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The rich 120-year history of Lacy Evelyn School on Evelyn Avenue may come to an end and Old Ottawa East will no longer have a public school if the OCDSB doesn't reverse course. (p. 3&7) Read the full story in the February edition of The Mainstreeter, link in bio.

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OLD OTTAWA EATS Who knew cake design could be this much fun! Learning high-end cake decoration from the pros. On assignment at Artistic Cake Design, our food reporters donned their aprons &whipped up a buttercream icing masterpiece... Read Full Story... bit.ly/4grg5e7

ART BEAT TIM HUNT’SMAIN STREETSKETCHES Tim Hunt explores his community outfitted with a small sketchbook, pen, and watercolour kit. In our regular feature, he shares the pages from his sketchbook and tells the stories behind... Read Full Story... bit.ly/3K3EGJJ

ART BEAT A finger on the pulse of the arts in OOE OOE ARTIST FEATURE: ARCHITECT ELAINE DECOURSEY CELEBRATES VIBRANT COLOURS AS PAINTER, URBAN SKETCHER, AND GARDENER Longtime resident & artist Elaine DeCoursey display at A Walk of Art... Read Full Story... bit.ly/4mfF8BQ

HEALTHY LIVING Nordic Walking helps people improve fitness and increase activity. Many of us have parents, friends or neighbours who struggle with balance, with back pain, with an old knee injury, or with lack of motivation... Read Full Story... bit.ly/4nzi2Yc

FROM OUR ARCHIVES Robert Lees – patriarch of Ottawa East’s leading family . Robert Lees was the patriarch of the Lees family who lived in a house called Wildwood. It stood, at the end of a long lane, on Main Street... Read Full Story... bit.ly/3VP2ymR

Ottawa’s Golden Age of baking – the lost bakeries of Old Ottawa East. How Old Ottawa East’s three bakeries – Morrison Lamothe, Walker’s, &Ideal Cake – turned our community into Ottawa’s breadbasket for much of the 20th century... Read Full Story... bit.ly/41PUlT8

Can I Skate? Ottawa couple develops an app to track Rideau Canal ice conditions. Old Ottawa East resident test out the app Read more » bit.ly/4bq68uO By Maia Tustonic CapitalCurrent.ca

Sharing Lunch with…..Ottawa’s Mayor Mark Sutcliffe In an exclusive interview with The Mainstreeter, Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe discusses the successes of his first two years in office and the challenges that confront the city… Read more » mainstreeter.ca/?p=12200

Greystone Village Transitional Care to continue until at least March 2028 OOE’s “medium-sized hospital” A new agreement between Bruyère Health and Greystone Village Retirement Residence will maintain the status quo at the 132-bed facility.… Read more » mainstreeter.ca/?p=12196

OLD OTTAWA EAST COMMUNITY UPDATES FOR FEBRUARY 2025 John Dance is The Mainstreeter’s chief reporter and the former Chair of the Old Ottawa East Community Association’s Planning Committee. Relying upon his extensive experience. he keeps… Read more » mainstreeter.ca/?p=12188

CRIME IN OLD OTTAWA EAST – Ottawa Police Services Provide a Crime Prevention Primer So how do we prevent crime in our community? Greater use of technology and tried and true methods of “crime prevention through environmental design” (CPTED)… Read more » mainstreeter.ca/?p=12176

New speed camera on Main Street off to a very fast start with 587 speeding tickets issued in November!! The new “automated speed enforcement” (ASE) camera near Immaculata High School on Main Street has made its presence felt for a lot… Read more » mainstreeter.ca/?p=12170

Vandalism in the Children’s Garden – It Takes a Community of Big Hearts to Build This Beautiful Space – But Just a Few Small Minds to Destroy It Main and Clegg streets lately, you might have noticed something new, or rather something missing… Read more » mainstreeter.ca/?p=12157

ART BEAT- OOE ARTIST FEATURE: Go Figure! Life Drawing/Painting/Sculpting Thrives in our Neighbourhood with the Support of an Enduring Program I don’t usually inject myself into my Art Beat stories. They feature artists, their work, and art… Read more » mainstreeter.ca/?p=12147

OLD OTTAWA EATS – eXpresso café – A Marriage Made in Heaven: Preston Street Welcomes Ottawa’s First Real Estate Café In December 2024, the Little Italy neighbourhood of Ottawa welcomed eXpresso Café, the city’s first-ever real estate café… Read more » mainstreeter.ca/?p=12135

OUR NEIGHBOURS – Meet Our Community’s Distinguished Renaissance Woman, Dr. Roseann O’Reilly Runte Dr. Roseann O’Reilly Runte sends hand-written cards. It’s something she has always done in both her professional and personal life… Read more »mainstreeter.ca/?p=12126

Critical Care By Air: Look Skyward to the Life-Saving Medical Missions of the Helicopter Ambulances Overflying Old Ottawa East Main Street has long served as a route for ambulances moving patients to CHEO… Read more » mainstreeter.ca/?p=12115

Clearest view I’ve seen of the Delta plane landing and then crashing in Toronto.