Thursday, October 02, 2003

Road Reopened To Transports
Transport trucks are now being being allowed to travel along Hwy 17 approximately six kilometres east Mattawa.
OPP had prevented transport traffic Wednesday night due to a low-hanging hydro wire stretching across the road.

The wire came down after a transport caught hold of it and pulled it down part way along with the hydro pole. Hydro crews were called in to make repairs and the highway is now reopened for transport traffic at that point.

Chainsaw and Tools Stolen Out of Vehicles
Ontario Provincial Police in Powassan are investigating the theft of a chainsaw and a tool box from a vehicle parked on Rye Road in Nipissing Township.

Police were called in after 70-year-old Joe Clark, of Nipissing, discovered the items were missing. He had parked his vehicle on Rye Road Wednesday afternoon to discover the items missing.

The chainsaw is a three-year-old Stihl, and the toolbox contains a small amount of tools.

Anyone with information is asked to call the OPP at 495-3878, or Crime Stoppers, at 1-800-222-8477.