List of road closures for 9RUNRUN on Saturday, October 15
(Photo: Runners at the 2013 9 Run Run event.) With less than two weeks until race day, spots are nearly sold out for 9RUNRUN. Now entering its seventh year, 9RUNRUN has raised…
PHOTO: “Grassroots and gracious community”
Thanks to David Collier for sharing this great photo. He writes: “I wanted to share this photo with you and the readers of StittsvilleCentral.ca. I feel it captures the current mood…
MOFFATT: No perfect way to collect stormwater fees
(Here’s a note shared by Rideau-Goulbourn Councillor Scott Moffatt today via email.) “There simply is no perfect way to collect fees on the basis of fairness. Each and every property…
What the city’s proposed new water rates mean for you
The city released its proposed new water rate structure Monday and for most people in Stittsville it could mean a slight increase – or even decrease – to your bill,…
LINKED: New DND move to west end impacts “CFB Fairwinds”
Over the next few years, thousands of employees at the Department of National Defence will move into the old Nortel buildings on Moodie Drive. The Ottawa Citizen ran a feature this weekend called…
PHOTO: “Volunteers needed to hold ladders”
Stittsville has a great sense of humour. Seen at the corner of Hazeldean and Stittsville Main…
“A GREAT PLACE TO BE”: ALC anniversary a trip down memory lane
https://twitter.com/DevynBarrieNews/status/782037662089748480 Mike Mackay opened the door and turned on the lights. As his eyes scanned the room, his only thought was to say “interesting.” It was the first time Mackay,…
Enter the Stittsville Legion’s Remembrance poster and literary contest
(Photo: Wreaths at the Remembrance Day ceremonial service at the Cenotaph on Warner-Colpitts Lane in 2014. Photo by Barry Gray.) This year’s Remembrance Poster and Literary Contest Deadline is Tuesday,…
Stittsville Public School receives grants for outdoor classroom project
Stittsville Public School is even closer to moving forward with an outdoor classroom project thanks to two major grants announced in recent weeks. The project has received a $9,000 grant…
Registration continues for the Goulbourn Skating Club
Fall and winter registration is now available for the Goulbourn Skating Club. For more details on the various sessions and programs offered by the Goulbourn Skating Club, please click here…
A big list of Stittsville community groups on Facebook
When it comes to lively neighbourhood conversations, Facebook is where it’s at. We’ve compiled a list of Stittsville community discussion groups, and this is the tip of the iceberg. There are dozens…
Bryanston Gate Community Association (BGCA) meets on October 4
BGCA Annual General Meeting Tuesday, October 4th, 2016, 7:00 PM Carolark Dog Training Centre, 5933 Hazeldean Road (Please use back entrance) This important meeting will give us the opportunity…
NOTEBOOK: Live music at Quitters, Huntmar’s truck problem
MORE MUSIC AT QUITTERS I was at Quitters on Saturday night for trivia and two notable things happened. For one, my team won. That’s a first. Congrats to J, Lorrie and Greg,…
A. Lorne Cassidy Elementary School celebrates 25 years
It’s hard to believe that it has been a quarter century since A. Lorne Cassidy (ALC) Elementary School, named for a former school board superintendent, has been open. Over the years,…
How would you like to live on Velociraptor Avenue?
Is this the Stittsville version of Boaty McBoatface? In our informal survey on new Stittsville street names, so far our readers have picked Velociraptor Street as their favourite name for Bell…