MUSKOKA — Three drivers face separate charges involving alcohol, drugs and speeding this week. On Tuesday, March 24, at 9:40 p.m., an officer in Bracebridge conducting proactive patrols made a traffic stop on Dominion Street and charged 35-year-old Timothy Bonnis, of Gravenhurst, with: Impaired operation (drug) Possession of schedule I substance -Cocaine Driving while under […]

Letter to the Editor: Gravenhurst could be a retirees’ paradise. When my wife, Roberta, and I moved into town in April of 1998 it sure had that potential. The very good Seniors Centre on First Street was the first place we joined. The Legion was also one busy place at that time and we joined […]

GRAVENHURST — Spring forward with a whole new wardrobe from The Hope Chest at St. James Anglican Church April 11. An end-of-season give-away at the popular drop-in will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon. The free men’s and women’s outfits and shoes have no limit,” says church member Mary Flavell Léger. “Take what you […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Two food banks, four school breakfast programs, scouts and Muskoka’s army cadets have received $13,500 in charitable donations from the local legion. Treasurer Lee Coles and president Lu Hoffman-Steiger handed out cheques to six of the eight grateful recipients at last night’s monthly general meeting of Branch #302. Members […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Team 6864 and “Torque” are back at it in Barrie this weekend with silver medals around their necks and hanging off their robot. The GHS GryphTech Robotics after school club team navigated their way to silver in North Bay on the weekend. With only five members facing teams with […]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ed. note: Bob Barnes led losing battle for Northlander Train to stop at Train Station. Another nail in our coffin. “We have a problem, Houston” is a useful and appropriate quote. I ask: What do you think our problem is? I have my own opinion. Under the watch of our present […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Today’s war stories are live by the hour on TV — gruesome and graphic as ever. In 1944, during the battle of Normandy, news from the French front was slower returning home than progress marching forward. Eighty-two years later, a heroic and tragic story has surfaced in a personalized […]

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 […]