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CTV News
5 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Community meeting taking place in Wheatley regarding gas smell
Monitoring continues at the Wheatley library where residents could smell gas. The site seen in Wheatley, Ont. on July 2, 2025. (Chris Campbell/CTV News Windsor) A community meeting will take place on Saturday in Wheatley, providing an update on the ongoing gas smell investigation. The Municipality of Chatham-Kent said crews will be on site of the library on July 28 and begin work on July 29. An operational plan is being developed, as well as a health and safety plan and an emergency response plan. A temporary road closure may take place as equipment is moved. If longer closures are needed, the municipality will alert the public. Staff will hold a virtual community update meeting on Saturday at 10 a.m., answering any and all questions about the plans. You can enter the meeting here. A similar meeting will be held in person next week at the Wheatley Resource Centre.
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Impact of Medicaid changes on Shasta County subject of town hall meeting
What could be ahead for health care in Shasta County should federal legislation proposing changes to Medicaid be approved will be the topic of a community meeting scheduled to take place on Monday. The informational meeting will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, June 30 at the Shasta Community Health Center, located at 1035 Placer St. in Redding. The League of Women Voters of the Redding Area and Shasta Community Health Center are sponsoring the event, said organizer Susan Morris Wilson, president of the league's board of directors. "They are still working on, and there's obviously at the national level, some disagreement about what should go into Medicaid and what should not. So we thought this would be a good time to try to make people aware of what it could do to Shasta County," Wilson said about the federal budget cut proposal. More: No Medicaid cuts for Redding, Shasta County right now. But health care execs are worried "As the federal government (makes) changes, so changes the California budget on Medicaid," she said. There will be in-person seating for about 100 people and the event will also be live streamed, organizers said. Two speakers are scheduled to address the meeting. Shasta Community Health Center CEO Brandon Thornock will speak about Medicaid. Another local health care expert, Shasta Regional Medical Center CEO Sam Itani, will address the issue of how rural hospitals could be impacted by changes in Medicaid, said Wilson. Both California and the federal government share Medicaid's costs. Members of the audience will also be able to ask questions about Medicaid, the program providing health care services to low-income and some disabled people. In Shasta County, Partnership HealthPlan of California enrolls 66,000 individuals, or approximately 37% of the population. Partnership, a nonprofit with a massive presence in the North State, manages benefits for Medi-Cal, the program that administers Medicaid benefits in California. Wilson said Monday's forum will also be livestreamed at these links: Facebook: Microsoft Teams: Michele Chandler covers public safety, dining and whatever else comes up for the Redding Record Searchlight/USA Today Network. Accepts story tips at 530-338-7753 and at mrchandler@ Please support our entire newsroom's commitment to public service journalism by subscribing today. This article originally appeared on Redding Record Searchlight: Top Shasta health care execs will answer questions about Medicaid cuts
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Yahoo
Meeting to discuss drug dealing and traffic issues in this part of Bolton
Police officers will be holding a community meeting tomorrow (Thursday, June 19) to speak about concerns local residents may have. The meeting will take place at Bolton Muslim Girls School on Swan Lane. Issues being discussed will include anti-social behaviour, traffic offences and drug dealing - and how they are being tackled in the community. READ MORE: Bolton women call for action on tackling drugs in the area Officers at Ladybridge meeting raise concerns over knives A spokesman for GMP Bolton Rumworth Neighbourhood Team said: "We will be meeting at 5pm and hope to see all different members of our community there to ask questions, listen to the work we have completed and to meet our team." Police regularly hold meetings - often with council representatives - in the community to hear about local concerns and also the work officers have been doing to tackle crime in the area. Meetings and more information can be found on GMP Bolton Facebook Page.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Tweed officials meet with New Haven residents to discuss airport expansion
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Tweed-New Haven Airport officials met with residents for its annual Ward 18 Community Meeting on Tuesday night at Nathan Hale High School to discuss expansion plans for the airport. Air purifier anyone? Tweed-New Haven Airport offering 800 to its neighbors These plans included a new terminal and expanding the runway to accommodate larger at the meeting said they are concerned with excessive noise levels early in the morning and airline passengers parking too close to houses. This meeting comes as Tweed-New Haven is launching a residential indoor air program, aiming to provide air purifiers for over 800 households for free. Organizers said more meetings will be held in the future. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Overflow crowd packs West Wildwood meeting as threat of losing police department looms
The Brief Community members in West Wildwood packed the room where a board of commissioners meeting was held Friday night so much so, the meeting had to be moved outdoors to accommodate the overflow crowd. On the docket? The possible loss of the West Wildwood Police Department. WEST WILDWOOD, N.J. - West Wildwood residents showed up to a Board of Commissioners meeting Friday night in droves, pushing the meeting out of the building into the parking lot, all to make their voices heard over the future of the town's police department. What we know "I really want to keep our police here," a resident commented. "That's one reason whey we bought houses back here for the safety of the police being in the area," another resident explained. West Wildwood neighbors packed the Board of Commissioners meeting Friday night, geared up with Back Bay blue t-shirts and signs. Borough Hall was over capacity and the meeting had to be moved outside to a park across the street. There West Wildwood leaders outlined their predicament and possible solutions, including contracting with a neighboring police department, which is not an idea many residents care for. What they're saying "The police are always seen around here. If there's a problem, they're at your place immediately. If Wildwood police take over, that's not gonna happen," Denise Slocum stated. Randy Collins said, "They're saying it'll be cheaper for Wildwood to do it. You know it's gonna be for a year, then our taxes are gonna go up and up and up." "Stone Harbor had to reorganize their police department. You know why? They're trying to cut cause they have to. Budgets have to be cut," Lisa Rippo remarked. Borough leaders say the small seaside community has had trouble retaining officers, who have been leaving for bigger towns for bigger salaries. "We're kinda off the beaten path. The time it would take for the police to get here if we have a problem – it's not right. I think it's all about money," Ron Fleming said. Leaders laid out the potential choices and warned of future tax hikes. Some may be willing to pay more to keep their hometown officers and their ultra-fast response times. "Without having a police force and relying on other towns to come and assist during an emergency, a crisis, a break-in, a medical emergency. That's what we worry about," Melanie Smith pointed out. Kami Smith said, "Even if we would call the cops and stuff it would take 10 minutes, five minutes just to get over here." Joseph Talucci added, "We settled here cause it's such a great community, a great hometown feeling and losing our police department would be a very big detriment to us. Once you lose it, you're never gonna get it back." What's next The mayor and commissioners said no final decision has been made. They're waiting for responses from the neighboring Wildwood towns on what the costs would be to share police. The meeting went just like the town – peaceful and polite. Residents are pleading for it to stay that way.
