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…
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QUARRY QUERY: Do industrial operations on Jinkinson affect water levels in the area?
EDITOR’S NOTE: The network of streams and wetlands surrounding Stittsville have been changing over the past few years. Landowners say they’ve seen a dramatic rise in the amount of water…
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…
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…
Property values drained by wetland designation
(ABOVE: Michael Erland (left) and Mike Westley, neighbours on Flewellyn Road.) EDITOR’S NOTE: Stittsville is in the midst of change. What was once a small town community that was a…
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…
Jackson Trails residents unhappy with road plan for proposed Minto subdivision
The Stitsville Village Association (SVA) says they want to work with Jackson Trails residents to come to an agreement on the best way to get cars in and out of…
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…
‘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…
ROUND 2: Residents in Fairwinds get set for another round of blasting
UPDATE NOVEMBER 11: Melissa Côté from Tartan Homes tells StittsvilleCentral.ca that the blasting will begin sometime between December 2-8, and last approximately 50 working days, or two-and-a-half months. Some residents living on the…
Harvey & Vern’s brings a local flavour to soda
Over the weekend I met up with Paul Meek (pictured above, photo by Barry Gray) the owner of Ottawa-based Harvey & Vern’s soda and Kichesippi Beer. Both companies are manufactured on Campbell Avenue…
Exploring an abandoned 19th century cemetary near Dwyer Hill
(This post originally appeared on OttawaStart.com in July 2014. Along with fellow explorers Andrew King and Alison Fowler, and some rudientary directions, we set out to locate the cemetary. It’s supposedly haunted: “Locals…
Five things to do in Stittsville for Halloween
VISIT A HAUNTED HOUSE There’s a massive display on Cherry Drive called the Ghoul-Bourn Spook Show. Over 3,000 people are expected to attend from October 29-31. (That’s not the only scary…
Qadri gets a third term, Lee vows to keep him accountable
Incumbent Shad Qadri won a third term as Stittsville’s city councillor, but last-minute challenger Dave Lee earned a strong 40% of the vote.
Stittsville couple opens pool supply shop on Stittsville Main
Bucket of cholorine with your double-double? Scott and Angie Jessiman opened a pool supply and services company at the end of swimming season in a retail plaza on Stittsville Main Street.…