Category: Heritage
Can you identify the ladies in this old photo?
EDITOR’S NOTE, JANUARY 30: The women in this photo were identified, but we’ve taken down the photo at the request of the family. Here’s the background. Earlier this month, Carol…
Proposed street name change will honour Stittsville pioneer Robert Grant
From the City of Ottawa: Notice is being provided to the public that a proposal has been submitted to change the name of an existing highway (public street). Current name:…
BRADLEY-CRAIG BARN: Just what does heritage designation mean anyways?
(ABOVE: “Red Barn” – Photo by Joe Newton.) EDITOR’S NOTE: Earlier this week, we published an editorial calling for ideas to re-purpose the Bradley-Craig barn on Hazeldean Road. It’s the big…
EDITORIAL: We need a business idea for the old red barn on Hazeldean Road
SEE ALSO: Just what does heritage designation mean anyways? How can we make sure we don’t lose the big red barn on Hazeldean Road? I’ve had a lot of people…
Boyd House: Family memories of Christmas on the farm, and more (Part 5)
(Above: Lyman Boyd with his niece Karen Boyd on left and friend, David MacBeth, early 1950s.) EDITOR’S NOTE: This series on Boyd House, an old stone farmhouse on Huntmar Drive, originally appeared a…
Boyd House: A look inside (Part 4)
(Above: Boyd House and farm, Winter 1987.) EDITOR’S NOTE: This series on Boyd House, an old stone farmhouse on Huntmar Drive, originally appeared a year ago on OttawaStart.com. We’re updating and republishing…
LETTER: Please no modern high-rise on Main Street!
(Above – the heritage building near Abbott and Stittsville Main, before it was demolished.) Re: It came in like a wrecking ball: 1518 Stittsville Main Street demolished You are asking…
Boyd House: The old farmhouse and barns (Part 3)
(Above: Boyd House on a December night in the early 2000’s. Archival photo.) EDITOR’S NOTE: This series on Boyd House, an old stone farmhouse on Huntmar Drive, originally appeared a year ago on…
Boyd House: Who were James and Jane Boyd? (Part 2)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This series on Boyd House, an old stone farmhouse on Huntmar Drive, originally appeared a year ago on OttawaStart.com. We’re updating and republishing the original research over the next few…
LETTER: Time for some research into the Bradley/Craig farmstead
Re: Boyd House: The old stone home at 173 Huntmar (Part 1) Thank you for your artistic treatment (photography) of this wonderful old home and property. I would love to…
PHOTOS: Yarn bombing at the Goulbourn Museum
The Goulbourn Museum was yarn bombed on Sunday afternoon. Yarn bombing is the art of adding a knit cover to everything from park benches to entire buses. Known as fibre…
Boyd House: The old stone home at 173 Huntmar (Part 1)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This series originally appeared a year ago on OttawaStart.com. Over the next few weeks we’ll update and republish the research on this site. There’s currently a site plan proposal to…
100th Regiment of Foot is holding an open house on November 23
(Press release from the 100th Regiment of Foot.) The 100th Regiment of Foot is pleased to announce an open drop in day for visitors on Sunday November 23rd from 2pm…
Howard Maguire, Stittsville’s first fire chief, dies at age 85
Howard Maguire died suddenly at Bridlewood Trails Retirement Residence on Sunday, November 9, 2014 in his 85th year. Howard had the distinction of founding the community newspaper, The Stittsville News…
CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY: Yarn Bombing Project at Goulbourn Museum
(Press release from the Goulbourn Museum.) If you’re nutty for knitting or crazy about crocheting, your skills are being sought for a yarn bombing project at Goulbourn Museum on November…