Author: Stittsville Central Staff
FIELD TRIP: Carp Airport Family Day this Saturday
This Saturday, August 29 from 9:00am-2:00pm is Family Day at the Carp Airport, featuring bi-plane rides (for a fee), free food samples from Carp restaurants, warbird and vintage aircraft static displays as…
Guitar stolen from Kathleen Edwards’ home in Stittsville
UPDATE: By Thursday at 9:30pm, Edwards’ post on Facebook had been shared an incredible 14,390 shares. Musician Kathleen Edwards, owner of Quitters Coffee on Stittsville Main Street, posted on Facebook today…
City staff rejects roundabouts for Carp Road
(Photo: Phil Sweetnam and the Stittsville Village Association supported roundabouts for at least some of the intersections on Carp Road. He told StittsvilleCentral.ca earlier this summer that roundabouts work well…
Tow truck driver hit on Queensway while responding to collision
UPDATE SEPT. 1: CBC reports that the tow truck driver is still in hospital, and that a woman from Smiths Falls has been charged with having worn tires after Aug. 26…
City Council approves Stittsville Main Street community design plan
(Photo: City of Ottawa planner Mark Young presented the new draft plan for Stittsville Main Street at a public meeting on May 20.) EDITOR’S NOTE: City Council approved the Stittsville Main…
PHOTO: Gas station on Palladium changes from Ultramar to Esso
The gas station at the corner of Palladium and Huntmar has been temporarily shut down as crews convert it from an Ultramar to an Esso. We tried calling the gas…
Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority set to expand wetland regulation
(Article adapted from the MCVA web site. Photo above: Autumn in the Marsh, September 2013 / photo by Glen Gower.) The Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) is getting set to…
Annual Kidney Walk is coming to Stittsville on September 13
(via The Kidney Foundation of Ontario) Where: Stittsville United Church When: Sunday, September 13, 2015 Registration: 10 a.m. Walk: 11 a.m.
Stalled Hyde Park development in Richmond sold to new developer
Stittsville isn’t the only community with a large unfinished residential project. The Hyde Park project was supposed to be a 92-unit retirement residence. It went into receivership in the spring of…
Nathan Grenon part of first-ever U17 Team Canada Lacrosse squad
Nathan Grenon, a 16-year-old South Carleton High School student, will make history as a member of Canada’s first U17 lacrosse team. The grade 11 student plays competitive hockey for the Stittsville…
VIDEO: Paul Meek interviews Mark Saunders
Paul Meek lives in Stittsville and is the owner of Kichesippi Beer, and he’s started a video series interviewing interesting people in Ottawa. In the latest episode, he talks to Mark…
Junior B hockey team will play as Royals, not RAMS this season
(Above: Stittsville Rams Junior B players salute their fans after losing to the Casselman Vikings in the EOJHL finals last April. Photo by Barry Gray / StittsvilleCentral.ca) Stittsville’s Junior B hockey team announced on…
FIELD TRIP: Carp drive-in movie night, August 26
The Huntley Community Association is hosting an out-door drive-in movie at the Carp Fairgronds (3790 Carp Road) on Wednesday, August 26. The movie is Paddington, and starts at dusk (about…
LINKED: Stittsville had the fewest dead animal calls in the city
A somewhat gruesome story from the Ottawa Sun, where they’ve analyzed the data behind calls to the City of Ottawa about dead animals. Turns out Stittsville had fewer calls (42) than any ward…
VIDEO: Aerial footage of the Upper Poole Creek Wetland
Here’s a mesmerizing video shared by Twitch, taken on Saturday high above the Upper Poole Creek Wetland at the observation deck on the Trans Canada Trail. It’s long – over…