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Thursday, April 20, 2023
Vol. 11
Issue 50
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A brownfield rehabilitation grant application was rejected by West Lincoln council last week at its April 11 Planning Committee meeting.
DeHaan Homes Inc. has applied for the grant to support its
plan to remediate a parcel of land on the south side of Catharine Street which is the former CP Rail Dunnville spur line lands.
The project was to include residential development. This would require remediation of the site, which the committee were told
contains “creosote and some heavy metals”.
A staff report noted the projected cost of remediation would be just under $1.5 million.
If approved, the grant would impact the municipality by $145,000 over 10 years with Niagara Region’s impact being just un-
der $350,000.
But the upside, according to the developer’s consultant, would far outweigh the short-term impact of the grant support.
“The grant would be paid back from the increased property tax on the lands,” said consultant Lucciano Piccione.
“For the next foreseeable 50, 70 or 80 years - however long as those townhouses are there – the township and the Region keep collecting that increased property tax year after year.”
Coun. Joann Chechalk pointed out that some compensation for the
impact of remediation had already been considered with low purchase prices from CP as the contamination issue was widely known.
“If the land was bought at a reasonable price, knowing fully well at the time of
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GSS student arrested, not charged, after Grimsby Square BB gun incident /Pg 15An early morning blaze last Friday resulted in more than $1 million in damage and destroyed Moyer’s Apple Products, which is located on Christie Drive in Beamsville industrial park. About 50 firefighters from Lincoln Fire - combined with support from Grimsby and Pelham - battled the flames. It was broiught under control after nearly 12 hours, for more details, please turn to Page 7. McDonald - Photo
The Nelles families were prominent in the building of Upper Canada and the eventual development of Canada as a nation. Their combination of political, community and military service are almost without equal.
Robert Nelles served four times in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada in some of the first legislative sessions of this country. He and his family served as military officers, Magistrates, Town wardens, Justice of the Peace and clerks in the early community offices. Robert Nelles was a Colonel in the 4th Lincoln Militia during the War of 1812.
While The Manor is certainly tighly linked to Canada’s military origins, the Nelles Family was also a power of commerce and trade
The Family fought with the British and their Indigenous allies in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the 1865 insurrection and the Fenian Raids. Their properties were occupied several times by both British and American troops during the War of 1812. The Family fought and lived alongside the Indigenous people in Upper Canada maintaining long-term relationships with them.
As an independent Museum whose annual operations are not funded by government, your support is important to ensure this valuable historic site remains as a part of our heritage.
From Page 1 purchase that it was contaminated, I just want to know what subsidy really got made when the land was transferred and the ownership came out of CP Rail?” said Chechalk, noting she was familiar with the sale process since her family had looked into buying a piece of the CP lands.
“If that cost, in the actual price of the land was considered, then the entirety of the remediation was partially felt in the purchase price... That should be factored into what we would be giving them as far as the remediation program.”
Coun. Terry Bell agreed, adding he was
concerned about using tax dollars to support a development project.
“He’s (the developer) coming to council, asking council to help front this project on the backs of the taxpayers and I’m kind of troubled by that,” said Bell.
“I just don’t see how there is any great benefit to the taxpayers fronting the developer’s project.”
Brian Treble, West LIncoln’s director of planning, said his team had worked with the treasury department to ensure the end result would be favourable to the township before staff put its recommendation to approve the grant forward.
As for the process to approve the grant, it was established through West Lincoln Community Improvement Plan (CIP) process.
“It’s pretty rare for councils to have opportunities to provide incentive, or whatever word you want to give it. In this day and age, it’s pretty much taboo to do so but, through the CIP, it is one legal way that’s allowed to do that,” said Treble.
Chechalk didn’t dispute any positive aspects but noted a second time that compensation for remediation responsibility was part of the purchase process already.
“The point was, it was very inexpensive land because there
was a known commodity – a known amount of issues with it – from the kreosote on the rail ties, so the contamination was known,” said Chechalk.
She added that farmers who bought parcels along the line had dealt with issues themselves with no grants.
“I have farmers who cleaned up their own land all the way from Smithville to Dunnville,” said Chechalk.
Mayor Cheryl Ganann and Coun. Shelley Bradaric voted in favour of the grant at the committee meeting.
Chechalk, Bell and Councillors Mike Rehner, William Reilly and Jason Trombetta voted against.
Current mortgage rates, compounded by the Federal Government’s mortgage qualifying stress test, have created a surge in mortgage applications to alternative, non-bank mortgage lenders. Non-bank lenders include credit unions, trust companies, mortgage investment companies, and private lenders.
