By Amanda Duncombe-Lee Special to County Life Published Sept. 25 2018 One of Haliburton County’s most popular fall events is returning to Head Lake Park on Sept. 29. The Colourfest Festival hosted by the Municipality…
Gord Jones: Playing with light in winter
By Chad Ingram Sept. It’s the play of light and shadow that attracts Gord Jones to painting wintry scenes. The Kushog Lake resident and watercolour artist is part of the Haliburton County Studio Tour which…
Painter captures Haliburton’s downtown
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 25 2018 It took more than 30 hours for Haliburton artist Marianne Woolley to get her depiction of the Haliburton Fire Department just right. Using photos taken by a firefighter…
Pottery passion fuels innovation at Purple Door studio
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 25 2018 There’s nothing like the earthy smell of a fresh bag of clay or the feeling of a new creation forming between your hands and the pottery wheel says…
Studio tour helps Pearson make connections
By Darren Lum Sept. 25 2018 Like her garden of flowers bordered by walls and paths of native rock around her two-storey home Rose Pearson’s artwork is a complex collection of images (and sometimes text)…
Aaron WalkerCandidate – Councillor Ward 4
The Echo sent the following questions to all candidates running for a seat at the council table in Dysart et al. The Questions: 1. Provide an introduction to yourself. (This could be about how you…
Andrea RobertsCandidate – Mayor
The Echo sent the following questions to all candidates running for a seat at the council table in Dysart et al. The Questions: 1. Provide an introduction to yourself. (This could be about how you…
Bram Lebo Candidate – Councillor Ward 1
The Echo sent the following questions to all candidates running for a seat at the council table in Dysart et al. The Questions: 1. Provide an introduction to yourself. (This could be about how you…
Cindy Baumhour Candidate – Councillor Ward 3
The Echo sent the following questions to all candidates running for a seat at the council table in Dysart et al. The Questions: 1. Provide an introduction to yourself. (This could be about how you…
Cookie campaign has VDO smiling
To the Editor Smile Cookie Week has just ended for 2018 and the Volunteer Dental Outreach for Haliburton County would like to thank Tim Hortons owner Nancy Bishop and all her amazing managers and staff…
David McKay Candidate – Councillor Ward 2
The Echo sent the following questions to all candidates running for a seat at the council table in Dysart et al. The Questions: 1. Provide an introduction to yourself. (This could be about how you…
Dennis Casey Candidate – Deputy Mayor
The Echo sent the following questions to all candidates running for a seat at the council table in Dysart et al. The Questions: 1. Provide an introduction to yourself. (This could be about how you…
Foundation transfers more than $1M to HHHSPopple Mitchell…
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 25 2018 The last fiscal year community donations have supported a new palliative centre bone mineral densitometry equipment a portable ultrasound CBC analyzer accessible bathtub emergency response units furniture and…
Glenn ScottCandidate – Councillor Ward 5
The Echo sent the following questions to all candidates running for a seat at the council table in Dysart et al. The Questions: 1. Provide an introduction to yourself. (This could be about how you…
Good conversations
By Lynda Shadbolt Published Sept. 25 2018 I was home visiting my parents on the weekend and my mother and I went to a local apple orchard/farm to pick apples. It was a beautiful sunny…
Hawks’ return to Kawartha League rewarded
By Darren Lum Published Sept. 25 2018 When the Red Hawks varsity boys’ soccer team’s captain Daniel Rivard ran screaming and shaking his fists in joyous celebration high-fiving teammates on his way to the midfield…
Hikers peer into Haliburton’s (very distant) past at…
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 25 2018 In groups of three hikers made their way down a slope of bedrock to the edge of a deep cylindrical hole. At the bottom sat three frogs covered…
John SmithCandidate – Councillor Ward 4
The Echo sent the following questions to all candidates running for a seat at the council table in Dysart et al. The Questions: 1. Provide an introduction to yourself. (This could be about how you…
Larry Clarke Candidate – Councillor Ward 2
The Echo sent the following questions to all candidates running for a seat at the council table in Dysart et al. The Questions: 1. Provide an introduction to yourself. (This could be about how you…
Mail-in voting
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 25 2018 The threat of a postal strike this week is yet another flashing sign that it’s time to modernize our voting practices. Last year Dysart et al council deliberated…
Mike Stinson Candidate – Councillor Ward 2
The Echo sent the following questions to all candidates running for a seat at the council table in Dysart et al. The Questions: 1. Provide an introduction to yourself. (This could be about how you…