Tag: stittsville main
PHOTO ESSAY: Welcome to Stittsville (Part 1 of 4)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Back in November I walked the length of Stittsville Main from Brown’s Independent to the library, and back. Usually I drive down this strip of road, but when…
SUPPORT LOCAL: Ivan’s meat is now 100% Ontario-sourced
New barre fitness studio opens this spring on Stittsville Main
Ottawa’s iNSiDE Out STUDiO barre plans to open their second location on Stittsville Main Street in mid-April. The studio will be located at 1261 Stittsville Main in the same plaza as…
Reverie revived? Stalled condo project could continue later this year
UPDATE: The sale to the new owners closed earlier this summer; they plan to continue the development as per the approved plans, rather than start the approval process from scratch.…
Ivan’s kabobs have been a Stittsville favourite since 1987
(Above: Ivan Saric, owner of Ivan’s Meat and Deli. Photo by Barry Gray.) QUICK FACTS: Ivan Saric’s parents were from what’s now Croatia, and opened a deli in Stittsville in…
PHOTO: Wishful thinking
Seen recently on Stittsville Main Street. Photo by Barry Gray. (He’s probably heading to that new indoor golf studio.) @StittsCentral @bwgrayphoto hope he doesn't use white balls — kellykavanagh…
JAZZ TO JAVA: How two guys named Paul ended up opening a coffee shop in Stittsville
(Above: Owners Paul Melsness (left) and Paul Jay in front of the coffee roaster at Gaia Java. All photos on this page by Barry Gray.) QUICK FACTS The two owners,…
A-MAZE-ING: Stittsville’s Rotary Club raises funds for a Peace Park… including a labyrinth
(Press release from the Rotary Club.) The Rotary Club of Ottawa-Stittsville is seeking donations to help build Ottawa’s first Peace Park with a labyrinth. In recognition of your donation of…
PHOTO: Woman on horse goes through the McDonald’s drive-thru
Several reports on Twitter on Saturday of a woman going through the McDonald’s drive-thru on Stittsville Main Street … on a horse! We’re not sure what the horse or rider…
Update on Stittsville South development
Councillor Shad Qadri provided an update in his weekly newsletter about a proposed development in the Stittsville South area:
New winter golf studio launched in Stittsville
(Above: Chris Bernard has more than 40 years of experience in the golf industry. Photo by Ron Patey The new Chris Bernard Golf Academy Winter Studio is up and running in the heart…
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…
Toronto Star: “Kathleen Edwards calls it quits, opens Quitters Coffee”
Kathleen Edwards, the owner of Quitters on Stittsville Main, is featured in the Toronto Star today. It’s a chilly mid-November afternoon, and the floor-to-ceiling windows facing out onto the downtrodden…
Frame store owners right at home in Stittsville
Jim and Amy Walker own Walkerworks Framing on Beverly Street at Stittsville Main. Walkerworks started as a home-based business on Fernbank Road, then a retail shop in Perth, before winding…
‘Significant feedback’ delays Stittsville Main design plan to 2015
It’s back to the drawing board, but not quite to square one, for the Stittsville Main Street Community Design Plan (CDP). In his weekly email newsletter to residents on November…