One distinct advantage that these alternative non-bank lenders have over the big banks is their ability to incorporate some modicum of common-sense into their decision to lend, whereas most big banks do not practice any type of common-sense, nor “big picture” underwriting. Banks are heavily regulated and under intense scrutiny to practice conservative lending policy.
Another advantage that these alternative non-bank lenders have over the big banks is their ability to adapt quickly, and to revise policy quickly. This fluidity ultimately benefits borrowers.
One such example: the recent reintroduction of the 40-year amortization by two alternative non-bank lenders. Another example is the option for a borrower to qualify at the contract mortgage rate (no stress test rate used).
A mortgage broker like myself offers borrowers a choice of big-bank mortgages, credit union mortgages, and mortgage solutions from numerous alternative non-bank lenders. Since 1998, I have assisted thousands of homeowners with bank mortgages and alternative-lender mortgages. I am also a member of CAPL, which is the Canadian Association of Private Lenders. I promise you expert advice and a solution that you can afford. Recent interest rate increases require unique mortgage solutions; Solutions that your bank cannot offer you.Talk to me. You’ll be impressed!
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The chemistry was right as job seekers and employers came together with a synergy that filled the gym at last Monday’s job fair held at Great Lakes Christian High School.
“This is a wildly successful event,” said Paul Di Ianni, Director of Economic Development and Communications for the Town of Lincoln.
“We’ve been open for 34 minutes and
had more than 200 people through the space.”
By evening’s end the event had drawn more than 450 people connecting with 40 local employers.
“People are handing me their resumes and they’re all quality candidates for the roles,” said Mark Lillies, vice-president of PBI (Printing by Innovations Inc.) located in Beamsville.
“This is fantastic,” said Will Bradley of
Battlefield Equipment Rentals. “We are looking to fill a plethora of skilled positions.”
The Town’s firstever job fair is part of the Work in Lincoln Initiative, developed in partnership with the Employment Help Centre, to help connect local employers to job seekers in the area.
“Our first Town of Lincoln-led job fair was unequivocally a success, and the
participation from job seekers and local businesses exceeded our expectations,” said Town of Lincoln Mayor Sandra Easton. “Programs that support talent retention and business development will pave the way for a bright and prosperous future for all in Lincoln.”
Lincoln Coun. JD Pachereva, Chair of the Economic Development Committee, said the attendance numbers speak for themselves.
“We have recognized the need to connect potential employees and employers, and the Town is leading the way to address the labour shortage in Lincoln and across the region,” Pachereva said.
The Work in Lincoln website provides a key digital resource where local employers can create an account
and submit job postings while job seekers canapply for job postings and join the resume database.
“The Spring Job Fair provided the space for job seekers and employers to make vital connections,” Di Ianni said.
Funding supports for the initiative include $58,000 from the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs through their Rural Economic Devel-
opment Program – Labour Stream, and $10,000 from Niagara Region Economic Development.
The Town is also working with Civiconnect to operate the Youth Skills Studio, to address youth employment challenges, support local businesses adaptation of online technologies, and provide hospitality and soft skills training to support Lincoln’s tourism and hospitality sector.
Like many communities, Lincoln has a series of activities on the go for Earth Day, this Saturday, April 22.
• Steam Saturday - Children ages 6-12 are invited to make custom art paper out of recycled material at Steam Saturday from 10–11:30 a.m. at the Lincoln Museum and Cultural Centre. Pre-registration is required. Cost is $15.
• Studio Sunday – Children ages
6-12 are invited to learn about foraging for colour in nature and make their own natural ink on Sunday, April 23 from 10–11:30 a.m. at the museum. Pre-registration is required. Cost is $15.
• Earth Day Creation StationFamilies and community members for all ages are invited to a FREE drop in program to make a home for solitary bees and insects on April 22 or 23 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Museum.
The Grimsby Pipe Band is presenting a ‘Celtic Evening’ Saturday, April 29 and it will be a night to remember.
Tartans and bagpipes, dancers and singers, the legendary power of Celtic music, roast beef and thousands of dollars in prizes to be won.
There’s a dynamic lineup of entertainment with the pipes and drums; The Graham Irish Dancers; The Mighty Ship; and DJ Kelly, Life of the Party.
But the best part will be spending the evening with the talented members of the Grimsby Pipe Band.
The stage will be set at the Mountain Ridge Community Centre, 105 Mountain Rd., Grimsby (corner of Mountain and Ridge Rd.) The doors open at 6:15 p.m. and the entertainment starts at 7 p.m. A light roast beef luncheon will be served at 8 p.m.
