By Chad Ingram The Howland Junction trestle bridge located along the Haliburton County Rail Trail will require significant work in 2016. “The bad news is the bridge needs to be replaced next year” zapublic works…
Councillors request tax hike scenarios
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County residents should expect at least a 3.85 per cent increase in their upper-tier property taxes for 2016. County treasurer Laura Janke gave councillors a peek at the 2016 draft budget…
Former junior citizen now a hard-working college student
By Chad Ingram Alnoor Gowani was a 13-year-old Grade 8 student when he was given a Junior Citizen of the Year Award from the Ontario Community Newspaper Association in 2009 for saving a drowning man…
Future of Young Eagles up in the air
By Angelica Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Dec. 10 meeting of Algonquin Highlands council. The popular Young Eagles program run out of the Stanhope airport might be in trouble…
Hyland Crest launches music therapy program
By Jenn Watt After successfully beta testing a music program for people with dementia Minden’s long-term care home will now offer the full video series to residents as part of their activity complement. Pathways developed…
Miners Bay blog goes viral
By Chad Ingram Miners Bay resident Jim Love was flabbergasted when he saw a message from a family member supporting a petition encouraging the stemming of refugees to Canada. “It knocked me for a loop”…
Baskets make Christmas merrier for Minden families
By Chad Ingram “I’m overwhelmed each year” says Ron Reid. Reid who is the co-ordinator of the annual Minden Christmas basket program is talking about the generosity of the community. Overseen by the food bank…
Decades-long Christmas tradition started in Minden
By Jenn Watt Christmas cards are a lost art for most but for a pair of childhood neighbours it’s a 62-year-old tradition. Arthur Clarke and David Harding have been sending the same card back and…
Condo developer apologizes for mishap
The developer behind the condominium complex under construction on Minden’s Newcastle Street began a meeting last week for residents of the building by apologizing for the collapse of a shoring wall at the site Nov.…
New leadership required hospital board says
By Angelica Ingram The Haliburton Highlands Health Services board of directors has ended its relationship with the organization’s CEO and president Varouj Eskedjian. The decision was announced last week in an official press release issued…
"Nowhere" campaign successful OHTO says
By Chad Ingram The Ontario Highlands Tourism Organization’s “Welcome to Nowhere” promotional campaign for the regional tourism area encompassing Haliburton County Hastings and municipalities throughout the Ottawa Valley was a success according to OHTO’s executive…
Pick up tab for halls volunteers urge MH
By Chad Ingram Volunteers from the Lochlin and Irondale halls made a presentation to councillors Dec. 10 requesting that the township pay for operating and capital expenses at the facilities. Since amalgamation of the Township…
Pritchard House demolished
By Chad Ingram The ground shook as the stone that had encased the Pritchard House for decades fell from its place Monday. Once home to the prominent family for which it is named the house…
Turning back the clock on shoreline health
When Moore Lake Property Owners Association president Ed Russo started cottaging 1999 he didn’t think anything was wrong with a bright green lawn stretching down to the water’s edge. It was a common sight. “I…
Eskedjian no longer hospital CEO
Haliburton Highlands Health Services has officially announced that CEO Varouj Eskedjian is leaving the corporation. In a press release sent to media Thursday morning the board announced that Eskedjian has left and chief nursing executive…
OPP report fatal car-moose collision on 118
On Wednesday Dec. 9 officers from the HaliburtonHighlands OPP were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision involvinga moose. It occurred on Highway 118 at the Muskoka border atapproximately 5 a.m. TheHonda Civic was westbound when…
Beer Store relocates to Highway 35
After 34 years located on Water Street the Beer Store will move to a location along Highway 35 in Minden. Site prep work recently got underway on what has been the field located next to…
Frost Centre not being used to house refugees
By Chad Ingram The province says no Syrian refugees will be housed at the Frost Centre although a local politician was informed the facility was being cleaned and assessed just in case. Dorset area residents…
HHHS board clarifies spending
By Angelica Ingram Following some public concern over the $2.1 million cost of a centralized electronic records system reported in the Nov. 3 issue of The Echo board member Jeffrey Gollob addressed the letters to…
Minden resident publishes children's book
“My favourite saying is it’s basically like giving birth to an elephant” says Irene Davidson Fisher. Davidson Fisher is talking about writing and publishing her children’s book Robbie Racoon and the Big Black Blob a…
Opt-out clauses in Carillion contract
By Chad Ingram Published December 2015 The contract between the Ontario government and Carillion contains clauses that allow the province to terminate the contract if work is not being performed properly. Last winter the Times…