Manotick Local Community News

Heritage garden set to blossom in Vernon

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Emma Jackson

EMC news - Inch by inch and row by row, they're going to make their garden grow. Staff at the Osgoode Township Heritage Society and Museum are finally breaking ground...

Councillors OK limits on their spending

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Laura Mueller

EMC news - Councillors decided to be more restrictive about the value of gifts they must disclose under a new code of conduct policy. Reducing the value of gifts or meals that must be publically disclosed from the recommended $200 to $30 was the only significant alteration made to the policy during...

Wedding dress exhibit opens at Dickinson House

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Emma Jackson

EMC news - The Rideau Township Historical Society's new wedding dress exhibit is small but mighty, with dresses representing eras from Marie Antoinette's time all the way to the 1980s. The exhibit will open Sunday, May 4 as part of the society's opening day festivities at Dickinson House in Manotick....

Osgoode Township alumni honoured for community service

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Emma Jackson

EMC news - Former Osgoode Township High School student Chris Vizena is so accomplished on and off the soccer field, he has to consult a list to remember it all. Apart from playing varsity soccer every year since he began his studies at Mount Allison University in Sackville, Nova Scotia four years...

We're not exactly digging a tunnel of love

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Charles Gordon

There is no progress without heartbreak. Or, as they used to say on the left, you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs. In this respect, it's intriguing to see how many different perspectives there can be on one project. A guy was complaining on the radio the other day, a guy who probably...