It’s a book it’s play – it’s Sea Sick. On Nov. 12 award-winning journalist and author Alanna Mitchell will bring her one-woman show Sea Sick to the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion. The play is…
Getting to know blue-green algae
By Sue Tiffin Published Oct. 25 2018 Though cyanobacteria have been around for over 2.5 billion years we’re still learning about how best to deal with accumulations of the photosynthetic bacteria groupings known as blue-green…
Library survey results are in
By Chad Ingram Published Oct. 25 2018 The majority of respondents to a survey on the future of the Dorset branch of the Haliburton County Public Library indicated they would support turning the space located…
Devolin keeps seat in Minden Hills election
Tuesday Oct. 23 2018 Minden Hills Mayor Brent Devolin has been re-elected to his spot at the head of the council table. Unofficial election results released on Monday evening showed Devolin received 1720 votes beating…
Growing culinary tourism in the countyThe following are…
By Chad Ingram Published Oct. 18 2018 Committee members heard a presentation from Rebecca Mackenzie president of the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance about the continued and growing importance of food-based tourism in the province. “It…
Priorities report provides roadmap for drug strategy
In Haliburton County top concerns of respondents to a community survey about substance use and the harm associated with drug and alcohol use were impaired driving lack of resources and access to services children and…
Residents frustrated by road parking by park visitors
By Chad Ingram Published Oct. 18 2018 Minden Hills residents near the Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park are getting fed up with park visitors causing congestion by parking along roadways and in at least…
Second phase of housing project begins
When work began on phase one of the project known as Pinegrove Place – the one-storey 12-unit building opened to residents last year – preparatory work for a second phase was also completed. “At the…
The new owners of the Waffle Wagon
Grant and Jan Hutchinson standing in the driveway of their Minden home hesitate before they talk about how they met in 1993. They look at each other in that moment of hesitation and Grant starts…
Mayor and deputy mayor hopefuls talk county issues
By Chad Ingram Published Oct. 16 2018 County residents gathered in the great hall at Fleming College campus the evening of Oct. 11 to observe an all-candidates meeting featuring the mayoral and deputy mayoral candidates…
Police seek public's assistance following pursuit
Members of the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were on patrol on Sunday Oct. 14 in the Village of Bobcaygeon. Shortly before 11:30 a.m. an officer observed a black mid-2000s…
Finding food for the arena
Minden Hills township will install more vending machines at the S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena for the winter after a request for proposals for the operation of the concession stand at the facility failed to garner…
Boshkung Brewing makes it a six pack
By Chad Ingram Oct. 11 2018 Boshkung Brewing Co. has done it again. The Carnarvon-based brewery picked up a couple of awards at the Ontario Brewing Awards in September bringing a silver for its North…
Carnarvon's Zion United Church to close
Carnarvon’s Zion United Church is scheduled to close following a vote by members of the amalgamated congregation of the church and Minden United Church. In October of 2016 members of the churches as well as…
Costume-designing family prepares for Halloween
It’s October which means it’s that time of year that Bill and Natasha Moshenko start planning gathering cutting sewing glueing and creating magic in the form of costumes for their family. It’s a fun passion…
Making progress on housing the homeless ]
The City of Kawartha Lakes which is the social services provider for Haliburton County is making inroads when it comes to housing the community’s homeless. Jocelyn Blazey homelessness system resource co-ordinator for the city delivered…
NewsNewsMusical instrument donations to benefit ASES students
Musical instrument donations to benefit ASES students By Sue Tiffin Staff reporter A better life might be out there for the violin or guitar you have stashed away in your closet even if the abandoned…
Seagull solution seems to be working
The mitigation of the seagull population at the Scotch Line landfill and nearby Mountain Lake seems to be working according to Minden Hills staff. During a late September meeting the township’s environmental and property operations…
ASES runs for Terry
Archie Stouffer Elementary School staff and students wearing stickers noting they were walking for their grandpa their friend their aunt or Terry himself participated in the Terry Fox School Run on Sept. 27. This year…
Candidate Q&A – Algonquin Highlands
David Lawson - Candidate Councillor Ward 1 1. My name is David Lawson. My grandfather first built in the Dorset area in 1948 my father built his own place in 1957 I moved here full…
County councillors encourage heritage road names
By Chad Ingram Published Oct. 2 2018 During an update of Haliburton County’s civic addressing bylawat a Sept. 26 council meeting councillors said they’d like to includein the resolution encouragement for private road owners to…