OTTAWA Police in Pembroke are investigating after two ‘No Trespassing’ signs were stolen from a local airport. The signs were stolen in mid-April from the Pembroke and Area Airport on Len Hopkins Drive, OPP said in a release Thursday. Police have no suspects. Police say the airport has had problems with people trespassing on the property on foot, while walking their dogs, and in cars and off-road vehicles. The signs were posted to deter that activity, but now they’re gone. Police are reminding the public that it’s illegal to trespass on airport property. Anyone with information about the signs is asked to contact the Upper Ottawa Valley OPP at 613-735-0188.
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PETAWAWA – As the town continues to look for efficiencies and areas to cut expenses, council made some difficult decisions once again in relation to the 2021 budget, while also maintaining a level of service expected by Petawawa residents.
Going into the one-day workshop Jan. 26, the budget document before Petawawa council set out $1.9 million more in expenditures than on the revenue side. After members of council agreed they were comfortable with a tax levy increase, they did work to reduce the budget. These changes saw $656,158 in additional Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF) money, gas tax top-up dollars and reserve draw downs and $587,500 in expenditures cut as council settled on a $20.7 million budget. The 4.89 per cent levy increase means taxpayers can expect an increase of $19.25 per $100,000 worth of assessment or $48.52 on the average residential assessment of $252,000, which is down from an average of $268,000 in 2020. These increases are on th