Man Standing Near His Car On Bethune Watches Thief Steal Stuff From His Car, Man Confronts Thief Who Gives Property Back

From a Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service release today...

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Theft Arrest

On Wednesday night (Aug. 15) 2012 the victim had his car parked on Bethune Street and was standing near his car when he watched a man on a bicycle stop beside his vehicle, reach into the vehicle and grab some items from inside the car including his camera. The victim confronted the man who returned the items and left the area. The victim contacted police to report the theft. Police located the accused walking in the area of Bethune Street. As a result of the investigation Giuseppe Joe Bressi, 40, of no fixed address was arrested and charged with theft under $5,000 and four counts of breach of probation. He was held in custody and will appear in court later today.

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Mike Melnik Is Leaving KRUZ-FM To Focus On His Growing Business Impact Communications

Mike Melnik pictured reading Maclean's to his beloved RosieMike Melnik is stepping down as morning show co-host of Mike and Catherine in the Morning on KRUZ-FM to focus full-time on his growing media production business Impact Communications.

The radio veteran—known fondly to his devoted listeners as "The Morning Mayor"—will be finishing up with KRUZ-FM in November, the station announced this morning.
 
"While I am sad to leave my KRUZ-FM family, I am excited that my personal business, Impact Communications, continues to grow—so much so that it is becoming increasingly challenging to split my time between working at KRUZ-FM and my company," says Melnik in a release.
 
"Peterborough will be losing someone special on local radio but we are thrilled for Mike and the opportunity for him to focus on his media production business," adds JJ Johnston, General Manager, Corus Radio Peterborough in the release.

Melnik is proud of the fundraising KRUZ-FM has generated over the years—particularly to have been part of the annual Three Loonies Broadcast which started as a "lark" on the morning show and has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Kawartha Food Share.

No replacement has been named yet for Melnik to work alongside his co-host Catherine Hanrahan. Let the speculation begin.

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Wolfstock At The Wakeboard Festival August 24th To 26th

The 2012 Wakeboard Festival will take place at Beavermead Park from August 24th to 26th.

Along with the wakeboard competitions taking place over the course of the three days, there will also be many bands performing at Wolfstock there including I Mother Earth, Monster Truck, Before the Curtain and Chasing Jane. 

Follow the links to see who else will be performing as well as the schedule of events.

You can also give the festival a follow on Twitter for the latest news and updates.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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Rambling Rose Flower Shop Is On The Move

With all the businesses slowly vacating from the building at Charlotte & Aylmer streets as Shopper's Drug Mart gets set to move in there after constructing a new building, Rambling Rose Flower Shop will be the next to relocate. Currently at 252 Charlotte Street, they will call 815 High Street their new home as of September 4th.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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Here Are Cavemen On The Island At The Zoo

We are not sure what to make of this. At least they're not zombies.

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Clever "Danger Due To..." Construction Sign Lines In East City

There is quite a bit of construction happening right now in parts of East City (and other parts of the city, of course), and some creative type(s) has filled in some of the "Danger Due To:" signs with clever punchlines. How would you finish the sentence in this summer of construction?

 
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A Cake Company On Charlotte Street Is Now Closed

A Cake Company, the little shop on Charlotte Street we posted about around the time it was opening, has already closed up after just celebrating their grand opening on July 7th. It now has a For Rent sign in the window. It appears someone is already busy inside doing some renovations for another business. Curious to see what will occupy the space next.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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