Is it true that The Ottawa Vistors Center has been shut down by The State Of Illinois?

Massive thanks to everyone who showed up yesterday and pitched in to clean up the riverfront. This is the kind of thing that makes me love living here.



There's another great opportunity for service coming up next month: Labor of Love, the largest one-day community effort to clean, repair, restore and winterize homes owned and occupied by local senior citizens, disabled individuals and low-income families.



This is a great cause, and in this economy, one of the best ways to… Continue

Now I know it shouldn't be a big deal but I just question Why an Ottawa officer should park right next to a no parking sign just to say hi to his kid. I know that if I did the same thing when picking up my kid I'd get a ticket.So why does a law enforcement officer blatantly brake it just because it's convenient,aren't they supposed to be an example?Well on this day he wasn't one to my kid.…

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I dreamt last night about a friend I grew up with in Flushing Queens his name was Danny Mulligan.We lived next door to each other on a safe street filled with people of every color and faith.He had A mom and dad,brother and sister and a cat.Growing up we played stickball on the street,fought with other neighborhoods ,went to caticism class together,got drunk together for the first time.He was a good kid,as we were growing up he always said he wanted to join the F.D.N.Y. and unlike most he… Continue

The discussion during this morning's editorial meeting here in the grand Stevenson Road offices of Ottawa Delivered centered on this question: How do you foster growth, sustainable development and an improved quality of life in a city if all its smart, young residents head elsewhere during their most energetic and productive years?



It's a question that's nagged me since I first moved here. One of the first things I noticed when I moved to Ottawa was a distinct absence of a certain… Continue