Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Call it a mini Mariposa. As Orillia’s folk festival wrapped up Sunday, north Gull Lake Rotary Park was just starting it’s summer season of Music on the Barge. With the Bifocals Band kicking things off in the afternoon, they were followed that evening by Motown in Motion. Gathered round […]
HUNTSVILLE — A small fire last night was caused by an un-supervised candle in a bedroom. Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Fighters from Station One in Huntsville and Station Five in Port Sydney responded to a report of a structure fire on Ravensglen Crescent at 6:40 p.m. That’s at the north end of Huntsville off of […]
Photos, story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Many folk fans still come to Mariposa for the intimate small stages, but the it’s the bigger acts on the Gordon Lightfoot Mainstage that draw the larger crowds. That’s why the former shut down at 5 p.m. to make way for the evening headliners who are less […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: The Save South Muskoka Hospital Committee has been fervently advocating for months, pressing Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare to honour its commitment to build two acute care hospitals in Huntsville and Bracebridge, equipped with shared amenities and adequate beds. Regrettably, MAHC has disregarded both established protocols and common sense necessary for access to equitable […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — The Bruce Cockburn isn’t the same nervous kid who was thrust on to the Mariposa main stage in 1968. “I was supposed to do an afternoon set – which I did. And Neil Young was on the bill and Neil had to cancel because he had an ear issue […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The stage for today’s big Rotary show off was set 65, 75 and 85 years ago. Eighty-five years ago when Rotary was founded in Gravenhurst, 75 years ago when Barge concerts began and 65 years ago when Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip opened the historic yellow band shell we […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — July 4 is now definitely a historic day in Gravenhurst especially at Gull Lake Rotary Park. Sixty-five years to the day after Queen Elizabeth dropped in to open the Barge — Rotary Rocked the Barge this afternoon. The setting was jovial as Rotarians, the town and community members marked […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Rain or shine Rotary Rocks the Barge will officially open tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. No need to bring a chair — the club has seating for more than 500 on the bank overlooking Gull Lake and the Barge. The Rotary and Town of Gravenhurst amphitheatre project at Gull […]