Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Bifocals Band played a musical tribute to Queen Elizabeth today. As the community band resumes rehearsals and prepares for its first gig outdoors Remembrance Day at the Royal Canadian Legion, it’s not unusual for conductor Kim Barlow to run through tunes in preparation for the memorial marking. Some […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com DORSET — June Johnson doesn’t mind hard work. She grew up working for a living and continues to do so. The 86-year-old short-order cook at Zachary’s can’t just can’t find staff to help. So she’s been double-shifting with 73-year-old waiter Doris Nash dishing up the plates of family fare in the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Queen’s visit to Gravenhurst in 1959 has an interesting sidebar that will be remembered Sept. 21 when the Municipal Heritage Committee (MHC) will officially dedicate a panel commemorating “Swedetown” at an east entrance to the park down on Phillip Street. The neighbourhood surrounding then Gull Lake Park, where […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Queen’s sudden death was a “where were you” moment for another generation. One that has special meaning for many who lived and grew up in Gravenhurst, not many years after Elizabeth Regina ascended the British throne in 1953. Among Royal Tours, her visit here with Prince Philip in […]
GRAVENHURST — Would-be thieves chickened out after breaking in to a fast food restaurant here early yesterday. Police say that on Wednesday, Sept. 7 the Kentucky Fried Chicken owner arrived at work to find someone had broken in. At 9 a.m. police were called to the KFC on Winewood Avenue. They say suspects broke a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Good-bye, Jessie! It was a grand farewell last night for Jessie Napper and her sister Emily. Or at least half a grand. The two sisters are off this Sunday to work in the Cayman Islands for the winter. And boss Annette Gillan, at Well Fed, where Jessie works invited […]
GRAVENHURST — Membership is returning to pre-COVID numbers here at the Gravenhurst Seniors Active Living Centre. Attendance at activities is busy including a round-robin shuffleboard tournament and lunch today. Yesterday’s weekly Tuesday bingo had about a dozen out with president Loulla Witney calling the numbers. It’s been a tough couple of years, but she says […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A woman charged with drug and gun possession in May and theft of 70 water jugs in August, faces multiple new charges after a break and enter here on First Street early yesterday. Police say Shannan Green, 33, of Gravenhurst, was charged Sunday after officers responded to a 911 […]
GRAVENHURST — Terri Puittinen didn’t have far to go to pick up the grand prize in Wednesday night’s Rotary TV Bingo on YourTV. The Tara’s Fashions worker strolled up the one Muskoka Road block to pick up the $1,000 cash prize at the TD Bank Thursday morning. Her winning was half the prize money handed […]
HUNTSVILLE — A man reportedly driving around looking to buy beer at 8 a.m. yesterday has been charged with impaired vehicle operation. Police say that on Friday, Sept. 2 at 8:08 a.m., OPP received a dispatch of an intoxicated male driving and looking to buy beer. The car in question was located at approximately 8:15 […]
MUSKOKA LAKES TOWNSHIP — Residents and visitors to Three Mile Lake are being cautioned about a confirmed blue-green algae bloom impacting all of Three Mile Lake and Hammell’s Bay. Many species of blue-green algae (also called cyanobacteria) have the potential to produce toxins that are harmful to the health of humans and animals. The Simcoe […]
HUNTSVILLE — Following an investigation police have charged a 14-year-old youth after a business was broken into early Thursday. OPP say that on Sept. 1 they were called to a business on King William Street at 2:30 a.m. where suspect(s) gained entry through a window. Once inside a quantity of e-cigarettes were stolen. Later that […]
PORT CARLING — A driver could have landed in the Indian River here at the locks yesterday were it not for bystanders, say police. On Friday Sept. 2 at 4:54 p.m. officers responded to a report of a vehicle that struck another motor vehicle and a flower pot on Lock Street west — on the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES — Shivver me timbers — it’s fire in the hole. It’s election time in the Muskoka Lakes and the municipality where mayoral re-elections are as rare as the sounds of loons at dawn is at it again. Incumbent Phil Harding is fighting back against the once mighty, but now […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s clear sailing tomorrow. A great day for a booming ‘Pirate Cruise.’ The last sea battle of the season aboard the Wenonah II. And what another epic dogfight it promises to be. Canons are locked and loaded with water and smoke for the Sunday morning clash. And — “Shivver […]
ORILLIA — About time! That’s the opinion of most residents and motorist here fed up with the roaring sound of pickup trucks, cars that sound like Indy racers and motorcyclists the needlessly flex their mufflers because they think they can and that no one cares. Not any more — not at least this month in […]
GRAVENHURST — Complaints yesterday of an erratic driver have led to several charges against two Muskoka men. OPP received several traffic complaints about the unsafe driving of a pickup truck on First Street and Bethune Drive in Gravenhurst Wednesday Aug. 31 in the late afternoon. Officers were updated that the vehicle had pulled into a […]
HUNTSVILLE — Break and enters are becoming more common for business owners. In the latest smash and grab here early this morning police were called to a business on King William Street in response to yet another break and enter. They say in a report this morning that on Sept. 1, at about 2:30 a.m., […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — As the sun sets on summer’s final August night it’s a great opportunity to catch the first night of the final week of the Twelfth Night at the Muskoka Wharf. With the Cockburn Square gazebo as its dramatic backdrop, Timberbeast Productions theatre company wraps up its summer season with […]
HUNTSVILLE — A garage fire here Sunday in which a man was found dead has led to police to release the victim’s name. They said Tuesday that the deceased has been identified as Mark Longmuir, 50, of Huntsville. And that his death is believed to be non-suspicious, and no foul play is suspected. On Aug. […]
