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…
Battle ramping up against proposed salvage yard
By Darren Lum Opposition to a proposed salvage yard south of Minden is growing. Only days after a Minden Hills Council meeting where Hunter Creek Estates residents and members of the Gull Lake Cottage Association…
Beech bark disease poses public safety risk
Not only is beech bark disease plaguing Haliburton County but decaying beech trees can be a risk to public safety. Ernie Demuth of the Bancroft Minden Forest Company made a presentation to county councillors at…
Poverty action plan outlines barriers to employment
By Chad Ingram Addressing barriers to employment and continuing education – such as transportation and affordable child care and housing – could help reduce poverty in Haliburton County. Executive director of the Kawartha Lakes Family…
Residents protest salvage yard proposal
Minden Hills councillors were met with a throng of protesters as they entered the township building for their Nov. 26 meeting Hunter Creek Estates residents are unhappy about an application for a salvage yard south…
Success with turtle mortality project
By Chad Ingram A project aimed at reducing the number of turtle deaths by car is yielding some positive results. Sheila Ziman and Paul Heaven of the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust visited Minden Hills councillors…
Trent Severn flows into Minden
By Chad Ingram From a real-life maple syrup heist to the Bluenose to the sweet relief of a snow day the music of Trent Severn is thoroughly interwoven with the white and red threads of…
Exchange opens the world to Highlands teen
By Darren Lum It was an emotional farewell for the Highlands teenage girl with the large smile and enthusiasm for life who found more than adventure on her recent exchange trip to Argentina facilitated by…