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Brandon Gray goes to prison
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Mon, Apr 30th, '12 - 3:26 pm
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The final of four men convicted in the killing of a Mississauga man in Tweed two years ago was sentenced today.
In Belleville court, Brandon Gray received six years in prison for his role in the beating death of Bradley Van Diepen on May 22, 2010, at Trudeau Park. With credit for time already served, it means Gray will spend a little over three more years in prison.
Van Diepen’s two sisters, aunts, and his grandmother and father all read victim impact statements to the court.
One family member told Gray, “I hope you rot in hell.”
In passing sentence, Justice Richard Byers said he took Gray’s past into consideration, which includes several assault-related charges.
Kadeem Francis, Azad Sooknanan and Bernard Rainford were all previously sentenced for their roles in the Victoria Day weekend death.
School board gets young new trustee
Grade 11 student at St. Theresa Catholic Secondary, Justin Patrick, was named student trustee of the ALCDSB on Monday. Submitted photo.
A Belleville student has been elected student trustee on the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic school board.
He is Justin Patrick, a Grade 11 student at St. Theresa Secondary School.
Patrick was elected at the Student Senate meeting in Napanee today. He’ll be inducted at a Board of Trustees meeting on June 12.
His term runs through the 2012- 2013 academic year.
Teens charged in dog’s drowning
Two teens have been charged after police found a dog dead in Napanee.
OPP say the dog was found underwater at the Kimmett Side Road quarry, chained to a make-shift anchor to ensure the animal drowned.
Police say they did multiple interviews as part of their investigation and as a result have charged 18-year-olds, Carl Wood and Travis Haaksman, with killing or injuring an animal.
The two are due in court on May 29.
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Picton boat fire a false alarm
Firefighters and equipment were on the move a while ago this morning in Picton.
A caller said there was thick black smoke coming from a medium sized commercial lake boat at the iron ore docks outside of Picton.
Firefighters responded only to find that there were no problems, and the ship was at dock, unloading.
The incident happened shortly after 6:00 this morning.
Solar panels to move in near Picton
The land is being cleared for two big solar panel projects in Prince Edward County.
Northland Power received final approvals from the province for two 10 MW solar installations on Burr Rd., near highway 62, in the County.
Manager of Solar Development for Northland, Mike Lord, says they hope to have the projects running in the spring of next year.
He says they shouldn’t bother the residents living nearby.
Northland and builders, Aecon, are still working on finalizing building permits with Prince Edward County before construction can begin.
When finished, the solar farms will be able to generate enough green power to light up a total of 2600 houses.
Pedestrian injured in Belleville crash
A 69-year-old Belleville man is in hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a vehicle early last evening in the city’s west end.
Belleville Police say the accident happened on Sidney St., near W. Moira St., around 6:00.
The driver was not injured. An investigation continues.
Sidney St. was closed last evening for five hours.
If you have any information on the accident, you’re asked to call the Belleville Police.
Quinte West vies for fishing title
There’s another online contest starting after midnight tonight, and this time, it’s all about fishing.
The specialty channel, World Fishing Network, is holding it’s annual Ultimate Fishing Town contest.
On line voting starts after midnight tonight, and goes through until May 31.
Local World Fishing Network ambassador, Joshua Logan, says he’s nominated Quinte West to be the Ultimate Fishing Town.
He says Quinte West is the home of a huge Walleye derby every spring, and that there’s fishing for everyone here.
First prize is $25,000. Go to the website www.worldfishingnetwork.com to vote.
Trenton marathon raises hospital funds
It was a beautiful day for a run yesterday, and for raising money for a good cause.
It was the third annual Healthy Half Marathon event on behalf of the Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation.
Close to 200 runners and walkers participated in the Trenton run.
Executive Director of the Trenton Hospital Foundation, Wendy Warner, says the money raised will buy surgical equipment to treat ACL injuries.
The final tally isn’t in yet, but it’s expected that more then last year’s total of $15,000 will be raised.
Man injured in Belleville fire
A man was burned and taken to Belleville hospital yesterday morning after another apartment fire in the city.
Fire Prevention Officer, Lyle Quennell, says firefighters responded at around 7:30 yesterday morning to an apartment at 485 Bridge St. E.
The building is a three-storey Hastings County Housing facility.
The cause is under investigation by the Belleville Fire Department and the Ontario Fire Marshall.
On Saturday morning, there was an apartment fire on Turnbull St. There were no injuries.
Careless smoking was the cause of that fire.
Belleville’s solar dollars adding up
The Belleville solar panel project is now bringing revenue in the city’s bank account.
The panels on the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre and the transit building have generated $40,000 in their first month.
Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis says they would like to continue investing in renewable energy on city-owned buildings.
Council invested the $3.1 million through the Feed In Tariffs Program. The project didn’t affect taxes.
