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Chamber hosts a meet the candidates breakfast

The Belleville Chamber of Commerce gave local business owners a chance to meet the five candidates seeking election in Bay of Quinte. The event held at the Ramada was jam packed to hear from Stephanie...

Amanda Smith Sep 26, 2019

Bethel Road garage fire determined to be accidental

A fire that destroyed a garage on Monday night on Bethel Road has been determined to be accidental. Fire Prevention Officer Dave MacMullen says the fire, which began around 8:45 p.m. says the cause is...

Amanda Smith Sep 25, 2019 (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Staff report expected on Madoc off leash dog park

Council in Centre Hastings have directed staff to work with the volunteers at the Madoc off-leash dog park to find a solution to the problem before them. Volunteers approached council earlier this mon...

Amanda Smith Sep 25, 2019 (photo: guardiandogs.com)

New shopping plaza site plan approved

Council in Prince Edward County has approved a site plan agreement for a property along Loyalist Parkway that has been derelict for a decade. At their regular council meeting on Tuesday night at Shire...

Amanda Smith Sep 24, 2019

Director of Education sets school year goals

The only constant is change and the new Director of Education for the Hastings Prince Edward District School Board feels now is a great time for potential changes to be made. Sean Monteith, presented ...

Amanda Smith Sep 23, 2019

Crossing borders to train for emergency situations

No one likes to think about worst case scenarios, but for upper tier municipalities, it's a requirement. Every year municipalities are required to hold an emergency exercise to prepare for any kind of...

Amanda Smith Sep 21, 2019 (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Stolen car discovered destroyed

A car stolen from Belleville overnight Thursday was discovered destroyed on Friday morning. Quinte West OPP say a 2018 Ford Mustang convertible with the licence plates WOOGEE was stolen from a home on...

Amanda Smith Sep 20, 2019 (Photo: Twitter / @OPP_ER)

Arts community recognizes their own

It's not a competition. The arts are all about supporting one another. That was the message heard repeatedly at the 25th annual 2019 Quinte Arts Council Recognition Awards luncheon. Five community mem...

Amanda Smith Sep 19, 2019 Front Porch Shenanigans organizer Dave Bush receives his 2019 Arts Recognition Award at the Quinte Arts Council Recognition Awards Luncheon on September 19, 2019. He was nominated by Sam Brady. (Photo: Amanda Smith/Quinte News)

Local company gives back to Christmas lighting display

A generous donation from Fitzgibbon Construction has the Festival of Lights Christmas Display committee lighting up. Fitzgibbon President Greg DeMille presented a $10,000 cheque to Mayor Mitch Panciuk...

Amanda Smith Sep 18, 2019 Fitzgibbon Construction President Greg DeMille presented a cheue for $10,000 in Belleville Council Chambers to the lighting committee for the Jane Forrester Park Christmas lights display. (Photo: Amanda Smith/Quinte News)

UPDATE: Victim identified in fatal Bancroft area crash

UPDATE @ 5:00 p.m.: OPP say Highway 28 has reopened at the scene of the crash. --- UPDATE @ 4:35 p.m.: OPP have released the name of a man killed in a crash just east of Bancroft this morning. A car a...

Amanda Smith Sep 18, 2019 (Photo: Twitter / @OPP_ER)