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Victorian Wedding in Manotick The Rideau Township Historical Society hosted its Victorian wedding re-enactment last week in Manotick. In this photo, the groom, Brandon Kassis on the left stands with his bride Barb Barkley after her father, played by Dr. Bill Tupper, right, walked her up the isle to pastor Brian Earl.
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EMC news - As Dickinson Square steers into its busiest season, Watson’s Mill staff are hoping to curb speeding and reckless driving through the pedestrian hotspot. Mill manager Isabelle Geoffrion has reached out to Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt, the Manotick Village
and Community Association and the Dickinson Square Heritage Management Inc. for solutions to the chronic speeding and visibility problems on Dickinson Street. “This is something that’s been a concern of ours for a number of years now,” Geoffrion said. Manotick’s historic sites have been getting busier over the past seven years since the
so do the dangers for pedestrians crossing Dickinson Street to access Watson’s Mill on the east side of the street and the rest of the square to the west, Geoffrion said. “There’s more foot traffic and we’re just concerned that one of these days there’s going to be an accident on the street,” she said. The problem is two-fold. More vehicles are coming
through the square to access businesses on Mill Street and Clapp Lane, or to avoid traffic and lights on Main Street. At the same time, more pedestrians are using the square and they have a false sense of security that the square is like a park, Geoffrion said.
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Rideau Valley Conservation Authority sold the buildings, which means more pedestrians are using the square. During the 2005/2006 season, for example, the mill welcomed about 15,000 people. By 2012 that number had jumped to 54,000 people visiting the mill – and that doesn’t include the people who just use the park. As those numbers increase,
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