No swimming at Lion’s Park in Campbellford again

It shouldn’t come as any surprise, but a swimming hole in Campbellford is still unsafe for taking a dip..

Lion’s Park was declared off limits again by the Health Unit for anyone planning to go swimming because of high levels of e-coli in water samples taken this week.

It has been unavailable for swimming almost every week this summer.

Our newsroom left a message with Trent Hills Mayor Hector MacMillan last week about the cause, a high goose population, and how to reduce their numbers, but he didn’t respond.

Higher wages for Prince Edward County’s fulltime firefighters

Prince Edward County firefighters’ wages will be brought up to provincial standards in a new four-year contract.

County council approved the collective agreement with the professional firefighters association, which represents the five fulltime firefighters based in Picton.

The deal, retroactive to the end of last year, will raise a first class firefighter’s salary from 60,800 dollars in January, 2009 to just over 73-thousand in October 2012. All five firefighters are rated first-class.

The agreement also includes other working condition improvements.

Fatal accident north of Warkworth

A Kingston woman has been killed in a head on crash north of Warkworth.

Northumberland O-P-P say the accident happened yesterday afternoon on County Road 25, north of Honey Line.

The driver of one of the cars, 81-year-old Dorthy Cunningham, was airlifted to Kingston General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The other driver, 24-year-old Jennifer Neggers of Trenton, was taken to Campbellford Memorial Hospital, and then airlifted to K-G-H, where she is being treated for non life threatening injuries.

An investigation continues.

Breakins in Belleville

There has been a breakin at a weight loss business on Sidney Street in Belleville.

City Police say someone broke into Herbal Magic overnight, but nothing was stolen..

A lot of products and other materials inside were thrown around.

Police say it was one of four business breakins in Belleville overnight.

Quinte murder suspect back in the city on Friday afternoon

Quinte West murder suspect Marcus Wilson is expected back in the city late this afternoon.

O-P-P Sergeant Kristine Rae says the 37-year-old suspect in the first degree murder of 36-year-old James Read at C-F-B Trenton is being returned by several officers from the Quinte West detachment, after being arrested in Nova Scotia on Wednesday.

He will be remanded into custody in Belleville provincial court tomorrow.

A post mortem determined Read died from stab wounds in last Sunday’s incident at a home on Regina Crescent at the base.

Cool summer weather to continue

The numbers prove just how un-summerlike it has been in the Quinte area over the past month.

An official at the C-F-B Trenton weather office says the average high at the base in July was 23.8 degrees, 2.4 below normal.

There was 107 millimetres of rain, 46.5 above average.

Environment Canada had predicted warmer weather for August, but now says it will stay cool and wet for the next few weeks.

Fatal Accident

A Kingston woman has been killed in a head on crash north of Warkworth.

Northumberland O-P-P say the accident happened yesterday afternoon on County Road 25, north of Honey Line.

The driver of one of the cars, 81-year-old Dorthy Cunningham, was airlifted to Kingston General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The other driver, 24-year-old Jennifer Neggers of Trenton, was taken to Campbellford Memorial Hospital, and then airlifted to K-G-H. where she is being treated for non life threatening injuries.

An investigation continues.

Impaired Swimming??

Action in the village of Hastings last night.  OPP report a car was driven into the Trent River, after failing to stop at a stop sign on Hope Street, and then driving down a boat ramp.

All 4 of the vehicles occupants swam to safety.  3 people ran away, but the driver stayed with the car.

The Trent Hills Fire Department responded quickly to make sure everyone was safe, and the OPP charged a 24 year old man from Curve Lake with Impaired Driving.

Codrington Residents Don’t Want Gravel Pit

The public was out in droves for an open house at the Codrington Community Center yesterday.  The hall, north of Brighton, was filled with residents worried about a proposed aggregate pit on Ferguson Hill Road.

CBM Aggregates has applied for a rezoning of land to allow a maximum of 750 thousand metric tons of aggregate to be taken out a year.

Residents are concerned about noise, traffic, and dust.  Many believe 3 to 4 hundred trucks will be in and out of the site per day.

Company officials say truck traffic will likely be 30 to 40 trucks per day.  CBM Aggregates now operates 7 pits in Brighton.

A public meeting on the issue will be held August 10th, at the Brighton Municipal Office.

Prince Edward Firefighters Contract

Prince Edward County firefighters’ wages will be brought up to provincial standards in a new four-year contract.

County council approved the collective agreement with the professional firefighters association, which represents the five fulltime firefighters based in Picton.

The deal, retroactive to the end of last year, will raise a first class firefighter’s salary from 60,800 dollars in January, 2009 to just over 73-thousand in October 2012. All five firefighters are rated first-class.

The agreement also includes other working condition improvements.