Rhoda Adelphia (nee Robins) Wiser died peacefully in her 96th year on Friday, April 27, 2018 at Golden Plough Lodge in Cobourg, with family by her side. She was the last member of the pioneer Robins family who farmed in Draper Township, Bracebridge, Muskoka, Ontario. Rhoda was born on Feb. 10, 1923, lived in Germania, […]
Spring cleaning notes: WHY was Tony Clement’s mug the Google Doodle of the day February 21? It was either him or Fredrick Banting, for the day he died in 1941? Or the day Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Orchestra paid tribute to Benny Goodman? No, none of the above. It celebrated Har Gobind […]
GRAVENHURST – We have three words for you – funny, versatile, entertaining. That’s Heather Bambrick, Diane Leah and Julie Michels of Broadsway. From Gershwin to Gaga the trio of musicians combine their musical experience, extreme talent and eclectic personalities in a show that really is worth hearing and seeing this Friday April 6 at the […]
GRAVENHURST — With the NDP gaining ground, the Conservatives in the lead and the Liberals holding on for dear life, the first all-candidates meeting in Muskoka should be entertaining, enlightening and politcally enjoyable. So, get out your smartphones, open your calendar and enter: Date: May 15 Location: Gravenhurst Opera House Time: 6-8 p.m. And link […]
By John Merritt Simcoe County Historical Association Special to MuskokaTODAY.com Anson Greene Phelps Dodge was the founder of the Georgian Bay Lumber Company, which operated sawmills along southern Georgian Bay from 1870 into the 1920s. He was known as Alphabet Dodge because he signed his name with all three of his first initials. Dodge was […]
MUSKOKA — Works continues on Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s study and evaluation of its options for hospital care in the long-term future. Its Capital Plan Development Task Force met for its 15th meeting on April 9 to examine its Model Evaluation Criteria, they say in a release. The task force confirmed that its evaluation of the […]
QUEEN’S PARK — Thanks to “some amazing people,” Norm Miller’s save the hospitals petition has about 4,000 names in less than three weeks. The Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP Norm Miller made the following statement in the legislautre Tuesday, thanking the volunteers who have been working tirelessly to distribute and collect petitions to save the Huntsville District […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Graydon Smith has been described many ways since becoming mayor. But having a “distincly tart flavor, citrusy aroma, lively effervescence and light-bodied crispness” may be a first. Now he’s stuck with it after “Grayder’s Pink Grapefruit Radler” won over beer lovers with the people’s choice award at the 2017 Sessions Muskoka Beer Festival. […]