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Temper, Temper….

Posted on Monday, January 5th, 2009 - 4:54 pm

A Belleville woman couldn’t control her temper at the courthouse late yesterday morning.
Belleville Police say a 20 year old woman kicked the glass out of a door at the Victoria Avenue building.
The court’s special constable witnessed the smashing and arrested her.  The frustrated woman suffered minor injuries to her leg.
Meanwhile, Belleville Police are investigating a break in at a west end car dealership early Monday morning.  Computer equipment was stolen.

 

Tweed area break in

Posted on Monday, January 5th, 2009 - 1:05 pm

3 young men arrested after a break in at a vacant house in the municipality of Tweed late Saturday night.
Central Hastings OPP discovered 2 cars in the driveway and 3 men inside the house, which was listed for sale on Sulphide Road.
Facing charges are…21 year old Stirling Friend, 22 year old Shane Burtt, and 20 year old Andrew Kenny, all from the Belleville area.

 

Quinte West O-P-P put in very busy Sunday

Posted on Monday, January 5th, 2009 - 6:51 am

It was anything but a quiet Sunday for Quinte West O-P-P.

Offficers went to an address on Old Highway two in Sidney yesterday morning after a young man, armed with a knife, threatened to injure himself.

The man, whose name wasn’t released, was charged with weapons dangerous.

A 42-year-old man was arrested and charged with domestic assault during the noon hour after an incident at a home in Glen Miller, and there was another domestic at one o’clock in the afternoon in Carrying Place, but no charges were laid.

Officers and paramedics also helped a 35-year-old man taken from the Batawa Ski Hill in serious condition, but the cause of his injuries isn’t yet available, and the police also took a woman to hospital after she was found lying, in pain, outside of her car.

 

Sunday night storm leaves roads messy for Monday morning commute

Posted on Monday, January 5th, 2009 - 6:49 am

Public Works Crews are out in Quinte this morning, cleaning up the roads left messy by the mixed precipitation.

An official at C-F-B Trenton’s weather office says 3 centimetres of mostly ice pellets, with some freezing rain, fell last evening at the base.

However, some areas further south got heavier amounts of freezing rain.

Belleville City Police and the O-P-P report no serious accidents during the storm.

 

Prince Edward County Composition of Council to be discussed on January 5th

Posted on Monday, January 5th, 2009 - 6:46 am

The composition of council is the only subject of discussion at a special meeting today of Prince Edward County Council.

Council has often been criticized for being too large, and with 15 councillors and the mayor representing the municipality’s 25-thousand residents, the council is one of the most disproportionate anywhere.

Belleville’s council, serving a population of 46-thousand, is made up of eight councillors plus the mayor, and even Hastings County, serving a population of around 38-thousand, has fewer representatives, at 14.

The subject will be debated at Shire Hall in Picton at 1-30 this afternoon, and council will even accept input from the audience.

 

Brighton council meets January 5th

Posted on Monday, January 5th, 2009 - 6:45 am

Brighton council isn’t waiting long to get back to work after the Christmas holiday break.

Council will hear more tonight about plans for an expansion by the owners of Applefest Lodge, a retirement home on Elizabeth Street.

David Green will speak about municipal vehicles left idling, and council will consider a bylaw to enter into an agreement with the provincial government for the waterfront revitalization project.

The council meeting starts at the municipal hall in Brighton at 6-30.

 

Extensive damage in Trenton house fire

Posted on Sunday, January 4th, 2009 - 8:22 am

It was the debris in a dryer-vent that caused a house fire in Trenton.

Quinte West fire crews attended the scene at 17 Pelham Street around eight last night (SAT)…after a Hydro One worker saw flames at the house while doing work across the street.

Quinte West fire chief, John Whalen, says the Hydro One worker was picking up supplies at the Pelham Street power station when he noticed the house across the street was burning.

He reportedly ran over to alert the homeowner, who was working at their computer and unaware of the blaze.

A neighbour called for help while the two suppressed the fire.

Whalen says damage is estimated at 70-thousand dollars.

He says he’s glad there were no injuries and that worker happened to catch the fire before it was too late.

18 firefighters attended the scene.

 

Fake name leads to trouble

Posted on Sunday, January 4th, 2009 - 8:19 am

An Odessa man is in big trouble with the law.

Belleville Police say a 34-year-old man was arrested by Napanee OPP last night (JAN3) via a warrant… stemming from an arrest in Belleville in December.

The man was originally charged with shoplifting…but police now allege the man gave a false name at the time.

The man now faces charges of “obstructing a peace officer” and “personation with intent”.

He will face those charges in court tomorrow (JAN5).

 

Break and enter on Moira Street East

Posted on Sunday, January 4th, 2009 - 8:18 am

Belleville Police are investigating a break and enter.

Police were called to a Moira Street East home around 9:45 last night (JAN3)….and when they got there, it seemed an unidentified suspect had entered the home sometime that day through a living room window.

Nothing was reported missing from inside.

Police have no suspects.

 

Impaired driving charges for Quinte West man

Posted on Sunday, January 4th, 2009 - 8:18 am

It’s a February court date for a man in Quinte West.

OPP say the man was found at the scene of a single vehicle collision just before midnight (SAT).

A Honda Fit travelling southbound on Wallbridge Loyalist Road had reportedly left the road for no apparent reason…and gone into the ditch.

The driver was tested for impaired driving and taken to the station for further tests.