There’s a spectacular raffle with thousands of dollars in prizes to be won, the legendary 50/50 draw and a
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unique silent auction. Auction items will include a drummer and a piper handcrafted from a variety of different woods.
The Grimsby Pipe Band is family oriented and open to all who want to join. There is no experience necessary.
“The pipes can take you more places than any other instrument,” says Gordon J. Scott, Pipe Major of the Grimsby Pipe Band which brings it rich diversity of sound to many local parades and events. “You’re carrying the lineage forward in piping and playing a very unique instrument.”
It’s a physically demanding instrument and requires stamina
but the rewards are many,” says Scott. “Don’t wait too long to take them up if you are passionate to start.”
Scott has been playing for 45 years and teaches alongside his wife, Pipe Sergeant Theressa Scott. The band of 25 includes six drums, 15 pipes and a few beginners. Those
new to the band can have a loan of an instrument to get started.
Celtic Evening is an important fundraiser for the Grimsby Pipe band, one of the very few pipe and drum bands that is completely independent and does not rely on any resources other
than what they make.
“This will be our first since 2019 due to Covid preventing attendance and we have run one each year from 2008,” said Scott.
The cost is $30 per person. For more information call or text Gordon Scott at 905-5207981; or John Dinsmore at 905-537-1662.
In the early morning hours last Friday, a fire which broke out at Moyer’s Apple Product in Beamsville destroyed the building causing more than $1 million in damage.
“Upon arrival, firefighters encountered a large industrial building heavily involved in fire with flames extending up through the roof,” said Greg Hudson, Niagara West Fire & Emergency Services fire chief.
“Due to the extent of the fire and concerns about the structural stability of the building, firefighters were limited to attacking the fire from the exterior of the building in what is termed a ‘defensive strategy’ using three elevated master
streams and a number of hand-held hoselines.
Heavy equipment was called to the scene to assist in opening up exterior walls to allow firefighters access to apply water directly to the seat of the fire.”
About 50 firefighters and 12 fire trucks were on the scene from Lincoln and Grimsby, and
an aerial truck from Pelham on mutual aid.
“While there has been no determination yet of how the fire started, the origin and cause of the fire remain under investigation,” said Hudson.
Nobody was injured in the fire, which was declared under control at 2:46 p.m. Friday.
Hydrant flushing is performed annually in the spring for the general maintenance of the water distribution system and covers the Beamsville, Vineland and Jordan serviced areas. This is essential work that maintains our hydrants and ensures good working condition for fire services.
Residents may experience temporary low-water pressure during flushing and/ or cloudy or discoloured water conditions after flushing is completed. Running your taps for approximately 10 minutes will typically clear any cloudiness or discolouration.
Street sweeping is performed twice a year, in Spring and Fall. For the 2023 spring season, street sweeping in urban areas will commence April 24 (approximately). The Town’s urban areas are divided into nine sections which will take approximately 10 weeks to complete, weather permitting. Rural areas will commence mid-April, weather permitting and will continue until completed.
Weeks of April 24 & May 1 Between Mountain St, Hillside Dr, Lincoln Ave, & King St
Week of May 8 Between Bartlett Rd, King St, Mountain St, & Kinsmen Rd
Week of May 15 Between Greenlane, Ontario St, King St, & Lincoln Ave
Week of May 22 Between John St, Bartlett Rd, King St, & Ontario St
Week of May 29 Between Bartlett Rd, Greenlane, John St, & Ontario St
Week of April 24 Victoria Shores & Jordan Station
Weeks of May 1 & 8 Vineland
Week of May 15 Jordan
Week of May 22 Campden
If you have any questions regarding these programs, please contact the Town at 905-563-2799 ext. 234 or publicworks@lincoln.ca.
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The Beamsville Lawn Bowling Club would like to thank its sponsors & The City of Lincoln for its support.
