ByJenn Watt Published May 2 2017 Real Estate Professional Magazine has named a local realtor one of its Top 200 best agents. Linda Baumgartner of RE/MAX North Country Realty was amongst those honoured this year.…
August dates set for biochar OMB hearing
By Jenn Watt Editor with files from Angelica Ingram April 25 2017 Hearing dates have been set for an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board regarding Haliburton Forest’s proposed biochar facility on Kennaway Road. On…
CRS new location provides greater opportunity and choice
By Darren Lum Staff Reporter April 25 2017 Everything is available at one location now for CRS or Contractor Rental Supply of Haliburton. It added close to four times more space after it moved to…
Haliburton dragon boaters competing in New Zealand
By Jerelyn Craden Special to the Echo April 25 2017 Excitement is growing for seven members of the Haliburton Highlands Paddlers dragon boating club who will compete in the largest multi-sport event in the world…
Local organizations thank their volunteers
By Jenn Watt Editor April 25 2017 This is Volunteer Week – a time marked across the country to appreciate the work done by those who give of themselves for the betterment of others. We…
Seeking more info on public art show
By Chad Ingram Staff Reporter April 25 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during an April 24 meeting of Dysart et al council. Councillors are seeking more information on a request from…
Sure Thing intrigues and provokes
By Darren Lum Staff Reporter April 25 2017 The Highlands Little Theatre is inviting the public to explore the human psyche with a trio of one-act plays this week. The lineup includes three one-act comedies:…
Up River heads up to Haliburton
By Sue Tiffin Staff Reporter April 25 2017 Haliburton residents looking for coffee with a little oomph are now able to get a drink with their name on it. The Hali Latte – Balzac’s espresso…
Wilberforce ready for its close-up on CBC
By Sue Tiffin Staff Reporter April 25 2017 One day soon CBC viewers might be tuning in to see Highlands East Reeve Dave Burton on a side-by-side taking the host of Still Standing to breakfast…
Butterfly release to fund grief resources
By Jenn Watt Published April 18 2017 A few months after Joannie Ransberry moved to the Haliburton Highlands her father died. Harold (Mac) Ransberry was 92 and had lived a long fulfilling life but his…
Buy your native plants by Earth Day
By Jenn Watt Published April 18 2017 You have until Earth Day to order your native plants from Friends of Ecological and Environmental Learning. From shrubs to trees flowers to ferns there’s a wide variety…
Check out students’ art this Saturday
By Erin Lynch Published April 18 2017 A flurry of activity is happening in the studios of Fleming College. Students are busy preparing for I MADE IT! the end of semester art exhibition hosted by…
College honours officer’s work
By Darren Lum Published April 18 2017 Haliburton Highlands OPP Const. Tim Negus was awarded an Outstanding Police Officer Service Award on Monday April 10 at the Fleming College’s Sutherland campus in Peterborough. Started three…
County culinary exchange results now online
By Sue Tiffin Published April 18 2018 The following are brief reports of items discussed during an April 12 Haliburton County council meeting. A report about Haliburton County’s offerings knowledge marketing and attitudes to local…
Rooting for Ryan
Students rallied to show their support by wearing blue and Highland Storm clothing for local teen Ryan Prentice who was admitted to St. Michael's Hospital after he suffered a spontaneous brain hemorrhage from an undetected…
Student artists impress at annual show
By Darren Lum Published April 18 2017 Four local high school students are still in awe after this year’s Kawartha Art Gallery Juried Student Exhibition awards presentation at the Lindsay Golf Course several weeks ago.…
TLDSB offers online payment for students
By Darren Lum Published April 18 2017 Trillium Lakelands District School Board is promoting School Cash Online a new method of payment for student activities sports and field trips. Schools post items and activities with…
Jim Cuddy Trio Buffy Sainte-Marie to playForest Fest
Published April 12 2017 Crowd favourites and new talent will beentertaining at this year's Forest Festival hosted at HaliburtonForest and Wild Life Reserve. National icon Buffy Sainte-Marie willbe opening the event on Wednesday Aug. 16…
Abbey Retreat Centre welcomes first visitors
By Sue Tiffin Published April 11 2017 In March a group of people living with cancer and their caregivers were able to get away from the world for a weekend in Haliburton County. The group…
Church seeks new home in former gym
By Chad Ingram Published April 11 2017 Haliburton’s Lighthouse Pentecostal Church has plans to move its congregation from its building in the village’s core to the former home of Millennium Fitness on Harmony Road. Some…
Committee finds compromise on Wenona Lake file
By Chad Ingram Published April 11 2017 After a lengthy process that has included multiple deferrals and public meetings the planning committee for Dysart et al is recommending that council approve a zoning amendment for…