Two Marmora women seriously hurt near Havelock

Two Marmora women have been seriously injured in a traffic accident near Havelock.

Central Hastings and Peterborough County OPP, firefighters and paramedics responded to a two-vehicle head on collision on Highway seven on Tuesday night..

A 2002 Ford Focus driven by a 79 year old woman had hit a 2007 Dodge Charger driven by a 31 year old woman .

Both drivers were taken to Campbellford Memorial Hospital with serious injuries. The 79 year old was subsequently charged with Failure to Share the Roadway. No names were released.

Quinte West O-P-P get good practice for New Year’s Eve RIDE

Quinte West O-P-P were busy with Ride Checks last night..

Officers conducted three programs on Wallbridge Road, Wallbridge Loyalist Road and Trenton Frankford Road at Bernard Long Road last evening.. A total of 575 motorists were stopped, 2 highway traffic Act charges were laid, 7 H-T-A equipment warnings were given, 3 72-hour report notices were issued and 1 roadside alcohol test was administered.

Officers will be out in full force tonight, enforcing drinking and driving rules, so motorists are advised to use Operation Rednose, take a taxi or public transportation, or take along a designated driver if they’re planning on a lot of celebrating.

Three charged with numerous offences in Deseronto

The O-P-P have charged three men with trying to steal a car from an elderly woman’s garage in Deseronto.

Twenty-six-year-old Michael BOUTHILLETTE and 18-year-old Richard WEMP-DUMBLETON of Desoronto were charged yesterday with  Break and Enter, theft of a Motor Vehicle and mischief, and will appear in Napanee Provincial Court on February tenth.

Twenty-one-year-old Alan Piffl of Napanee had an outstanding arrest warrant at the time of the incident for a drug related matter. He is charged with Possession of Break and Enter Tools, Breach of Probation, Theft of a motor vehicle, mischief and break and enter.

PIFFL was not released, and is being held in custody. The investigation is continuing.

Roseneath man charged with trying to avoid RIDE near Campbellford

A man has been charged with trying to avoid a RIDE program near Campbellford.

Northumberland O-P-P pulled over a vehicle at an unspecified location last night, but the driver sped off while the officer was speaking to him..

The vehicle was pursued until it slid into a snow bank. The driver then backed into the police vehicle causing minor damage. The driver, already prohibited from driving for similar infractions, was arrested, and taken into custody.  The Roseneath man was held in custody, to appear in court later today.

Peterborough County OPP warn of credit card scam

Peterborough County OPP say they’ve uncovered a new credit card scam that’s active locally.

The scam involves a caller phoning you and ultimately asking you to provide the last three digits of the security code printed on the back of your VISA or Mastercard.

The scammers convince their victims to give away this number by claiming to the the victim that their credit card is under investigation for fraud.

Police say a real fraud investigator would already have all of your credit card information and this scam is not to be believed.

Police are urging people to be aware of this scam and notify their local police service of anything suspicious.

More power outages near Tweed and Kaladar

Just when it looked as though everyone would have power back on in north Hastings County, the system has undergone another jolt!!

About 12 hundred customers are now without power north of Kaladar, and another 70 near Bancroft.

The outages around Kaladar are expected to be fixed by 6 this evening….while the problems near Bancroft could be repaired by 3 o clock.

A Strange Shopping Experience

The holidays really got to a Belleville man yesterday(tuesday) afternoon.

Belleville Police say someone complained that a man was standing in Millenium Parkway store….with his pants undone, and his genitals exposed for anyone to see.

A 54 year old man from Russell Street appears in court today on a charge of committing an indecent act.

The incident occurred around 2 yesterday(tuesday) afternoon.

A Cold Day for a Fire

Fire destroyed a 150 thousand dollar corn dryer north of Brighton Tuesday morning.

It’s not known what caused the early morning blaze.  The dryer can hold up to 20 tonnes of corn.  Brighton and Warkworth firefighters responded to the blaze, which occurred at Northumberland Grain, on Rush Road.

Corn dryer at Brighton’s Northumberland Grain up in smoke

Northumberland Grain in Brighton will not be drying anymore corn this winter.

The structure was destroyed by fire early this morning (TUES).

Firefighters finally doused the flames completely late this afternoon.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Hydro outages still plague areas north of Tweed, Kaladar

A dramatic picture is being painted by Hydro One crews on the scene north of Tweed.

A Hydro spokesperson says crews making their ways to downed power lines on snow machines and A-T-Vs are finding there’s so much ice on the trees, they’ll sometimes fix a line…only to see another branch break it again.

The electricity distributor says dozens of crews are working in the Denbeigh and Ompah regions to restore power.

It’s been going off and on again for two thousand customers since Saturday night… but it’s estimated that only a quarter of those customers are year-round residents.

Hyrdo says it’s working hardest to restore power to those people first.