresting and charging […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The closest Cheryl Cooper has come to perils at sea is white caps on Lake Muskoka and a stabilizing Atlantic cruise ship. But, Arrh! Make no mistake — the swashbuckling Bracebridge author is a “pirate at heart.” “Absolutely,” she said Sunday at the launch of Beyond the Pale Horizon […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — While Blue Jays fans were celebrating last night Rotarians were doing as they usually do ‘Making Waves’ and doing good while gathering, socializing and preparing for another weekend of making life good for everyone. A two-day mini District 7010 conference at the Rotary Centre here saw 70 club executive […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST  — Who’s gotta ticket? Who’s got single? Not Ken Little. But you never know tonight. The Muskoka Real Estate Services Inc. Broker told Rotarians a humourous story yesterday about how he scalped two Jays tickets when they won their first World Series in 1992 against Atlanta. On a whim he […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Picking strawberries for 25 cents an hour was a dream job for thousands of teenage girls intent on skipping exams early in the Second World War. However those first, long summer days of sunburns and back-braking harvesting were unexpected hard work that sent a few packing home — at […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Everywhere you look there’s beauty — in the trees and on the ground. Maple leaves and all the colours that compose the natural palette of Muskoka’s rainbow remain on display — muted, yes, but filtered they’re still states of beauty. Which is why Dr. Sophie Sun, of Toronto, brought […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — OK Blue Jays! You want it all — you’re halfway there. Fans glued to TVs last night watched wherever they could. And the band played on in Utterson. Fran Harvey, a huge fan and conductor of the Muskoka Concert Band, made sure last night that her musicians didn’t miss […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A ‘Father’s Day’ road trip was a winner for Alliston who stung the Muskoka Bears 6-1 at home Sunday afternoon. With new management teams and several new players on both sides of the ice it was the undefeated Hornets who easily dominated. Bears goalie Kyle Downey, who faced 68 […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Hundreds of clients were shocked Friday by the “abrupt” closing of Crunch Fitness. When they turned up for their workout they found the doors locked and its equipment cleaned out. Among them was the morning manager who arrived at 5:30 a.m. Apparently he was one of those who “failed” […]

GRAVENHURST — They called this a short week. But the real reason for this week’s delay in re-doing Bay Street from Greavette to Muskoka Steamship Bay Road is Bala’s Cranberry Festival. The just completed three-block stretch of from Greavette Street to Sarah Street opened for the weekend. However the full route only Sarah to Steamship […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Marion Fry got out of algebra classes to become a “Farmerette.” The Severn Bridge Farm Divas made light the other night of rural life. But during the Second World War working longer than “9-5” on the farm for the war effort was serious, big business. The largely forgotten chapter […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — With a heart-stopping performance last night, the Severn Bridge Farm Divas won the inaugural Gravenhurst Chamber of Commerce Lip-Synching Contest. Direct from a command performance at their fall fair last month, the foursome topped the Muskoka Glam Divas and five other performing acts at the Opera House that had […]

GRAVENHURST — A pre-game warm-up tonight will let you catch the second half of the Jays’ comeback. If you’re optimistic and want to help the new Gravenhurst Health Hub. Lip-synch contestants will be vying for honours at the Opera House here at 7 p.m. Seven acts — solos, duos and more — will mimic the […]