Archive for May, 2009
Posted on Sunday, May 31st, 2009
Belleville Police are investigating a string of daytime break-ins.
Police say the three incidents happened yesterday morning (May30).
At 7:30 a.m., police responded to a call of a break and enter at a North Front St. business, where police say a safe was stolen.
A half hour later, police were called to a business on Front St. with a break-in…where a small amount of cash was allegedly stolen.
An hour after that, at 9 a.m., police responded to a business at Farnham Rd., where the culprits reportedly did not steal anything; but rather spray painted the office.
The investigation continues.
Posted on Sunday, May 31st, 2009
Public Works was called in to clean up after a messy car crash with no injuries in Belleville.
City police say a three car accident blocked traffic at the intersection of North Front St. and Valleyview Cres. around 11 a.m. yesterday (May30).
Public Works came to remove debris and fluids from the scene and two vehicles had to be towed.
A 57 year old Belleville man is charged with failing to yield to traffic.
Posted on Sunday, May 31st, 2009
The Children’s Aid Society has been notified of an alleged shoplifting mom in Belleville.
City police on Friday afternoon responded to a call of a female shoplifter leaving the Quinte Mall with “a young child in tow”.
Police pursued the woman and arrested her on Bell Boulevard.
Police say they recovered stolen merchandise from three stores at the mall.
A 22-year-old woman was taken to the police station with her son and released with a promise to appear in court.
She is charged with multiple counts of theft and possession of stolen property.
For a behind-the-scenes look at this story, visit the reporter’s blog at http://jenniferlester.ca.
Posted on Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Some Hastings County officials are concerned about changes to provincial safety and disability standards that will be costly for the municipalities.
Reeve of Centre Hastings Tom Deline hopes the province will provide some extra funding before the changes come into effect next year. Deline says his municipality has already identified some changes that need to be made. He says it will cost his municipality about half a million dollars even if the province comes up with some funding as well.
Posted on Saturday, May 30th, 2009
The O-L-G is going to wait for Baymount before they start helping to make Belleville’s new racetrack a reality.
After a meeting with Mayor’s of Belleville and Quinte West yesterday… O-L-G representatives say Baymount… the company building the track… has to come up with the equity for the build before the O-L-G will help support it.
The O-L-G has entered into an agreement where it would put up just over 14 million dollars towards construction of the track.
Officials also said yesterday it’s not up to the O-L-G to determine a location for the track… should it not develop in Belleville… that’s up to the Ontario Racing Commission.
Posted on Saturday, May 30th, 2009
A 50 year old Belleville man is awaiting a bail hearing after an incident on Belleville’s West-Side last night.
City police say they were called to Bridge Street West after a cab driver reported a problem with a fare.
When they arrived, officers say they were confronted by the man… and assaulted while they tried to arrest him.
Details on the confrontation were not released.
Police also say the unidentified suspect was also in possession of illicit drugs.
Posted on Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Police believe speed and alcohol may have been factors in a serious crash early this morning.
It happened on Highway 2 at Point Anne around 2am.
Police say a 36 year old man and 35 year old woman from Belleville were taken to B-G-H with undetermined non-life threatening injuries.
An investigation into the incident is continuing.
Posted on Saturday, May 30th, 2009
A Griffon Helicopter from C-F-B Trenton is lending a hand to O-P-P south of Bracebridge.
The Trenton Rescue Centre says the chopper left around 2am to help in the search for a missing woman.
The O-P-P emergency response team and canine units started looking for the woman last night, but after encountering swampy and rough terrain, the Griffon was called in.
Posted on Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Six schools in the Kawartha-Pine Ridge District School Board have been certified through the Ontario Eco Schools project… including one in Quinte.
East Northumberland Secondary school earned a Silver ranking in it’s second year in the program… improving from a Bronze last year.
Certification in the Eco Schools program recognizes a schools environmental initiatives in energy conservation, waste minimization, ecological literacy and school ground greening.
School’s also have to re-apply for certification every year.
Posted on Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Week three of the Belleville Minor Football League kicked off a little closer
than the last two.
