February 3 2015 The Highlands are an amazing place to live. One look at anycommunity bulletin board covered with flyers and posters will show thewide variety of events fundraisers and opportunities being organizedand offered on…
Put our best word forward
February 3 2015 RE: the tourism saying I can’t even bring myself to write. Several years ago when I moved to this county I asked a lodge owner why he hired university students from elsewhere…
Stop with the hashtags
February 3 2015 RE: “Write Grammatical” While the increasing use of incorrect #grammar (and #spelling forthat matter) throughout our #culture and #society is deplorable evenmore #insidious is the #proliferation of the use of #tags to…
A little help here MTO
February 3 2015 There has been a lot of talk these days about the maintenance of our winter roads. Carol Moffatt posted a picture on Facebook the otherweekend of the deplorable conditions on Hwy 35…
Powerboat race an eco-hazard
February 3 2015 Re: Head Lake to host powerboat race event Council and The Echo have ignored the fact that this event will have a negative impact on the ecology of Head Lake. For example…
Communicate clear
February 3 2015 Regarding Ms. Bell’s letter “A grammatical disgrace” and Mr. Bush’sletter “Two wrongs don’t make a right” I wholeheartedly concur. To thecounty tourism committee members please communicate clear! Sean Penny legion Haliburton
A grammatical disgrace
January 27 2015 Dear County Tourism Committee Members I was dismayed by the article in yesterday’s Echo telling us of thepromotional video that is being made. I wasn’t dismayed by the idea ofthe video itself…
Two wrongs don’t make a right
January 27 2015 The following letter was submitted to the paper after being sent toAlgonquin Highlands Reeve and chairwoman of the county’s tourismcommittee Carol Moffatt. Dear Carol I just tweeted that “Unwind Local” is the most…