To the Editor Ward 3 citizens vehemently voiced their objection to the closure of our existing post office at the public meeting on Monday Sept. 26 to deaf ears of Highlands East council. Our Ward…
Hidden homeless in Haliburton
By Chad Ingram Oct. 4 2016 While they may not sit on pieces of cardboard on the sidewalk there are indeed homeless people in Haliburton County. The City of Kawartha Lakes which is the social…
New budgeting process for county
By Chad Ingram Oct. 4 2016 There will be some changes in the way Haliburton County councillors pass the upcoming year’s budget changes designed to give councillors more input. During a Sept. 28 council meeting…
Patient News brightens bad situation
By Jenn Watt Oct. 4 2016 As with the first time Prettypaws was vandalized the community has rallied to support owner Christopher O’Mara. One of the projects was hatched by local artist Brandon Jarvis who…
Project celebrates sweet success
By Darren Lum Oct. 4 2016 This year’s Community Apple Sauce Project easily produced double the combined total of food the last two years. As a result of harvesting apples the project produced 818 cups…
The Hateful Apple
By Jenn Watt Oct. 4 2016 The saying goes that one bad apple can spoil the bunch. We often say this when we don’t know what else to do. When one person or a small…
Visiting Falcons vanquish Hawks
By Darren Lum Oct. 4 2016 The junior Red Hawks football team had a 14-6 lead in the first quarter but couldn’t answer when the Fenelon Falls Secondary School Falcons scored 24 unanswered points starting…
Wheels turning on Haliburton Children’s Museum
By Angelica Ingram Oct. 4 2016 Things are moving forward with the creation of Haliburton’s first museum dedicated solely to children. Earlier this year Community Living Central Highlands was the recipient of a $29700 Ontario…
Emotions run high at meeting to discussfuture of…
By Angelica Ingram Sept. 28 2016 The residents of Gooderham feel likethe heart and soul of their community is being taken away from themby the members of Highlands East council. It was an emotional evening…
Love of the art makes filling studio easy
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 27 2016 Columns of brightly coloured scarves hang from the ceiling of Helen Newton’s studio in Ingoldsby. Organized by colour and further sorted by shade the the flowing silk accessories…
Potter's work always evolving
By Angelica Ingram Published Sept 27 2016 Thom Lambert still remembers the piece written by former Haliburton County Echo editor Martha Perkins when he joined the Haliburton County Studio Tour 12 years ago. The long…
Prettypaws vandalized again
By Jenn Watt Sept. 27 2016 Christopher O’Mara is at a loss about how to address a second act of hateful vandalism in three months at his Haliburton business. On Wednesday Sept. 28 the owner…
Studio tour features fantastic original art
By Sylvia Rose Published Sept 27 2016 As the warm lazy days of summer pass and the first cool breezes of autumn blow 30 artists in 27 studio locations in the Haliburton Highlands start their…
A&W Esso to open on Cty. Rd. 21
By Angelica Ingram Published Sept. 27 2016 By next year Haliburton residents will be able to order a burger at A&W restaurant or pump gas at a new Esso station on County Road 21. On…
Drag Lake dams to be rehabilitated
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 27 2016 Work will soon commence on the Drag Lake dams to rehabilitate the structures. According to an email from Parks Canada the construction contract was awarded to MTM-2 Contracting…
Dysart building official announces retirement
By Angelica Ingram Published Sept. 27 2016 The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Sept. 26 meeting of Dysart et al council. After more than 17 years on the job Dan Sayers…
Food banks conduct fall food drive
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 27 2016 Haliburton’s 4Cs Food Bank and the Minden Food Bank have launched their fall food drives and are canvassing businesses in both communities to collect food and monetary donations…
Football Canada imposes new game style
By Darren Lum Published Sept. 27 2016 High school football coaches across the country are tackling new ways to make the game safer. The Red Hawks football team’s coaching staff this past pre-season have been…
HHHS committee seeking members
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 27 2016 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Sept. 22 meeting of the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board. The HHHS community advisory committee has three vacancies…
Is your septic system operating properly?
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 27 2016 Despite years of education and advanced warning when WSP Canada went out to inspect septic systems in the municipality of South Bruce Peninsula one in five systems failed.…
Lady Hawks welcome Smith back
By Darren Lum Published Sept. 27 2016 When it comes to the Red Hawks field hockey team their trip to the Central Ontario Secondary School Athletics final has been a perennial certainty. This year won’t…