Missing Teens

Two teenage friends are missing from the Madoc area.  OPP are asking for the public’s help in locating 15 year old Gary Jansen, and 16 year old Cory Suggett.  They were last seen walking together near Ivanhoe after leaving a house.

The pair, described as runaways, haven’t been seen for a week.  Call Central Hastings OPP if you have any information on their whereabouts.

Disturbed, Dangerous, Man, in Tweed

This is one picture you definitely don’t want to be in!!!  OPP are asking for the public’s help to find a male suspect who’s broken into 2 homes in Tweed.  Early this morning(yesterday morning), a male got into a house, hit the lone female while she slept, tied her up in a chair, and then took pictures……he then took off.

A very similar incident occurred back of September 17…also in Tweed.  Both female victims suffered minor injuries.  OPP not releasing a description yet.  They remind people to keep doors and windows locked.

If you have information, call the OPP, or Crimestoppers.

Trenton Hospital Emergency Department renovation is completed

A major facelift at the Trenton Hospital will result in better care for patients.

The Emergency Department has undergone 800-thousand dollars in renovations this year, and the improvements will also help staff.

Emergency Services Director Linda Price says the original E-R was built to handle 19-thousand people a year, but now sees 32-thousand.

There are now 34 seats in a waiting room twice the size, and there is also a double triage area where nurses asess patients for treatment. Money to pay for the work came from the Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation and generous community donations.

Palmer Road North in Belleville still the fourth worst road in Ontario

Palmer Road North, north of Bridge Street in Belleville, still holds down the number four position on the list of bumpiest  roads in the province in a survey that closes today.

The road has been in the top ten of the Ontario Worst Roads program run by the Canadian Automobile Association the past few weeks, trailing only other routes in Toronto, Oshawa and Hamilton.

Votes on the lousiest roads in the province, including streets around the Quinte area, can be made on the C-A-A website until the end of today.

Vintage railroad hats stolen in Brighton

Brighton residents should be on the lookout for vintage railroad hats.

Memory Junction owner Ralph Bangay says the 15 caps, some dating back to the 1920′s, were stolen during a breakin at his historic railway museum on Maplewood Drive on Monday night.

The culprits got in by smashing a rear window.

Anyone with information about the breakin is asked to call Northumberland O-P-P or Crimestoppers.

Speedy driver stopped just west of Belleville

Twice the speed just west of Belleville means no driving until next week for a local motorist.

Quinte West O-P-P, while on radar patrol on Wallbridge-Loyalist Road last evening, clocked a vehicle at 115 kilometres an hour in a posted 60 zone, and also passing another car at that speed..

The driver’s licence was suspended for 7 days, and the vehicle was towed and impounded for a week.

The driver will also make a mandatory court appearance to answer to the charge of Stunt Driving/Speeding.

Prince Edward County Council will have final say on official plan amendment in Wellington

It was a vote so close by the Planning Public Council it will have to go to Prince Edward County Council for a final decision.

The Planning group voted 8 to 7 in favour of an official plan amendment requested by Country Club Investments, which wants to build a 400-unit residential development, including a golf course, on Belleville Street in Wellington.

Councillor Peter Mertens says the amendment, from rural to special residential and open space, will be dealt with by County Council in two weeks.

Country Club will still have to get subdivision agreement approval, and he doesn’t expect work at the site to begin until late next year.

Mock Police Pursuit in Thurlow

Lots of police action on the Zion Road..north of Belleville yesterday.  City Police chased a vehicle for some time, eventually stopping it, and apprehending suspects. However, no one was cuffed and carted off to jail, the chase was part of an ongoing training exercise. Belleville Police will be holding chase training in the Zion Road area at various times for the next 4 weeks.

Water-Sewer Write-Offs in Belleville

It’s money down the drain for the city of Belleville. City Council has approved writing off almost 81-thousand dollars of uncollectible water accounts, and 57-thousand of uncollectible sewer accounts.  A staff report indicates the problem is small in the overall scheme of things, dropping 56-percent over a four year period.  Meanwhile revenue juumped 22-percent…to a total of seventeen-and-a-half million for both utilities.

Belleville Hiring Another Chief Librarian Not a CAO

Belleville is sticking with its original plan in hiring a new librarian, after dropping the one it hired about two years ago. Library Board Chair Councillor Garnet Thompson says there are no plans to switch to a more business-oriented administrator, but will go again with a master in library science.    Earlier this summer Chief Librarian Mark Gagnon was let go from his position.  The  salary range for the position is from 84-to-92-thousand dollars.