A 20-year-old man from Sidney ward has been charged.

 

Belleville home invasion suspect arrested

Posted on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 - 12:20 pm

A man wanted by police for a home invasion in Belleville’s west end has been arrested.

Twenty-three-year-old Michael Livingston of Belleville was picked up by Central Hastings O-P-P, and was turned over to City Police.

He is charged with robbery, assault with a weapon, break and enter and forcible confinement in connection with an incident in which three men forced their way into a home on Gavey Street on October 13th.

Several of the people in the house were hit in the face with bear spray, and a television, electronic equipment, clothing and other items were stolen.

Livingston will appear in court for a bail hearing next week.

 

Prince Edward County ends building year on upbeat note

Posted on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 - 10:50 am

Another two-million dollars worth of new building activity to add to the record-breaking total in Prince Edward County.

That is the value of new houses and other projects approved in the county last month, pushing the total last year to 70.6-million dollars.

The old record, 63.7-million, was set in 2007.

Officials issued 865 building permits in 2008, compared to 874 one year earlier.

 

Belleville ends year with a quiet December for builders

Posted on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 - 10:47 am

A quiet end to a fairly busy year on the building scene in Belleville.

Only 22 permits for projects worth 560-thousand dollars were issued in December.

Belleville had 54-million dollars in construction projects last year, compared to 129-million in 2007.

That was the year construction of the new one-hundred-million-dollar Sills Wing at the Belleville Hospital was approved.

 

Quinte West winds down busy building year with quiet December

Posted on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 - 9:57 am

A rare quiet month on the building scene in Quinte West.

Chief Building Official Ron Wardaugh says only 10 permits for projects worth 280-thousand dollars were issued in December.

However, the previous eleven months were busy, and Quinte West finished 2008 with 79.7-million dollars in new building activity.

The previous record was 69.9-million, set in 2007.

 

Trenton hospital has high M-R-S-A rate

Posted on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 - 9:54 am

The Trenton hospital has one of the highest rates of infection for M-R-S-A in Ontario.

The provincial government released numbers as part of a new quarterly reporting of infections from M-R-S-A and V-R-E.

The Trenton hospital was the third highest in the province for M-R-S-A, at a rate of point-one-seven per one-thousand patient days, with two other hospitals, in New Tecumseth and Haldimand County about twice that figure.

Quinte Healthcare Official Susan Rowe says there were fewer than five cases in Trenton, but the rate seems high because it is a relatively small hospital.

 

Dramatic Wellington rescue

Posted on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 - 9:52 am

Two young boys and a passerby are being credited with saving another boy from the frigid waters of Lake Ontario near Wellington..

Prince Edward County O-P-P say eleven-year-old Liam Lemoire-Drouillard, eleven-year-old Jesse Babcock and 13-year-old Clemment Babcock were taking pictures of the lake yesterday afternoon when Liam slipped into the icy waters.

Jesse ran to call for help, and was able to get the attention of David James, a passing motorist, and the trio pulled the boy to shore safely with a long tree branch.

Lemoire-Drouillard was cold but otherwise unhurt, and was released from Picton hospital after being checked over.

 

Optimistic Start to New Year in Belleville

Posted on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 - 8:34 am

Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis says despite a global recession in 2008….the City hasn’t only survived….it’s thrived. Ellis told the crowd at the New Years Day levee at City Hall that the city is in final negotiations with an industry that is expected to create 400 new jobs by 2010….adding more information and an official announcement from the company will be coming early in the new year.  The Mayor also pointed out ANR Foods production facility is now complete and will start operating early this year. He says the City is also starting to reep the benefits of investing in its Doctor Recruitment program with three new Doctors startinmg in ‘08 and another seven will start practicing this year.

 

Sad Day in Local Hockey Circles

Posted on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 - 8:33 am

A sad day in the local hockey world. Fomer Trenton Sting defenceman Don Sanderson died early this morning at Hamilton General Hospital. The 21-year old York University student was playing for the Whitby Dunlops in the Ontario Senior League on December 12th when he struck his head off the ice during a fight. He had been in a coma and on life support since undergoing brain surgery a day later. Sanderson and his father Mike have coached with local hockey organizations including the Belleville Bearcats.

 

Belleville Man Arrested in Miramichi, NB

Posted on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 - 8:32 am

A Belleville man who broke into several homes and a church in northeastern New Brunswick, and stayed for a few days, will have a prison cell to call home for over a year..

Twenty-two-year-old Matthew Ostrander pled guilty in Maramichi Court to break and enter and other offences.

He was arrested in late September after forcing his way into homes, eating food, using a shower, and stealing money and jewellery.

Ostrander also slept in a church, tried to break into a lumber yard, and was finally caught living in a shed at a water treatment plant.

He was sentenced to 15 months in jail, in addition to the three months custody he had already served.

 

Wellington Water Rescue

Posted on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 - 8:32 am

Two young boys and a passerby are being credited with saving another boy from the frigid waters of Lake Ontario near Wellington..

Prince Edward County O-P-P say 11-year-old Liam Drouillard and two friends were taking pictures of the lake yesterday afternoon when he slipped into the icy waters.

One of the boys ran to call for help, and was able to get the attention of a passing motorist, and the trio pulled the boy to shore safely with a long tree branch.

Drouillard was cold but otherwise unhurt, and was released from Picton hospital after being treated.