Author: Stittsville Central Staff
RECIPE: Wiches Cauldron’s Creamy Broccoli Cheddar Soup
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Like many people in Stittsville, I’ve been craving the Wiches Cauldron’s soup ever since the food truck shut down for the season last fall. Owners Monique Haugen and…
CBC: One man dead after car strikes tree on Flewellyn
From CBC News: A man in his 60s has died after a car struck a tree in the rural southwest Ottawa community of Goulbourn Monday morning, police and paramedics say.…
OTTAWASTART: Postmedia to close community newspaper, including Stittsville News
(PHOTO: The Stittsville News is one of eight local community papers that will be closed after a swap between Postmedia and Torstar. File photo.) From our sister site, OttawaStart.com: Nine…
PHOTO: Stittsville’s all-weather bike trails
What a great selfie from Bob Herres, taken earlier this week along the Trans Canada Trail. That’s his good friend Diesel, a part Husky, in the background. (We love seeing…
Sabrina Kemp receives SVA Volunteer of the Year award
(PHOTO: Sabrina Kemp, Joanne Tibbles, and Tanya Hein.) Sabrina Kemp was named as the Stittsville Village Association’s Volunteer of the Year for outstanding work in the community at the SVA Annual…
DEC 2-3: Goulbourn Jubilee Singers Christmas concert
(Story via Goulboun Jubilee Singers, photo by Ryan Lindsey) Start your December with a shot of Christmas spirit! The Goulbourn Jubilee Singers invite you to a Christmas concert full of…
Stocking Project launches 2017 season with new workshop on Hazeldean
The Stocking Project has a new home this year in big red Deschenes-Poitras barn on Hazeldean Road. They’re now accepting donations and volunteers to make this season another success. The premise…
New warehouse proposed for 44 Iber Road
The City has received a Site Plan Control application for a single story, 13,000 square foot building at 44 Iber Road. It would be built on the west side of the…
Family displaced after fire on Woodwind Crescent in Fringewood South
UPDATE (November 19): A Facebook group has been started to co-ordinate efforts to help the family. You can access it via https://www.facebook.com/groups/712667012259705/ (via Ottawa Fire Services) Ottawa Fire Services received…
Goulbourn Township Historical Society hosts stories about Nicholas Sparks (Nov 18)
(via Goulbourn Township Historical Society) Come and be entertained by Brian Hull our guest speaker as he regales us with stories about his great-great-great-grandfather Nicholas Sparks. Sparks was born in…
DIRT OFF YOUR SHOULDER: Carp Road shoulder paving starts Friday
(via Stittsville councillor Shad Qadri) I am pleased to share that the City will be paving the shoulders on Carp Road from Kittiwake Drive to Westbrook as of tomorrow, November 17th. This…
LIBRARY: Programs on nutrition and art, and a Grinch puppet show
(via Stittsville Library) Here’s what’s coming up at the Stittsville Branch of the Ottawa Public Library at 1637 Stittsville Main Street. Notes on Nutrition: Olivia Wolter, Registered Dietitian. Monday, November 27, 2017.…
Habitat for Humanity “ReStore” coming to Iber Road
Habitat for Humanity is opening a “ReStore” location on Iber Road in 2018, and they’re giving a sneak peek with a pop-up furniture sale this weekend. The ReStore will be…
Local real estate web site wins marketing award
(press release) Real estate professional Nancy Ceresia and Communicarium are pleased to announce the website www.nancyceresiarealestate.com has won a Gold MarCom Award, which honors excellence in marketing and branding while…
Firefighters quickly extinguish fire originating in kitchen of Arcadia home
(via Ottawa Fire Services) Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) received a 911 call at 2:18 p.m. reporting a fire in a kitchen at 200 Clonrush Way in the Huntmar Drive and…