The Trenton Kiwanis Tiger Cubs outlasted the Bayshore
Credit Union Chargers 26-21 at Trenton High last night.
John Rood had two
TD’s for Trenton while Nick Walker and Nick Prenzel each added majors.
Haydon Deacon had a pair of touchdown’s for the Chargers and was named their
player of the game.
Action resumes (at 10:30) this morning when Hotch’s
Autoparts takes on The Belleville Club.
Posted on Saturday, May 30th, 2009
It’s a chance to dispose of old paint cans, batteries, medicine and many other items that don’t go in the regular trash. Quinte Waste Solutions is holding a Household Hazardous Waste event in Stirling today. The event is on from 9am-til-2pm today at 2529 Stirling-Marmora Road. For a list of items that will be accepted go to www.quinterecycling.org.
Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2009
Belleville Bulls defenceman, Shawn Lalonde, has a shot at being on Canada’s National Junior hockey team.
He is one of 41 players invited to the Canadian National Junior Team Development camp, being held August 5th through 10th in Saskatoon.
The summer camp is the first step toward being on the National Team for the 2010 Junior Championships.
Lalonde had an excellent third season with the Belleville Bulls, breaking a franchise record for goals by a defenceman, scoring 19.
Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2009
Two successful local hockey clubs are getting together. The Belleville Bulls and the Wellington Dukes have entered into an ‘affiliation agreement” for the upcoming season.
Belleville Bulls coach and GM George Burnett says the team is pleased to be getting together, calling the Dukes one of the elite junior hockey programs in Canada. Burnett says Marty Abrams and staff have a proven track record producing good players who succeed in the OHL.
Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2009
Napanee OPP have charged a former financial advisor with defrauding two “elderly” victims of 210-thousand dollars. Police say 44-year-old Robert Todd Lovelock was arrested on an outstanding warrant at the border, while attempting to cross into the United States. It’s alleged Lovelock sold the victims non-existent investment products. Lovelock is charged with two counts of fraud over five-thousand dollars…and is being held in custody.
Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2009
Prince Edward county has come up with a compromise in the controversial buildng issue of required distance between new houses and farm barns. About a dozen people addressed the Wednesday night meeting before council decided to go with Option three, allowing a “tiered system” of determining the distance. Director of Planning Gerry Murphy says it provides for some compromises. Murphy says there’s a 20-day waiting period before the new system goes into effect.
Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2009
Two men aged 72 and 37 are facing charges after a Project Longarm drug bust near Carrying Place. The undercover drug team searched a County Road-64 residence yesterday and seized cocaine, cash and other property. Both men are charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2009
First Nations Technical Institute on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is working to establish a similar school in Santiago, Chile. President Tim Thompson says the agreement was signed at the opening ceremonies of FNTI’s 20th Annual Prior Learning Conference at Ramada Inn Belleville this week.
The local post-secondary institution is working with Chile’s rural Mapuche community which has delegates at the conference along with members from Ecuador, Nunavut and South Africa. The conference wraps up today.
Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2009
A 61 year old Brighton woman is facing charges after allegedly tampering with a prescription. Northumberland O-P-P say Mary Hamilton is being held for a bail hearing after receiving a complaint from a local pharmacy. The charges against Hamilton are uttering a forged document and two counts of failing to comply.
Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2009
A gruelling race, all for a good cause, will be run in a couple of weeks time, in the Quinte region.
It will be the 23rd annual Surf and Turf relay race, organized through 8 Wing Trenton, involving individuals and teams, both military and civilian. The surf and turf relay will be run Friday, June 12th. Money raised will go to “Soldier On”, an organization helping personell injured overseas.
Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2009
Prince Edward-Hastings MP Daryl Kramp has handed over some cash from the “Building Communities Through Arts Fund”. The Madoc Canadian Heritage Music & Arts Festival received nearly 19-thousand dollars and the Festival Players of Prince Edward County received over 13-thousand from the Federal Government yesterday. The Madoc Festival is the weekend of June 20th and the highly regarded Prince Edward group provides a yearly festival of entertainment.
Sean gets physical...!
