“If Ottawa were a house, then Raw Sugar would be the living room,” says Lydia Gabelmann, one of the baristas at the Somerset Street coffee shop that’s been emerging as an informal Centretown community centre. 
Sarah Everest, Centretown NewsNadia Kharyati, owner of the Raw Sugar Café, hosts performers and community groups.
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MacLaren’s patio triumphs over foes
City councillors have approved an outdoor patio for MacLaren’s pub on Elgin Street despite previously rejecting the application because of the bar's proximity to residential areas and over the objections of local residents and Somerset Coun. Diane Holmes.
Community group criticizes rezoning of residence for gallery
The commercial properties key to Preston Street’s lively character are spilling over into residential surroundings, says a leading community advocate who points to the recent rezoning of a home at 73 Aberdeen St. to accommodate a new art gallery in the neighbourhood.
Museum displays rare royal photo
For decades, the Bytown Museum was unable to display a rare 19th-century photograph of King Edward VII, when he was Prince of Wales.
Boel Marcks von Würtemberg, Centretown NewsPilar Hernandez-Ramero, a conservator at the Bytown Museum, peers at a 1860 photo of then Prince of Wales.