Tara Gesner

2 weeks ago | insideottawavalley.com | Tara Gesner

The Smiths Falls Fire Department was called out to 107 Lombard St. this morning, June 10, following several reports of a commercial fire. Shortly after 8:30 a.m., significant smoke was visible emanating from the back and the roof of the building that accommodates Pizza Hut and Subway. Assistance was quickly sought from the Montague Fire Department. As of 11 a.m., the fire was out. Firefighters remain at the location.

3 weeks ago | insideottawavalley.com | Tara Gesner

An estimated 3,633 Hydro One customers will be affected by a planned power outage on Friday, June 27. The overnight power cut, slated to run from midnight until 4 a.m., will impact the areas of Arnprior, Beckwith, Carp, Huntley, Mississippi Mills, Ramsay, and Stittsville.

3 weeks ago | insideottawavalley.com | Tara Gesner

The theft of diesel fuel from the Bonnechere Valley Fire Department is currently under investigation by the Upper Ottawa Valley detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). “Sometime in the last month, an unknown person or persons attended the Bonnechere Valley Fire Department building on Janet Road and stole diesel fuel from an outdoor storage tank on the property,” OPP states in a June 4 news release. The theft was reported to police on June 3.

3 weeks ago | insideottawavalley.com | Tara Gesner

Bridge Street in Carleton Place is currently closed between Morphy Street and Mailey Drive due to a collision involving two vehicles at the intersection of Townline Road and Bridge Street on Wednesday morning, June 4. The collision resulted in a vehicle striking a hydro pole, breaking it near the top. Power is out in the area. “We were dispatched to the location at 11:02 a.m.,” Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Sgt. Rob Croth, Carleton Place detachment, told Inside Ottawa Valley.

3 weeks ago | insideottawavalley.com | Tara Gesner

Wally Cook, who turns 99 in September, is Carleton Place’s last remaining Second World War veteran. During an intimate gathering at Waterside Retirement Community last Thursday, May 29, Cook was the guest of honour, receiving his 65-year bar from his Capt. A. Roy Brown Branch 192 comrades — Kevin Francis, president, Peter Schaffer, past president, and George Wood, veterans’ services officer.