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UPDATE: Highway 401 opens after two-vehicle crash, minor injuries reported

UPDATE @ 4:45 p.m.: OPP say Highway 401 has reopened after a two-car crash this afternoon. It happened just before 5:00 p.m. and led to a closure of the eastbound lanes between Highway 37 and Shannonv...

David Foot Jul 24, 2019 A pick up truck was heavily damaged in a two-car crash on the eastbound Highway 401, west of Shannonville Road, on July 24, 2019. (Photo: Twitter / @OPP_ER)

Quinte West road damaged by flooding set to reopen this week

It's taken over a month, but a section of Trenton Frankford Road and Bernard Long Road will reopen to traffic on Friday. The road has been closed from Plant Street to the Johnstown Road Bridge since J...

David Foot Jul 24, 2019

Operation Safety Treat returns to Belleville streets

Belleville Police are again using a tasty option to reward local youngsters who "put a lid on it" while riding around city streets. Operation Safety Treat is back again, in partnership with Dairy Quee...

David Foot Jul 24, 2019 Dairy Queen Belleville Owner Barry Jukowsky started Operation Safety Treat 20 years ago, to reward youngsters in the city for practicing good street safety. (Photo: Submitted / Belleville Police Service)

Rotary Club of Picton donates $10,000 to hospital campaign

An annual wine tasting event in Prince Edward County has led to a large donation to the campaign for a new hospital in Picton. Members of the Rotary Club of Picton presented the PEC Hospital Foundatio...

David Foot Jul 23, 2019 Peggy Payne, Back the Build campaign cabinet volunteer and QHC Board Member, Rotary Past President David Burn, Shannon Coull, executive director of PECMHF, Rotarian Bob Bird and Barbara McConnell, chairperson of PECMHF. (Photo: Submitted / PECMHF)

Leadership changes at H.J. McFarland Home

Some leadership changes are coming at the H.J. McFarland Memorial Home in Picton. The County's acting Chief Administrative Officer Robert McAuley says Director of Care Natasha Williams will move into ...

David Foot Jul 23, 2019

Technical snag means no streaming of PEC County Council tonight

Prince Edward County Staff are apologizing for a technical glitch that will prevent residents from streaming tonight's council meeting online. The municipality says it is working with its software pro...

David Foot Jul 23, 2019

Quinte West OPP charge novice driver, investigate break-in

Quinte West OPP have charged a novice driver after a single vehicle crash on Hamilton Road on the weekend. It happened around 1:00 a.m. on Sunday and the driver wasn't injured. However, police say the...

David Foot Jul 23, 2019

Northumberland OPP charge three men with impaired driving

Northumberland OPP arrested three more people for impaired driving on the weekend, one of which is facing other serious charges as well. Officers were called to a cottage on Merrill Road in Alnwick-Ha...

David Foot Jul 23, 2019

Belleville Mayor praises police force after release of Crime Severity Index stats

Belleville's mayor is praising the city's police service after the release of recent Crime Severity Index numbers from Statistics Canada. That CSI report shows Belleville had one of the largest decrea...

David Foot Jul 23, 2019 Belleville Mayor Mitch Panciuk listens to a presentation, during the Police Services Board Meeting at Belleville City Hall, on July 17, 2019. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Holes-in-one reported at Bayview Golfing Centre

Some golfers at Bayview Golfing Centre on Highway 2 have been pretty accurate the last few days. The course is reporting a pair of recent holes-in-one, including one this morning by Eugene Delorme. He...

David Foot Jul 23, 2019 Marco Verch Professional Photographer and Speaker / CC