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Quinte West OPP get provincial cash to expand CCTV system

Quinte West OPP are getting some provincial cash to help the continued battle to fight crime in the city. Bay of Quinte MPP Todd Smith announced $200,000 in funding to the detachment on Monday, to exp...

David Foot Dec 14, 2020 Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine

Positive COVID-19 test at Queen Elizabeth School in Belleville

The Hastings Prince Edward District School Board is reporting another positive COVID-19 case at a local elementary school. In a Tweet on Monday afternoon, the board says a person at Queen Elizabeth Sc...

David Foot Dec 14, 2020 (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Belleville cancels New Year's Levee

An annual New Year's Day tradition in Belleville is changing this year, due to the ongoing pandemic. Belleville Mayor Mitch Panciuk has made the decision to cancel the annual New Year's Levee because ...

David Foot Dec 14, 2020 Mayor Mitch Panciuk announces some of this year's donors to the Festival of Lights on Monday, October 19, 2020. (Photo: Amanda Smith/Quinte News)

Festival of Trees online auction raises $33,000 for PECMHF

Despite not being able to run the annual Festival of Trees event, volunteers with the Prince Edward County Hospital Auxiliary were still able to make a sizable holiday donation to the hospital foundat...

David Foot Dec 14, 2020 L-R:Shannon Coull, executive director of the PECMH Foundation; Auxiliary Members, Sharon Morcom; Denise Linnett; Dorothy Vincent; Carol Harvey; Fran Donaldson; Liz Jones, Festival of Trees chairperson; Judy Anderson; Jack Starkey and Auxiliary President, Cathy Starkey. (Photo: Briar Boyce / PECMHF)

One new COVID-19 case in HPE today, 15 more reported in Northumberland

HPE Public Health is reporting just one new case of COVID-19 in the area today. Seven people have also recovered from the virus, leaving the total number of active cases at 48. The seven day case rate...

David Foot Dec 14, 2020

Donations for Salvation Army holiday campaigns coming slow, but steady

The Belleville chapter of the Salvation Army is seeing Kettle Campaign donations come in slower than usual, however, donations through its Letter Appeal Campaign have been strong and steady. Director ...

David Foot Dec 14, 2020 Salvation Army location Pinnacle Street, Belleville (Photo: submitted)

Marmora and Lake man charged with sexual assault

A 34-year-old man from Marmora and Lake is facing charges relating to an OPP investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a young girl. No other details have been released, but investigators say i...

David Foot Dec 14, 2020 (Photo: Twitter / @OPP_ER)

RELEASE: Loyalist launches Emergency Management and Incident Response Program

Today Loyalist College announced the launch of its new one-year Emergency Management & Incident Response Ontario college graduate certificate program, which begins this May at its Belleville campu...

David Foot Dec 14, 2020 The main entrance to the Kente Building at Loyalist College in Belleville. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Williams plans to stay on as Belleville councillor until writ drops

The new Conservative Party of Canada candidate for the Bay of Quinte Riding says he intends to stay on as a Belleville councillor for the time being. Ryan Williams spoke on CJBQ's Lorne Brooker Show o...

David Foot Dec 14, 2020 Belleville Councillor Ryan Williams, during a meeting of City Council, on August 10, 2020. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Scardino found not guilty in 2018 driveway death

Nicole Scardino has been found not guilty of manslaughter and dangerous driving causing death, in the 2018 death of Sam Andrews, in the driveway of a West Street home. A 12-person jury handed down its...

David Foot Dec 11, 2020