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Fernbank Road on November 21 during our first snow storm of the season of an old farm house being demolished to make way for a new development. Photo by Brian Eastop.

PHOTO: Demolition in progress on Fernbank

Stittsville Central StaffNovember 22, 2016

Above: “Here is a photo taken on Fernbank Road on November 21 during our first snow storm of the season of an old farm house being demolished to make way…

Police seek witnesses to fatal crash at Fernbank-Eagleson Sunday

Ottawa PoliceOctober 30, 2016January 14, 2018

UPDATE, Oct 31:  (via Ottawa Police) The Ottawa Police Collision Investigation Unit is investigating a fatal collision which occurred at 5:35 pm on October 30, at the intersection of Eagleson…

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NOTEBOOK: Live music at Quitters, Huntmar’s truck problem

Glen GowerSeptember 26, 2016October 1, 2016

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,…

Grocery store, restaurant proposed for corner of Fernbank and Shea

Stittsville Central StaffSeptember 2, 2016September 15, 2016

  The City of Ottawa has received a request to amend the zoning by-law to allow a commercial development at the south west corner of Fernbank and Shea.  The land…

Aerial photo of Fairwinds. Photo by @TwitchxB

BUILT UP: Increasing density both a positive and a challenge

Devyn BarrieJuly 20, 2016July 20, 2016

(Photo: Aerial photo of Fairwinds. Photo by @TwitchxB) With a couple of proposals for low-rise apartment buildings along Robert Grant (Haliburton Heights, Livery Street), and a multi-story retirement complex along Hazeldean (Wellings), we…

Three Stittsville properties on the agenda at Committee of Adjustment

Stittsville Central StaffJuly 6, 2016July 6, 2016

The City of Ottawa’s Committee of Adjustment will decide on three Stittsville applications on July 20. 5897 FERNBANK The owner, Farmhouse Investments Inc., wants to subdivide the land into two separate…

Councillor seeks feedback on Fernbank sign and landscaping

Stittsville Central StaffJuly 5, 2016July 25, 2016

(via Councillor Shad Qadri) UPDATE, JULY 25: Results from the voting are 54% for Option 3, 21% for Option 2, 16% for Option 4 and 9% for Option 1.  “I liked…

New quarry proposed near Fernbank and Jinkinson

Stittsville Central StaffJune 19, 2016June 19, 2016

The City of Ottawa has received applications from Crain’s Construction of Maberly, Ontario to rezone 180 acres of land at 7731 Fernbank Road (just west of Jinkinson) for a quarry.

Proposal to build 96 apartment units near Robert Grant and Fernbank

Stittsville Central StaffMay 10, 2016May 11, 2016

The City has received a new site plan control application for a 8-building, 96-unit apartment complex at 365 Haliburton Heights. That’s at the south end of Robert Grant Avenue near Fernbank Road. It will…

LIFE’S A DITCH: Ottawa Fire called to the rescue

Stittsville Central StaffMarch 17, 2016March 19, 2016

Several accidents along Fallowfield Rd and Flewellyn Rd in #Stittsville. Please drive with caution. @OttawaFirePIO pic.twitter.com/zaHRVaVaQq — Todd Horricks (@ChiefHorricks) March 17, 2016 Ottawa Fire Services helped out with three cars…

Flewellyn-Jones House, November 2013.

Flewellyn-Jones House on Fernbank up for heritage designation

Glen GowerDecember 6, 2015December 6, 2015

IMAGINE YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE ARE NEWLYWEDS IN YOUR EARLY TWENTIES.  You have a young child, maybe an infant, certainly no older than two years old, and you decide to…

Zoning bylaw amendment proposal for east side Terry Fox near Fernbank

Stittsville Central StaffDecember 1, 2015December 1, 2015

The city has posted a new zoning bylaw amendment application for 1039 Terry Fox Drive / 5331 Fernbank Road.  Part of that land is the farmland where you always see…

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FUTURE STITTSVILLE: Lots of new roads planned for our area

Stittsville Central StaffNovember 23, 2015February 28, 2016

https://youtu.be/flge_rw6RG0?t=5s   Remember that scene in Back to the Future, when Doc says to Marty: “Roads?  Where we’re going we don’t need roads.”   The opposite is true for Future Stittsville.…

Abbott Street expected to be connected to Robert Grant by year’s end

Stittsville Central StaffOctober 30, 2015

Councillor Shad Qadri provided this update about construction on Abbott Street in his weekly email newsletter: Construction has been underway to extent Abbott Street East at Iber Road eastward to…

Public meeting re: 5970 Fernbank subdivision proposal

Stittsville Central StaffSeptember 20, 2015September 25, 2015

The city is holding a public meeting for a proposed housing development at 5970 Fernbank Road on Thursday, October 1. It’s in the Upper Hall at Johnny Leroux Arena on Warner…

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