By Jenn Watt Published Aug. 21 2018 The heat of summer 2018 has made the county’s cool lakes look especially enticing. Public beaches and private waterfronts are favourite haunts when temperatures climb. Unfortunately sometimes those…
Traffic-calming efforts proving effective
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 16 2018 A digital radar sign Haliburton County’s roads department set up along County Road 21 in Haliburton Village earlier this summer has shown positive results in urging drivers to…
Walkers Home Hardware Appliance Center opens
An appliance is wheeled out to a vehicle during the Walkers Home Hardware Appliance Center grand opening weekend event on Friday Aug. 17 in Haliburton. There were discounted items draw prizes and free food and…
Cedar Winds expands downtown Haliburton presence
By Angelica Ingram Aug. 17 2018 Cedar Winds has been in business for 20years but the company that specializes in home design/build has beengrowing its presence tremendously over the past five years. This summer the…
New owners see bright future for Haliburton Vision…
By Jenn Watt Aug. 16 2018 Lauren and Brett Wilson envisioned owning a business that would allow them to live in the Haliburton Highlands doing something fulfilling together. The couple eyed Haliburton Vision Care a…
Paddleboards stolen in Haliburton
The Haliburton Highlands OPP is investigating the theft of two stand-up paddleboards from the beach location of Algonquin Outfitters in Haliburton's Head Lake Park. Sometime during the overnight hours of Sunday Aug. 12 a person…
Aaron Walker Nancy Wood-Roberts to run for Dysart…
By Angelica Ingram Published Aug. 14 2018 July 27 marked the deadline for candidates to file nomination papers in the upcoming municipal election. With the final few candidates submitting their paperwork there is now a…
Be careful what you post
Published Aug. 14 2018 To the Editor While I am the owner of Haliburton’s Bonnie View Inn I am actually writing this letter with all local businesses in mind. There have been so many changes…
Highlands East candidates Steven Kauffeldt and Jane Russell set…
By Angelica Ingram Published Aug. 14 2018 Former municipal councillor Steven Kauffeldt is looking to reclaim his Ward 1 seat in Highlands East. Kauffeldt who was a councillor from 2010 to 2014 is running for…
MacArt Studios finds niche with outdoor games
By Angelica Ingram Published Aug. 14 2018 Take a stroll through Head Lake Park and you may see kids huddled around a large structure with pictures of animals on square slats of wood. Who’s Your…
Our museum
By Jenn Watt Published Aug. 14 2018 We often publish stories about the beginnings of things and the promise they hold but less frequently do we reflect on long-term successes. In the early days of…
Production features local playwrights' work
By Kate Butler Published Aug. 14 2018 C.S. Lewis is reputed to have said “You can make anything by writing.” Putting pen to paper is often considered to be a solitary pursuit but what happens…
Safer roads require community effort
By Darren Lum Published Aug. 14 2018 Standing at the intersection where Haliburton Lake Road and Eagle Lake Road meet Peter McLuskey will never forget how his home located only a few feet away was…
Surprises
By Lynda Shadbolt Published Aug. 14 2018 I saw MaMma Mia – Here We go Again recently in Kinmount and what I loved about the movie was when “Young Donna” who was travelling on her…
TheImportance of Layers
By Noelle Dupret Smith Published Aug. 14 2018 To paraphrase Shrek “All good thingshave layers.” For these two sculptures both the physical layers andthe layers of techniques play a key role in their identifies. As…
Through the eyes of deer
Published Aug. 14 2018 To the Editor On Aug. 3 my husband Ben Guenther and myself Jamie Guenther including our employee Sandra Harris were all blessed to capture this beautiful photo of a mother deer…
Two-day workshop offered to girls with goals
By Jenn Watt Published Aug. 14 2018 An upcoming two-day workshop aims to equip girls with the skills they need to succeed. AmbiSHEous is being offered in Haliburton on Aug. 21 and 22 to girls…
SportsSports
Area competitors headed to provincials By Bev Kerr Special to the Echo Published Aug. 7 2018 Thank you to the Haliburton BMO for sponsoring the T-shirts that will be worn by the Haliburton/Muskoka successful winners…
Community tours future Youth Hub space
By Jenn Watt Published Aug. 7 2018 What had been an “amazing idea” to Joey a 17-year-old organizer of the Haliburton Youth Hub finally became real on Tuesday afternoon. One of the young people working…
Dysart seeks research on plastic reduction sustainable trees
By Sue Tiffin Published Aug. 7 2018 The Municipality of Dysart et al is hoping to connect with students to research a plastic reduction plan and determine sustainable tree options for Head Lake Park. The…
Eagle Lake Community Church celebrates 80 years
By Sue Tiffin Published July 31 2018 “Let there be light” laughed Reverend Garry Swagerman as lights flooded the Eagle Lake Community Church after a power outage on July 22. It was a relief that…