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Marmora and Lake Council denies re-zoning for apartment building

Submitted Story: Marmora and Lake - Council has denied a developer's building application for a 20-unit condominium project in the downtown based on a lack of adequate parking and concerns of traffic ...

David Foot Nov 06, 2018

New youth centre opens in west end Belleville

A project that was started in 2015 finally came to fruition on Monday night. Quinte Youth Unlimited opened its new youth centre at 444 Dundas Street West, offering a safe space to socialize, along wit...

David Foot Nov 05, 2018 Belleville councillors Kelly McKaw and Garnet Thompson, with Quinte Youth Unlimited staff Colin Leaver and Andrew MacKay, as they celebrate the opening of Quinte Youth Unlimited's new youth centre on Dundas Street West in Belleville. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Local emergency responders welcome planned communication system upgrades

Some major upgrades are on the way to Ontario's public safety communications network, with both the government and emergency personnel praising the positive impact it will have on operations. A reques...

David Foot Nov 02, 2018 L-R: Belleville Fire Deputy Chief Paul Patry, Prince Edward Fire Chief Scott Manlow, Quinte West Fire Chief John Whelan, Belleville Police Chief Ron Gignac and Hastings-Quinte EMS Chief Doug Socha listen to MPP Todd Smith during an announcement on making upgrades to the province's public safety communications network, on November 2, 2018. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Youth charged after alleged trafficking incident at Napanee high school

A 16-year-old from Loyalist Township has been charged with drug and weapons offences. Members of the OPP Community Street Crime Unit executed a search warrant on Tuesday after an investigation in the ...

David Foot Nov 01, 2018

Pot seized, impaired by drug charges laid

A Kingston man has been arrested after an incident at a gas station in Odessa on Halloween. Officers were called to the scene just before 1:00 p.m., where a man was reportedly yelling and acting stran...

David Foot Nov 01, 2018 OPP seized more than 700 grams of cannabis during an incident at an Odessa gas station on October 31, 2018. (Photo: Submitted / OPP)

Grant application window opens in Prince Edward County

Community groups looking for larger grants from Prince Edward County can now submit applications. Non-profit organizations can now apply for grants or in-kind support of $5,000 or more, to offset cost...

David Foot Nov 01, 2018

Year-to-date building down in PEC through end of October

The October building numbers are in from Prince Edward County. Chief Building Official Andy Harrison says 102 permits were issued at a total value of more than $10.4 million. That brings year-to-date ...

David Foot Nov 01, 2018 Steve Johnson / CC

Mann: Condon to join Belleville Sens Tuesday

The flurry of roster moves between the Belleville Senators and Ottawa isn't over. Goaltender Mike McKenna, forward Nick Paul and defenceman Erik Burgdoerfer were all called up to the NHL on Thursday a...

David Foot Nov 01, 2018

SIU investigating man's death near Bancroft

The province's Special Investigations Unit is looking into the death of a 40-year-old man near Bancroft. According to the SIU, Durham Regional Police were called to a possible abduction in Oshawa, aro...

David Foot Nov 01, 2018

REPORT: Pill found in Belleville Halloween candy

There are reports of a pill being found in a bag of Halloween candy given out last night in Belleville. The story in the Intelligencer says a 14-year-old girl picked up a bag of jelly beans from a buc...

David Foot Nov 01, 2018 Jocelyn / CC