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Local residents strongly oppose a city plan to prevent basement flooding along Preston Street by turning Plouffe Park into a “cement bathtub.”

Centretown resident Julie Wenzel is hoping that a city bylaw set for debate by council in early May will eliminate the graffiti on some of the garage doors and mailboxes in her neighbourhood.

Construction crews are putting the finishing touches on a $4-million building project in Centretown, completing what will be Ottawa’s first – and much-needed – homeless shelter for young men.

Special education classes at Cambridge Street Public School and Centennial Public School escaped cutbacks by the school board in early March as a funding shortfall of almost $28 million forced trustees to make tough budget decisions.