Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
So by now you have all heard that the owners of The Whalesbone will be taking over the Elmdale on January 1. The revelation caused a bit of a kerfuffle…
Miss Vicky's Offhand Remarks
Handmade Halloween! This Sunday
Well, I have to say that part 1 of the two-part Handmade Halloween was a smashing success. There was a steady stream of families at the Hintonburg Community Centre all…
1050 Somerset Update
This just in from the Hintonburg Community Association: On October 15, Claridge Homes, which is proposing to build a new 23-storey tower at 1050 Somerset, offered to settle our Ontario…
Weekend Fun: Community Cleanup and beery rewards
Fall is awesome. But it sure is busy – packed full of community events, and new traditions seem to be added each year. There is some fun stuff in the…
Lawyers are pricey
So are planners. And the Hintonburg Community Association needs good ones, because they are taking their objections to Claridge’s planned development at Somerset and Breezehill to the Ontario Municipal Board.…
Handmade Hallowe’en Volunteer meeting!
Want to help out with Handmade Halloween in Hintonburg? There’s a volunteer meeting tomorrow – Saturday 29 – at Twiss & Weber, 177 Armstrong, 4pm. See you there?
Good news on the child care front
For Devonshire kids, anyway. Here’s a note from the Devonshire School Age Program that crossed my inbox today. We were fortunate that WeeG got a spot in the program for…
Time for a Taste of Wellington!
This Saturday is the annual Taste of Wellington – a great opportunity to get out and sample all that our community has to offer. It started off as little more…
Hintonburg Handmade Hallowe’en – Volunteers needed
Miss Vicky has always wanted to see some kind of Hallowe’en event in the ‘hood. Hallowe’en is the best, isn’t it? When else do you get to dress up and…
Harvest Festival postponed
Hintonburg’s annual Harvest Festival, which is supposed to be tomorrow afternoon, has been postponed to Sunday, September 9. It’s a great event – BBQ, games for the kids, bouncy slide…
Comings and Goings – the overdue edition UPDATED x2
Oh, Faithful Legion, it has been so long. Too long, really. I will make no excuses for the light blogging of late. Life took over, and the twitters are an…
Comings and Goings – the overdue edition UPDATED
Oh, Faithful Legion, it has been so long. Too long, really. I will make no excuses for the light blogging of late. Life took over, and the twitters are an…
Comings and Goings – the overdue edition
Oh, Faithful Legion, it has been so long. Too long, really. I will make no excuses for the light blogging of late. Life took over, and the twitters are an…
Roundabouts on Tyndall? Really?
So the city is conducting a consultation on the Byron/Tyndall Corridor – basically the route from Gladstone to Parkdale to Tyndall to Holland to Byron. Although the study is looking…
Shaking things up in Hintonburg
One of the fantastic things about this neighbourhood: people who live here are incredibly dedicated to this community. They come up with really cool ideas and they just make them…
Nelson House in crisis
There is a community meeting tomorrow evening to discuss the closure of Nelson House, a local shelter for women and children. Women escaping violence in Ottawa cannot afford to lose…
Busy weekend!
So much stuff happening in the ‘hood this weekend! If I miss anything, feel free to add stuff in the comments. Devonshire School’s annual Playground cleanup takes place on Saturday…
Your community needs you!
With spring in the air, activity is ramping up in the community. There are a lot of fun events ahead – the Tulip Festival on May 12, ArtsPark on May…
April 28: Community Clean Up Day!
Tomorrow (Saturday, April 28) is the annual Community Cleanup Day in Hintonburg and Wellington Village. The BIA is sponsoring this year’s activities – sign up outside the GT or Red…
M-312 – There are no words
There are no words that describe the depth of my fury over Stephen Woodworth’s private member’s motion M-312, which would set up a Parliamentary committee to determine when human life…