While business is thriving at a Centretown storeowner’s native crafts shop, his New York boutique now lies beneath the rubble at ground zero of the World Trade Center attack.
Bank St. businessman loses shop in NY attack
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Author: Centretown Staff
Groups leave Bronson Centre
Armed with paintbrushes, power tools, and a vision of community, five of the 29 organizations at the Bronson Centre have left to renovate a new home on Chapel Street.
Local schools grapple with text shortage
By Connie Smart
High schools in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board are feeling the strain of the Harris government’s cuts to Grade 11 funding, say officials and staff from the board.
“High schools in this area are being affected pretty equally by these cuts, just as they are across the province,” says Centretown trustee Joan Spice. “There is just not enough money for texts.”
Sunshine, beer, hotdogs and baseball, what could be better?
There’s nothing finer than enjoying a hot dog and beer, catching some rays and watching a baseball game. Unless, of course, you live in Ottawa.