Mainstreeter Newpaper

Welcome Back to Main Farmers’ Market  

Another market season is about to begin on May 5. All our vendors look forward to welcoming back our regular customers and extend a heartfelt welcome to new ones.
Our market showcases homegrown produce, handmade crafts and value-added products where the vendors are the primary producers. The emphasis is on producing a variety of locally produced products and we emphasize freshness, quality Read more

Finnish tool company donates funds for new community garden  

On June 21, an empty field on Lees Avenue will be transformed into a beautiful and productive community garden. Fiskars, a Finnish tool company with North American headquarters in Madison, Wisc., has chosen Ottawa as a site to build a community garden through their Project Orange Thumb.

Early that morning–rain or shine–Fiskars and their partners will roll up their sleeves and transform the Read more