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Special crackdown after Plantagenet man killed
the life of a 26-year-old Plantagenet man November 22 on County Road 9 south of the village. Do m inique Malette, of Concession 5 in Plantagenet, was found dead at the scene of the accident which occurred at about 2:20 a. m . on the road between Station and Water Streets. The victi m was driving a 2004 Dodge SX2 northbound when for unknown
reasons, the vehicle went off the road and hit a h y dro pole. The driver was ejected fro m the vehicle, reports the detach m ent. The investigation has found that the vehicle had been travelling at a high rate of speed and the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. In response to this incident, the detach- m ent developed a prevention initiative where patrol officers will conduct special
traffic enforce m ent in that area between now and Dece m ber 16. Officers will target seatbelts and speed infractions within the i mm ediate area of the crash. Drivers are re m inded that the best wa y to reduce y our chance of being involved in a collision is b y co m pl y ing with speed li m its. Li m its are based on good dr y road conditions.
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PLANTAGENET | A special crackdown on driving offences is being carried out by the Hawkesbury Ontario Provincial Po- lice after a single-car accident claimed
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“Secretive” planning process slammed
90 da y s to m ake co mm ents. “Near the end of winter,” the process ought to be read y for public m eetings, Prévost told counties council Tuesda y . “I a m ver y suspicious,” said Walker, not- ing the public has a chance to scrutinize the docu m ent late in the approval process. “The counties sa y the y are following pro- cedures but the rules should be changed.” One of the asphalt plant opponents’ con- cern is the fate of the Jessup’s Falls escarp- m ent, recognized as an “Area of Natural and Scientific Interest.” The validit y of m aps describing the area is highl y questionable, said Walker. The proposed develop m ent has been te m poraril y put on hold after the pro- m oter, P.B. Paving, said it wanted to see the revised official plan before proceeding an y further.
HARRINGTON | Harrington Township hopes to delay for a year an election to fill a councillor’s seat formerly held by the late Randy Watson. Ma y or Jacques Parent sa y s the m uni- cipalit y is hoping to have the vote post- poned until Nove m ber, 2013, when m u- nicipal elections will be held throughout Québec. The township is awaiting word fro m Élections Québec. Watson, a long-ti m e m e m ber, passed awa y October 29. Although she had been defeated in the Nove m ber, 2009 general election, Watson returned to council in Jul y of 2010, when she won a b y -election to fill the nu m ber 5 seat that had been vacated b y Robert Parkinson.
L’ORIGNAL| A group opposing a pro- posed asphalt plant near Plantagenet charges a “flawed’’ process will prevent citizens from participating fully in the debate of the controversial project. “The y ’re hiding so m ething,” clai m ed Ian Walker who Tuesda y blasted the United counties of Prescott-Russell for refusing to release a cop y of the regional official plan which is currentl y being revised. “It is not a public docu m ent,” said Louis Prévost, director of the planning depart- m ent, relating that the draft version of the plan will beco m e public once it has been sub m itted to counties council. The plan has been sent to the Ontario Ministr y of Municipal Affairs, which has
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