Before her door was kicked in and her house ransacked, before she learned what the tell-tale signs of a crack house are, before she began pushing for a new law to make neighbourhoods like hers safer, Stephanie Strudwick was a middle-aged federal public servant who shared a century-old house on Elm Street with her son.
Elizabeth Beddall, Centretown News The LeBreton Flats Neighbourhood Watch is one of five such groups in the area, which includes Chinatown.
Author: Centretown Staff
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