GRAVENHURST — A mid-summer’s noon concert series returns to Trinity United Church here this week. The five concerts commence July 2 with an Orillia Silver Band ensemble, a collection of musicians comprised of members of the popular pre-eminent concert orchestra to the south. Under the direction of Neil Barlow, Muskoka’s leading conductor. Kylan Haffie, July […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — It’s almost all over … but for the many fireworks at dusk, which will wrap up another fun day in Canada. And Muskoka. Sunrise to sunset it’s been a colourful — red and white — celebration of who we are and what we stand up for . There were […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — An armed home invasion east of Huntsville early Canada Day led to the arrest of six people following a chases down Highway 11 — with additional suspects at large in a silver Honda CRV with an Ontario plate of CZFE 895. The OPP urges the public to remain vigilant […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — It’s going to be great day tomorrow. And not just because we turn 158 — but the weather will be more comfortable making all the events easier to enjoy. No matter what town, village, park or event you plan to attend it’s ‘Elbows Up! And time to break out […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Rotarians honoured a couple of very deserving community supporters with their major international honour Thursday. Mallory Silver and Jesse Grimes received Paul Harris award named in honour of the worldwide service club’s founder recognizing them for demonstrating Rotary’s principles of “Service Above Self.” The pins and certificate presentations were […]
MuskokaTODAY.com ARCHIVES Ed. note: Town archivist Jack Cline found this decades old piece in our files from former MuskokaTODAY.com owner/publisher, Hugh Clairmont, who celebrated the to oft-times unheralded work of Local Journalism scribes on the daily rural beat. It’s from a 1950 Toronto Star piece, among many clippings he kept on in a scrap book […]
GRAVENHURST — Police have made an arrest in a month-old assault that took place in a wooded area west of Muskoka Road South. They say today that the OPP and its Muskoka Crime Unit continue investigating the “serious assault” overnight on May 27. And that just before midnight officers, along with Muskoka EMS, responded to […]
GRAVENHURST — Carole King has “written some of the most beautiful music ever,” says Neil Barlow, a cornetist in the Gravenhurst Bifocals Concert Band. Like “It’s Too Late, Jazzman, You’ve Got A Friend” and “I Feel the Earth Move” … “under my feet.” You’ll feel your feet move, too, as you tap your toes along […]