GRAVENHURST — Groups, businesses and individuals are busy working on their floats for the annual Gravenhurst Chamber of Commerce Santa Claus Parade Saturday Nov. 24, at 11 a.m. If you’d like to enter a float, contact Sandy or Tara at the chamber at 705-687-4432. This year’s theme is ‘Let’s all get ‘Back to Nature.’ So, […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The Bracebridge-Muskoka Lakes Rotary Club is ready for its annual Santa Fun Run 2018! The event this year will take place on Sunday, December 2, just prior to the Bracebridge Santa Claus Parade. This 5km run/walk will start at the top of the hill, at David’s Muskoka Sound and Vision (old KFC). It starts […]
LAKE OF BAYS — Damage is estimated at $100,000 and an electrical appliance may be to blame for a morning cottage fire here Tuesday. The Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department responded to a reported fire on Lake of Bays Lane Tuesday morning shortly after 8 a.m. The cottage was being renovated and was not occupied. […]
GRAVENHURST – Chamber music that’s accessible. That’s Ensemble Vivant at the Gravenhurst Opera House Friday, Nov. 9, the second seasonal performance of the Muskoka Concert Association. Fun and enjoyable are easy adjectives to describe the quintet. But there’s more to them than that. They’re serious musicians who know audiences need to be engaged with pieces […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Terry Vint was no Robert Preston, even though John Brownlee may have thought he was. Let me explain. After Brownlee hired Vint in 1971, as the first music teacher at Gravenhurst High School, the principal thought it would be a good idea that the school band had uniforms like […]
MUSKOKA — It was a full house with full hearts last night at the Mark O’Meara ballroom as eight women from Muskoka were presented with YWCA Women of Distinction Awards. Recipients were selected from a group of 19 outstanding nominees who were nominated by their fellow community members. 2018 YWCA Muskoka Women of Distinction Award Recipients: Janine Marson (Huntsville) – […]
GRAVENHURST – A 24-hour delay in voting has led to a new mayor and council in Gravenhurst. Monday’s election, which had voting extended to Tuesday night was confirmed Wednesday by the town clerk. See official results below:
Dominion Voting statement regarding internet voting service slowdown affecting 51 Ontario municipalities Oct. 22/23. TORONTO — Dominion Voting Systems has issued the following statement regarding today’s Internet Voting Service slowdown affecting Ontario Municipal election customers Just after 6 p.m. ET this evening, voters in approximately 51 Ontario Municipalities using Dominion’s Internet Voting (IV) portal experienced […]
BRACEBRIDGE – Mayor Graydon Smith’s fight to save South Muskoka Memorial Hospital may have saved his job. He was re-elected Tuesday night after a day’s delay in voting. He was challenged by councillor Lori Giaschi-Pacini. Here are the certified resultls link, with the unofficial results below from the town Wednesday: BB certified results Mayor (1 […]
ORILLIA — Three police cars were damaged by a wrong-way driver on Hwy. 11 Sunday. Provincial police in have charged a London, Ontario, man after he was finally stopped driving south in the northbound lanes of Highway 11 in Severn Township October 21, 2018, shortly after 3 a.m. Police were called about the southbouind driver in […]
HUNTSVILLE — Big Band and dance fans are in for a treat Friday night at the Huntsville Legion. The Muskoka Big Band lets you Swing Into Fall with a dance upstairs. After a successful gig at the Bracebridge legion last spring, the band moves up the road to Huntsville. Doors open at 7:30 p.m, with […]
GRAVENHURST — A fall tradition takes on a pleasant new turn this year, as the Muskoka Concert Band’s annual Remembrance Day concert falls on the day before Nov. 11. Normally, the band presents its concert on the Sunday before local and national services. But this year, it’s Nov. 10, again at the Trinity United Church […]
MUSKOKA – Phone and email voters across all six of Muskoka’s towns and townships have one more day to vote. Due to technical problems in Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Huntsville, Muskoka Lakes Township, Lake of Bays, and Georgian Bay Townshship, clerks in the three towns and four townships have extended voting to Tuesday night. In Gravenhurst, they […]
MUSKOKA — Election day: a nail biter for some (candidates), important for most (voters), mildly amusing for a lot (of others), and care less for far too many (more than half of us). Which box above will you check Monday? It’s worth thinking about — seriously. Municipal elections, while lower on the political pecking order […]
GRAVENHURST — The Orillia Silver Band will be performing a concert on Sunday, October 28 at 2 p.m. at the Gravenhurst Opera House. Tickets $25; $10 for students/children, available from the Opera House Box Office. The Orillia Silver Band is a British-style brass band with some 35 members. Formed in 1949, the Band has been […]
GRAVENHURST — A Gravenhurst landlord has been issued ticketed twice for failing to provide smoke and Carbon Monoxide alarms for the tenant of one of her apartments. The two tickets have fines totaling $720, says a release from the Gravenhurst Fire Department. “These tickets are expensive, especially when compared to the cost of installing the two […]
HUNTSVILLE — The Muskoka Family Network is asking local residents if they would like to volunteerly participate in a national survey on housing options for individuals with developmental disabilities. It’s an initiative by Community Living Toronto, and more information can be found below. Meanwhile, Carla O’Neill, of the Muskoka Family Network, reminds everyone of four upcoming […]
GRAVENHURST — The Gravenhurst Women’s Centre (“Every Woman’s Place for Support, Connections and Community”) is hosting an open house and grand re-opening Tuesday, October 23, from 1-3 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. It’s located at 270 Muskoka Rd. S., across from the Opera House, behind the Gypsy Market Mews across from the Opera House. Come and […]
GRAVENHURST — Complements to the chefs. That’s the compliment du jour for hospitality students at GHS. This summer the Gravenhurst High School program received an upgrade. As in ‘A’ new kitchen for an F-ing old saucepan and sink. And at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, they take the plastic wrap off the stainless steel for […]
Nancy Thompson | OHA District 18 PR GRAVENHURST – What do Trumpeter Swans and birdhouses have in common? An OHA District 18 Fall meeting and Workshop hosted by the Gravenhurst Horticultural Society on Saturday Sept 29. Representatives of horticultural societies from Argyle, Baysville, Bracebridge, Callander, Gravenhurst, Huntsville, Magnetawan, North Bay, Parry Sound, Powassan and Sprucedale […]