In this July 2020, file photo, a dead tree along Brookdale Avenue in Cornwall, Ont. is marked with red paint signalling its future replacement. The city says it had to replace over 70 trees after a contractor failed to honour a warranty. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston, File)
CORNWALL – Cornwall’s infrastructure manager says the city had to spend over $20,000 on Brookdale Avenue trees that died because a contractor didn’t honour a warranty.
Roughly 70 trees along the edges of Brookdale Avenue from Water Street to the Rotary Traffic Circle died in the winter of 2018-2019.
Michael Fawthrop said in July 2019 that those trees would be replaced under warranty that fall but it wouldn’t be until July 2020 when Acting Infrastructure General Manager Bill de Wit told city council that it would be coming out of the city’s pocket because the warranty expired.
Two men are facing assault charges following two separate incidents that took place on Thursday.
Cornwall Police allege that 41-year-old Patrick Varin, of Ottawa, assaulted an individual that was not known to him during an altercation at a Brookdale Avenue business. He was taken into custody, charged accordingly and released to appear in court on March 30.
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41-year-old Waheed Akhtar, of Cornwall, was also arrested during the day after Cornwall Police allege he too assaulted someone not known to him. He was charged and released to appear in court on April 1.
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A 28-year-old woman is facing a charge after a police investigation into a complaint received last month.
Police alleged the woman struck her child on Dec. 14. She was arrested at police headquarters on Wednesday.
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The woman, whose identity was not released, was charged with assault.
She was released from police custody to appear in Cornwall court on March 30.
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A 56-year-old man from Cornwall is facing three charges after police received a complaint about his behaviour on Wednesday.
Police alleged the man caused a disturbance within a Brookdale Avenue apartment building, yelling and interfering with the lawful enjoyment of property by other residents.