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490. Kikkert, Graham 1375
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493. Rhodes, Peter 1374
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504. Head, Dykin ................. 1370
505. Jones, Done .................. 1370
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507. Ruzylo, Rick 1369
508. Roorda, Rob 1369
509. Jones, Cathy 1369
510. Shedden, Prem 1369
511. Bylsma, Micah 1368
512. Paylette, Ken 1367
513. Copeland, Graeme 1367
514. DeVito, Vincent 1366
515. Laverty, Mark 1365
516. GG 1365
517. Greenwood, Danielle 1365
518. Dragon Lady 1365
519. McHugh, Mike 1365
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527. Belliveau, Steve 1362
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529. Donders, Sharon 1359
530. Norris, Cathy 1358
531. Ellliott, George 1357
532. Nash, Rick 1357
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534. MacPherson, Ron ........ 1357
535. Houston, Kathy ........... 1356
536. Zimmerman, Garry .... 1355
537. Bosiljevac, Bob ............. 1354
538. Myronuk, John ............. 1353
539. Holton, Dallas .............. 1353
540. McHugh, Michael 1353
541. MacDonald, T. 1353
542. Parent 1353
543. Bonafiglia, Dolores 1352
544. Donders, Lisa 1352
545. Attema, Joel 1352
546. Wiebe, Joan 1352
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565. Schrote, Dwight 1345
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568. Jaskolka, Jonathan 1344
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571. Heczko, Lorraine 1343
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573. Hanes, Bob 1342
574. Minor, Mark 1342
575. Jenkinson, Paul 1341
576. Grant, Betty 1341
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578. Quider, Sally ................. 1340
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588. Attema, Ian 1336
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597. Greenwood, Steve 1332
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617. Laverty, Ryan
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Stuive, Hilda
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Rachel
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644. Csermak, Mike ............. 1306
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Residents living in homes or apartments with six units or less who need to place an extra bag or can of
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The Town of Grimsby is undertaking a Strategic Parking Management Study to address existing and anticipated parking issues and leverage opportunities to enhance their parking management system, which includes infrastructure, policies, and programs.
The two study areas include the Historic Downtown Grimsby Core (Downtown Grimsby) and Grimsby on the Lake.
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Please complete the online survey found on the Let’s Talk Grimsby project webpage to provide your feedback.
The survey will remain open until Monday, May 8, 2023.
There are two surveys available at this time. One survey is for those who have been a visitor to one of the Study Areas.
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The project team is planning on providing virtual project information boards to inform you about the study. The project information boards will identify preliminary parking opportunities, challenges, and improvements to develop a comprehensive parking strategy. The virtual project information boards will be released on the Let’s Talk Grimsby project webpage later this month. Please sign up on the project webpage for updates.
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One of the lesserknown Grimsby Women of Note was Emmaline (Emma) Allison.
Her family owned and operated the mill on Forty Mile Creek. Emma was fascinated by the machinery, and was very much involved in the workings of the mill.
Her family thought this was unusual for a woman, and at one point she was sent to the Toronto Insane Asylum to have her mindset reset. This did not stop Emma’s interest in machinery.
Emma was a very good student, and was one of the first girls allowed to attend high school in Grimsby. Of course, the girls were not allowed to study Greek or Latin, those subjects considered too difficult for them.
In 1876, Emma applied for and got a job at the Women’s Pavilion at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.
She was to operate a 6-horsepower Baxter steam engine, showing that women were capable of performing technological tasks without getting dirty.
Before the Exhibition ended, Emma was fired due to a dispute about wages.
We don’t hear more about Emma
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Allison until 1879 when she surfaced in San Fransisco as a reporter for the New York Graphic.
As part of her job, she took a hot air balloon trip with a questionable “pro fessor” Colgrove.
caught in a sudden gust of wind and was dragged across San Fransisco Bay
before crashing violently. Emma was badly injured, and the Professor held a benefit for her.
In 1887, Emma married Aimee Marchand, a Belgian-born “mining expert”. She died in 1914 at the California State Mental Hospital in San Bernadino.
She was diagnosed with “senile demen tia.” Her burial on the hospital prop erty has never been identified.
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CBC bailed on Twitter and rightfully so.
Twitter honcho Elon Musk has dismantled the once-formidable site both internally and what people see in their feeds.
Now Elon has taken it upon himself to espouse his own social commentary on various country’s media.
The problem is, for a smart man, he’s pretty stupid.
Elon has taken it upon himself to deem some public media sources as “government funded media” - the definition of which states the government has a say in content.
Like it or not, CBC is a wholly independent and vital news and information source of extreme importance in many areas of Canada. Elon is just a pawn in an off-base powerplay by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre who simply does not like CBC’s ongoing battle to make him accountable for his comment. M.W.
There was a time not so long ago when Grimsby Square Plaza businesses were saddened to hear District School Board of Niagara had put Grimsby Secondary School on a track for closure in favour of a new mega-high school. Now they’re just hoping to minimize damage during ongoing and systemic incidents inflicted on the facility’s restaurants and retailers by GSS students. On a regular basis over the last two years, we’ve had visitors to our office and some have called in to pass along things they have seen and heard at the plaza. Whether it’s the ongoing issues of shoplifting, in-store damage, “disturbances” in the parking area, the cursing at and harassing of store employees and a host of other variations, the issues have been numerous, ongoing and increasing in numbers.
