Aircraft maintenance company in talks to locate at…

By Jenn Watt The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Oct. 15 meeting of Algonquin Highlands council. To continue to grow Stanhope Airport needs to begin offering more services to pilots particularly…

Bridge work to be done by late November

By Jenn Watt The following are brief reports of items discussed at county council committee meetings on Wednesday Oct. 14. The first phase of work on Haliburton’s Head Lake Bridge should be complete by late…

You’ve got Schmale

By Times Staff Conservative candidate Jamie Schmale will find himself outnumbered on Parliament Hill when he takes his seat as MP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock amongst a sea of Liberal red. “I think we knew it…

Minden man seriously injured in collision

Submitted by Haliburton Highlands OPP On Saturday Oct. 17 just befo re 6:30 p.m. officers from the Haliburton Highlands Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were dispatched to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway…

MH buys portion of former Walker’s property 

By Chad Ingram Minden Hills township has purchased part of the former Walker’s Auto Repair property along Highway 35 in Minden from Haliburton County. At their Oct. 8 meeting Minden Hills councillors passed resolutions to…

Council rescinds approval of solar projects

By Chad Ingram Minden Hills council has rescinded approval for 11 solar power projects given a support resolution by the township’s previous council. During their Oct. 8 meeting councillors were visited by Vlad Glebov of…

HCDC loans $4.2 million in 2015

By Jenn Watt Haliburton County Development Corporation continues to do far more business in its region than areas with many times the population. At the organization’s annual general meeting at the Pinestone on Oct. 7…

AMO expenses total about $8300 

By Chad Ingram County politicians who attended the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Niagara Falls in August accrued just more than $8300 in combined expenses. The annual conference offers seminars speakers and allows…

Festival dead in the water (again) 

By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during an Oct. 8 meeting of Minden Hills council. A multi-day musical festival with an emphasis on water quality and education that organizer Earth…

$3000 awarded locally for parent engagement projects

Several local schools were successful recipients of funds for parent engagement projects. Trillium Lakelands District School Board announced late last month that $22000 was allocated to projects board-wide from the Ministry of Education. Parents Reaching…

Housing project to cost $300000

By Chad Ingram An affordable housing project near Minden’s Stouffer Street will likely cost Minden Hills township $300000. Back in February councillors voted to donate the land for a single-storey 12-unit facility near the S.G.…

High school support workers announce job action 

By Angelica Ingram The support staff represented by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation are the most recent group to announce escalated job action following a media release on Sept. 30. Talks between the union…

New food hub nourishing community

By Chad Ingram A crowd of about 100 assembled outside the Minden Food Centre on Newcastle Street for an official opening celebration Oct. 3. The centre which is a project between the Minden Food Bank…

HHHS Foundation reports strong financial year

By Angelica Ingram The Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation celebrated another year of financial success at their annual general meeting on Sept. 29. Auditor John West of McColl Turner Chartered Accountants reported to the board…

Council asks operator to make zoning request

By Chad Ingram A lgonquin Highlands council will ask the owner of a property near Maple Lake being used for the field spreading of septic waste to request a zoning bylaw amendment for the operation…

Four hands on one piano

On Sunday Oct. 25 the Haliburton Concert Series will present duo pianists Robert Kortgaard and Peter Tiefenbach in the final concert of its 2015 season. The concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. in the Northern…

Adjusting to life after spinal stroke

By Angelica Ingram Moss Davis flips through a book that contains pages filled with pictures of his dad. The four-year-old kindergarten student at Archie Stouffer Elementary School shares stories of visiting his dad in Toronto…