Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Right now, the North Main Street traffic signals are timed, causing some driving frustrations
If you've a little peeved about the timed traffic signals along North Main Street, just remember: they won't be that way for long. One North Canton resident blogged about the inconvenience of the new timed signals this week — specifically the signal at North Main Street and Wilbur Drive — saying, "I travel that area frequently and I never could understand the need for this signal originally, and it has now been compounded by placing it on timed activation." City Administrator Mike Grimes said the timed activation will change to a tripped-activation in the spring. The city had turned the four-lane road into five lanes through the North Main Street Reconstruction Project, and workers didn't get around to changing the traffic signals before …
Friday, May 20, 2011
Wurgler serves his last day today after working in the department for 31 years
Lt. Michael Wurgler serves his last day at the North Canton Police Department today after announcing his retirement Thursday. The 31-year veteran became a patrolman in 1980 and was appointed lieutenant in 1991. Wurgler also served as acting police chief after Michael Grimes' retirement from the department (Grimes now is city administrator) and resumed his current position as lieutenant and patrol commander upon the appointment of Stephan Wilder to police chief. Wurgler had applied for the position of chief and had made it into the final three. "With the appointment of the new chief, I felt it was better to (let him) have his opportunity to run the department the way he wanted to run it rather than my being here and trying to influence," …
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Pat Yagielski started working for the city as a crossing guard in 1978 before becoming a part-time dispatcher in 1985. She retired Friday after serving nearly 17 years as chief dispatcher
Pat Yagielski, chief dispatcher at the North Canton Police Department said goodbye after 33 years working for the city. She started off as a crossing guard, then joined the police department as a part-time dispatcher in 1985. Yagielski thanked many people at her retirement part inside North Canton City Hall Friday, her last day. She also talked about some of her responsibilities as chief dispatcher and some of the challenges she faced on the job. "It was also very difficult at times to take your suicide calls and the death of someone in a family and knowing you could only empathize and not stay on the [phone] too long and sympathize, but just to let them know you truly cared," she said. "You constantly had to show your compassion, caring …
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Mayor David Held and his five-person selection committee must interview and select the next police chief from three candidates
Candidates for North Canton police chief were certified today and handed over to Mayor David Held and his committee selected to appoint the next chief. The North Canton Civil Service Commission met this morning in City Hall and certified the three candidates to Held. Four North Canton police lieutenants had applied and taken the Civil Service test. *The final candidates are lieutenants Steve Wilder, Michael Wurgler and Stanley Strausser. The committee tasked with selecting the chief consists of former mayor Dave Johnson, former finance director V. Margaret Loretto, Councilman Daniel Peters, and residents Jennifer Kling and Rob Mullen. They have 30 days to select a new chief, but Held may request an additional 30 days if he thinks the …
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Residents came forward at Monday night's North Canton City Council meeting to talk about Dogwood Skate Park and its reputation, which only worsened after last month's botched drug deal
Rusty fences, a dirty drinking fountain and too little police enforcement, in Larry Tripp’s opinion, make the Dogwood Skate Park a “breeding ground for trouble.” The North Canton resident addressed City Council Monday night with concerns that the safety of the park, in which a botched drug deal occurred March 28, will only get worse before it gets better. “The more we let this area get run down, you and I know we’re just asking for trouble,” Tripp said. Council discussed what the city could do to prevent crimes and suspicious activity from taking place in the park. Council Vice President Doug Foltz backed the park and its contributions to the community, saying he fully supported bringing it to North Canton and he hopes to find additional …
Denise Lee
12:07 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
So, if I understand this correctly, all of the side streets leading to Main Street will be on tripped activation--which sounds good until you think it through and realize again that the NEEDLESS "no turn on red" signs will trip things up (nice pun). Everytime someone wants to turn right off a side street and onto Main St, the lights on Main will turn red causing more traffic bottlenecks. The real… more ›