After Monday’s lunch hour pellet gun incident, I made a point to canvass many in the mall to get accounts of incidents they have witnessed. Simply, there are too many to list. Should any of this shock anyone these days?
Probably not. Does that mean the students should just be given the all-too-common rap on the knuckles, a week’s holiday, and that’s enough?
Nobody I spoke to thinks so, but they don’t expect much as little has been done to date, so why would District School Board of Niagara change their tune
now?
This fall, GSS (which is being called Niagara West Secondary School) will finally and painfully be no more and all the students from Niagara West will be bussed to the new location currently under construction.
Several times in the last couple of years, I have noted in this space that school officials will need to be ready for a new phenomenon - simply, the new school will not “belong” to any student who attends.
It is technically located in Lincoln, but literally on the municipal border with Grimsby. While it is in Lincoln, it is still detached from what would be considered the nearest community - Beamsville - and it not in Grimsby and definitely disconnected from West Lincoln.
So good old turf warspart of the root off issues arising at Grimsby Square as GSS students have their run of the place - will be part of every day life.
Those in Grimsby Square say the hiring of added
The number one comment to me is “where are the parents of these kids?” Good question.
My question, do parents even know what’s happening?
Police are not going to file a report for every simple incident or call, so there is nothing for media (in this case me) to inquire about or track. And don’t hold your breath for a second thinking DSBN would issue a release or any information to the public on heightened crime or mischief issues.
Their first reaction would be “it’s not on school grounds, so...”
This despite GSS students being the direct cause of a plethora of issues, damage and theft.
The root of all this - in terms of its ongoing and deepening cycle - is a decided lack of accountability and consequences for the evident actions.
When you have generations of youth who have been coddled beyond belief and few boundaries, this is what you get - teens who know no bounds.
And no, this does NOT speak to ALL youth. There are lots of great teens out there, but we’re not talking about 2-3 kids here. Over time, it’s dozens causing issues and affected businesses and police should not be left to parent these teenagers.
Issues with Niagara West Secondary School (formerly Grimsby Secondary School) and businesses in Grimsby Square Plaza escalated Monday with one student being arrested after a bb gun incident.
“On April 17, 2023 at 11:35 am 8 District officers from the NRPS responded to reports of teenagers in Grimsby brandishing and shooting bb guns in town and near the Grimsby Square Plaza. Officers located and identified five male youth. Two had been walking down the street and three were in a blue Jeep Cherokee that officers stopped. One of the youths that had been walking was arrested,” said Cst. Phil Gavin, media relations officer for the Niagara Regional Police Service.
Gavin said, “While leaving one of the boys shot a bag of garden mulch”, but Canadian Tire manager Dave Courtney described the scene differently.
“Today one of our senior managers was simply making sure that five students who had been hanging around far too long and wandering the store left without incident,” said Courtney.
“The students were staring down our manager while
they left. When our manager went out front to ensure they had left, they were yelling and laughing at him and then our employee heard and saw he was being shot at with pellets. This was witnessed by other customers and some one called 911 and several police cars were on scene quickly,” Courtney alleged.
“This is the latest on an escalation of poor and dangerous behaviour from local high school students. From profanity in the store, yelling, lying around in the patio display area to throwing things, telling off staff with no respect for adults or people in position of authority, fights in the parking lot amongst students to drugs being used outside the store and around the mall. Today was the latest incident.”
Courtney noted that not all students have been problems, citing no issues with Blessed Trinity students and most NWSS students have been good as well.
“The vast majority of students are fun and pleasant to deal with, that being said a significant higher number of students than usual are causing the problems,” said Courtney.
While Courtney noted the students were on their lunch from NWSS, District School
Board of Niagara officials would not acknowledge this.
“I don’t have any information that identifies the individuals as students from a DSBN school,” noted Kim Sweeney, DSBN’s senior manager, communications & public relations.
When located, the students were southbound on Brierwood, which leads to the back parking lot of NWSS and “Our officers attended Grimsby Secondary to discuss the matter with school admin,” Gavin said.
Courtney said the impacts have been considerable.
“Older customers have told me they are intimidated to come here during the week,” she said.
“The mall has hired security and the police are here regularly, certainly not what we are used to in Grimsby.”
The arrested youth was eventually released without charge under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act with the student’s parent having been advised.
“The NRPS was would like to remind the public that incidents like these can very easily lead to arrest, and criminal charges. Toys such as these should be only used in a safe an appropriate location,” said Gavin.
