Author: Stittsville Central Staff
Carp Road Park & Ride upgrades include 35 new spaces
(press release from the City of Ottawa, photo via Google Maps) Sections of Carp Road Park and Ride will be will be closed intermittently from August 2 to early September…
LETTER: Thanks to Brown’s and the community from Lifeskills
What a rewarding experience for Ottawa-Carleton Lifeskills participants! A big thank you to Todd and Sandra Brown from Brown’s Your Independent Grocer for allowing Impact Cards to set up a…
Motorcycle crash at Eagleson & Brophy
From the Ottawa Paramedic Service: Paramedics responded to a call for a motorcycle collision involving 2 motorcycles that occurred on Eagleson road near Brophy road. The Ottawa Paramedic Service Communications…
PHOTO: Trash bin pyramid
Thanks to Doug Lyon (aka Doug The Cabinet Guy) for sending along this pic of some imaginative garbage can stacking at the end of his laneway near Karters’ Korner. “Who…
LINKED: Teen charged in Fernbank Road crash that killed 2 other teens
Charges laid in relation to a double fatal collision from Fernbank Road in June https://t.co/Fr531rAi3d #ottnews — Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) July 27, 2017
First mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus
(press release) Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is reminding residents to continue to protect themselves from mosquito bites when going outdoors. Mosquito trapping and testing—components of OPH’s West Nile virus (WNV) program—have…
Stittsville Minor Hockey looks for Atom convenor
Parents of Atom level players with the Stittsville Minor Hockey Association received a note this week from Robert Smith, Director of House: We have recently sent out an email regarding…
LINKED: Cavanagh fined for discharging sediment into wetland
From CBC Ottawa: An Ottawa construction company convicted of discharging construction sediment into a drain that flows into the Jock River in 2013 has been fined $275,000. Thomas Cavanagh Construction…
WINTER IS COMING: City consults on snowplow driveway markers
(Photo: Snowed in, February 2017. Photo by Barry Gray.) It’s the middle of July, so of course the top thing on your mind right now must be snowplow driveway markers.…
PHOTOS: Shakespeare in the Rain
Bear & Co. performed Romeo and Juliet at Par La Ville Park in Fairwinds on Monday night. It rained for the first couple of acts but then the skies cleared and…
Stittsville hosts kids triathlon on Sunday, July 16
(press release) The 2017 Bytown Storm Stittsville Kids of Steel Race takes place on Sunday July 16th 2017 at 7:30am at the Goulbourn Recreation Centre on Shea Road. There will be some…
Legal seminar for creative professionals on July 20, Sept 28
(Press release) StoryArt Creative Centre & Boutique is pleased to announce a new seminar series for creative professionals. Ottawa-based entertainment lawyer and Stittsville resident Byron Pascoe from Edwards PC, Creative…
Cinema Under the Stars at Village Square Park (July 22)
Bring a blanket and join the Stittsville Village Association on Saturday July 22 for CINEMA UNDER THE STARS at Village Square Park featuring the movie SING. All Stittsville residents welcome. Popcorn…
Outdoor performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream on July 15
(press release) A Midsummer Night’s Dream Directed and Adapted by Mary Ellis July 15, 2017, 7pm at Alexander Grove Park in Stittsville Pay-what-you-can – suggested donation $20
PHOTOS: Stittsville’s Canada Day fireworks
Thanks to Adam Frank for sending along these pics of the fireworks last night in Stittsville, part of the Stittsville Village Association’s Canada Day event. (Click on any photo…