Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn; At the going down of the sun and in the morning; We will remember them.” – Act of Remembrance Bill Davidson, 85, was in a rare position today. […]

Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Young people have forever been a part of war and peace, whether it’s fighting or fighting for them. Monday, it was both, as young girl guides and boy scouts helped present community wreaths during Remembrance Day services at the legion. Email Mark Clairmont at mark@muskokatoday.com Or news@muskokatoday.com Celebrating 25 YEARS […]

Photos by Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A nice tradition continued at the Remembrance Day service today. A large number of community members joined the procession from the legion uptown to the cenotaph at the Opera House. Dozens of people young and old unaffiliated with any group organization walked behind the Royal Canadian Legion […]

Photos by Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — At precisely 11 a.m. this morning — 101 years after the First World War ended with a pair of signatories — Gravenhurst stood silent. A poignant siren from a passing fire truck on Bethune Drive drew closer, louder, then passed south, as Royal Canadian Legion bugler Mark […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com At the going up of the sun — they will remember them Monday. A cold, wet front isn’t expected to diminish crowds Nov. 11 in towns and villages across Muskoka at the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month. It’s possible numbers may even be greater this year, […]

GRAVENHURST — If it take a village to raise a child, it take volunteers to run a town. Gravenhurst handed out its semi-annual Community Spirit Awards Thursday honouring individuals and groups who have shown outstanding volunteerism and or achievement, with recipients nominated by members of the community and their peers. Committee chair Gord Durnan called […]