stittsville

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/01-IMG_9726.jpg) Boyd House on a December night in the early 2000's. _ ** Do you know anything about this house or the Boyd family who lived there? ** Send us a note at feedback@ottawastart. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1900.jpg) Boyd House at 173 Huntmar Drive in Stittsville, circa 1900. ** Could the woman on the porch be Jane Boyd? ** The Boyd family says it is. She was one of the original owners of the old stone house at 173 Huntmar Drive, along with her husband James. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/13-1384702761408.jpg) Boyd House at 173 Huntmar Drive in Stittsville. The old stone house pictured above is at 173 Huntmar Drive. It’s not even 500 meters from my house, located between Palladium and Maple Grove and just a stone’s throw from Canadian Tire Centre. ...

Here’s a really interesting photography idea from Ottawa’s Stephen Harrison . He collected six garbage bags worth of trash along Poole Creek in Stittsville, sorted it out, and then took some photos: [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HARR-20120402-Discarded-0009-Master.jpg) [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HARR-20120402-Discarded-0018-Master.jpg) [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HARR-20120402-Discarded-0023-Master.jpg) It’s disconcerting to see how much garbage we’ve discarded, and yet it makes for a fascinating subject. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/100959-detail___Selected.jpg) Do you live in Stittsville? Here's a chance to meet and mingle with your Stittsville neighbours and meet your Twitter friends and followers "IRL" (In Real Life). Stittsville’s first-ever tweet-up will happen on Tuesday, August 28 at bistrofiftyfour in Amberwood. ...

Here’s a map showing major new road projects in Stittsville/Kanata West over the next 10+ years. It was part of a presentation called “Stittsville of Tomorrow” . [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/3-Stittsville-of-Tomorrow14.gif) * 2012 - [ Huntmar Road new sidewalk ](http://ottawastart.com/theyre-finally-adding-a-sidewalk-sort-of-to-huntmar-road/) - between Palladium and Huntmar * 2012 - Stittsville Main new sidewalk - between Fernbank and Brigade * 2014 - Campeau Drive extension - Didsbury to Huntmar * 2016 - Carp Road widening - 417 to Hazeldean * 2016 - Palladium Drive realignment - Huntmar to future north-south arterial * 2017 - Huntmar Road widening - Campeau to Cyclone Taylor and Palladium to Maple Grove * 2018 - Kanata West Main Street - Maple Grove to Palladium * 2018 - Kanata West north-south arterial - Hazeldean to Fernbank * 2019 - Terry Fox Drive widening - Winchester to Eagleson * 2023-2031 - Kanata West north-south arterial - Huntmar to Hazeldean * 2023-2031 - Maple Grove widening * Prior to 2031 - West Transitway connection - Terry Fox to Fernbank Source: ShadQadri. ...

** UPDATE JUNE 2: ** The presentations are now available for download from Shad Qadri’s web site. I was at the ** _ “STITTSVILLE OF TOMORROW” _ ** presentation at Sacred Heart High School last night, hosted by Stittsville city councillor Shad Qadri . ...

Out for a walk today with the dog in our favourite abandoned field / forest in Stittsville. After a 10-minute walk through the woods we came to a small clearing and found this decorated Christmas tree, with a card and a bucket of dog treats hanging from a branch. ...

That’s really not the most compelling headline for a blog post, is it? Here are some pics I took on Friday while walking my dog in the big empty field near Abbot and Shea roads in Stittsville. How does this stuff get here? ...

_ _ _ Stittsville - _ A recent independent study has confirmed that the suburban development by Richcraft Homes called "Deer Run", actually does not contain any deer or trees as implied by their signage and advertising. The dramatic loss of the natural deer from the development comes as a mysterious shock to both residents and developers alike, who used to see deer all the time within the vinyl clad streets of the suburb. ...