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HPEDSB to get update on enrolment numbers and summer mental health programs

Enrolment numbers higher than projected More students have enroled in schools within the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board this year, than was expected. A report coming to the board nex...

David Foot Sep 24, 2021 (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte to vote on Culbertson Land Tract proposal

Members of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte will take part in an important vote this weekend. Band members are being asked to cast a ballot in a ratification vote on the partial settlement with the Fe...

David Foot Sep 23, 2021

Five new cases, two recoveries in Hastings Prince Edward

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is reporting five new cases of COVID-19 in the region today and two recoveries, for an active total of 40. Three of the new cases were found in Belleville and two ...

David Foot Sep 23, 2021

Police Board gets briefing on second quarter crime stats for 2021

The Belleville Police Service is reporting a slight increase in reported crimes during the second quarter of the year, compared to the same period in 2020. A report to the Police Services Board on Thu...

David Foot Sep 16, 2021

Trio of local lotto wins totals $625,000

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has reported a trio of significant lotto wins in our area. Forty-eight-year-old John Gardiner of Foxboro won $75,000 on the Instant Hidden Gems game and told...

David Foot Sep 15, 2021

Bossio hopes past work can help him get elected again in Hastings-Lennox and Addington

The Liberal candidate for Hastings-Lennox and Addington says he wants to get back to representing the people of the riding, something the incumbent MP hasn't done. Mike Bossio, who represented the rid...

David Foot Sep 15, 2021 Mike Bossio is the Liberal Party of Canada Candidate for 2021. (Photo: Submitted / Liberal Party of Canada)

Belleville staff to look at licensing and collecting MAT from short term accommodations

Despite a staff report to the contrary Belleville Council wants to move forward with looking at ways to potentially regulate and license short term accommodations in the city. The Economic and Destina...

David Foot Sep 13, 2021 Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine

Belleville Council turns down ward change proposal by 6-3 vote

Belleville Council will not be moving ahead with a proposal to realign the city's ward boundaries from two to four. Following an online public consultation period over the summer, which garnered less ...

David Foot Sep 13, 2021 Belleville Council holds its regular meeting at City Hall, on September 13, 2021. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Seven new cases and four recoveries in HPE on Friday

Seven new cases of COVID-19 are being reported in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties today, along with four recoveries, for an active total of 31. HPE Public Health says six of seven new cases were f...

David Foot Sep 10, 2021

Picton Metro customers round up to donate close to $17,000 for new hospital

Customers at a local grocery store have rounded up their bills to help back the build of the new Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital. Shoppers at Metro in Picton helped raise $16,781 to go towards ...

David Foot Sep 10, 2021 Pictured at Picton Metro from left: Paul Jones, assistant manager of Picton Metro; Murray Lupenette, store manager of Picton Metro, Andre Gagne, vice president of Fresh Merchandising; Dennis Darby, Back the Build Campaign Cabinet co-chairperson and Shannon Coull, executive director of the PECMH Foundation. (Photo: Submitted / PECMHF)