| Dear Bellaire, As the current Mayor and lifelong resident of Bellaire, I know the challenges the Village faces. I have big plans to move the town forward. No challenge is greater than those plans. Many of you know my campaign promise to clean up the town. That is one of my top priorities. So far the first clean-up of the year was held and four run-down houses are scheduled to be torn down. This is a start I hope to build on over the next three and a half years. Another concern of mine is the families and young people. I always believed we needed more activities to bring the people out and get them involved in the community. Already this year we have made a lot of progress in this area. A great planning committee successfully brought back the All-American Days Festival featuring the All-American Idol Contest and Gulla's Hot Dog Eating Contest. We also started Playtime in the Village with the support of Belmont Savings Bank, First United Methodist Church, McDonald's, Tri-Son Concrete, Movie Gallery and Sno-Biz. The Bellaire Park District brought a much needed playground to town. Plans are already underway for the Four Season's Block Parties in the Village. Someone once told me "if you make a list of all the things you want to accomplish in life very few of them you can accomplish on your own". That is the key to our success in Bellaire - working together as a team. The results we have achieved are from people working together. Service department workers, volunteers, AARP workers, businesses, civic groups, residents, Village officials, and many others have pitched in to help. We need that to continue. My hope for the Village is that everyone sharing the same feeling of pride for our All-American town will come together to help it move forward in a positive way. Mayor Vince DiFabrizio Recently, Mayor Vince DiFabrizio spoke to local students at Bellaire Middle School about the dangers of becoming involved in drugs, alcohol and tobacco. As a part of Red Ribbon Week celebrated in Bellaire from October 23rd to the 31st local students were also invited to participate in a poster contest. Special thanks to Mrs. Brenda Rinkes and Chief of Bellaire Police, Michael Kovalyk for helping with the activities. Bellaire Mayor DiFabrizio is committed to cleaning up the town in all aspects including illegal activity. Bellaire Police Department Takes a Stand Against Drugs Bellaire Police in cooperation with Martins Ferry Police and the regional South Eastern Allied Response Team which consists of officers from Bellaire,Martins Ferry, Bridgeport, and Cambridge Police department raided a house at 428 36th Street less than 100 feet from the St. Johns High School and arrested four subjects on a variety of drug charges and recovered several handguns and a substantial amount of drugs including crack cocaine and marijuana. Officers also recovered over $1800.00 in drug money. This is the second time in less than a year this same house has been raided for drug offenses. Two of the subjects arrested are originally from the New York area, and one is from the Dayton area. In all three males and one female who resides there were arrested. Additionally one male was also charged at the Belmont county jail as cocaine was found in the waistband of his pants. One subject was also arrested on outstanding warrants from the Montgomery County area. The four were Robert Hodge, age 25, who listed his address as 1009 Summit Street, Wheeling, Michael Broomed, age 26, who listed his address as 428 36th Street, Bellaire, and his brother James Broomed, age 25 who listed his address as 4453 Noble Street, Bellaire, and Alyssa Mcghee, age 20, who is said to be the owner of the residence at 428 36th street, Mcghee also had an outstanding warrant from Belmont County for failure to appear in court. Bellaire Chief Mike Kovalyk was quick to point out that the males were not from the Bellaire area. And since this is the second time in less than one year the house has been raided that the police will ask the prosecutor to proceed in forfeiture of the property and that the location being that close to three schools that it should be given to the law enforcement agencies involved. Kovalyk pointed out that the cooperation between the departments and the prosecutors office was essential to the success of the operation. The Belmont County Sheriff's Office K-9 unit Max and his handler Deputy Curfland were able to locate the drugs hidden in the house. Chief Kovalyk hopes to have additional drug arrests in the near future as they battle to make Bellaire streets safe for their law abiding Citizens also confiscated was a bullet proof vest that was with the guns, and a security camera system that was used to warn the suspects if anyone approached the house. One of the guns , a 44 magnum had the serial number ground off. |
Mayors Office
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