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The Waring House scares up $1,200+ donation towards new hospital

A spooky Halloween event put on by a Prince Edward County business has led to a donation to the campaign for a new hospital in Picton. Staff at the Waring House Restaurant and Inn transformed the prop...

David Foot Nov 12, 2020 Pictured from left at the Waring House: Shannon Coull, executive director of the PECMH Foundation; Briar Boyce, senior development officer with the PECMH Foundation; Norah Rogers, innkeeper at the Waring House and Krista Tevlin, haunted hotel coordinator. (Photo / Judy Sanders)

Despite COVID-19 restrictions, Quinte Region residents take time to pause and reflect

Remembrance Day was marked with smaller ceremonies across the region and the country today, with pandemic-related gathering limits in effect, but that didn't stop community members from reflecting on ...

David Foot Nov 11, 2020 A small crowd gathers at the Belleville Cenotaph for the 2020 Remembrance Day ceremony, being held with COVID-19 gathering restrictions in place, on November 11, 2020. (Photo: John Spitters / Quinte News)

Williams: Job seeker survey results good news for Belleville and Quinte Region

Belleville is making headlines as one of the top places that job seekers from the big city are seeking out. According to a story in the Toronto Sun, which cites stats from job seeking website Monster....

David Foot Nov 11, 2020 GotCredit / CC

OATC clinic in Downtown Belleville officially moves

The site of a methadone clinic in Downtown Belleville is officially vacant. Quinte News has learned the Ontario Addictions and Treatment Centre Clinic at 257 Front Street has moved to its new location...

David Foot Nov 11, 2020 The site of the former OATC Clinic on Front Street in Belleville. The clinic has officially moved to a new location on Church Street. (Photo: John Spitters / Quinte News)

Funeral arrangements announced for Pat Culhane

Funeral arrangements have been made for late Belleville Councillor Pat Culhane, who passed away earlier this week, at the age of 73. A private family service is being held to remember the life of the ...

David Foot Nov 11, 2020 Councillor Pat Culhane's desk in Belleville council chambers, November 9, 2020 (Photo: Submitted/ City of Belleville)

UPDATE: New November 10 temperature record

UPDATE: After the publication of the below story the temperature warmed up a bit. When all was said the done the mercury climbed to a record 19.9 degrees Celsius. Tuesday was the hottest November 10 i...

David Foot Nov 10, 2020

One COVID-19 case clears in HPE, another new case reported in Northumberland

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health says another active COVID-19 case in our area has been cleared. No new cases were reported in the two counties today either, so the current number of active cases ...

David Foot Nov 10, 2020

Federal Government investing billions into rural broadband internet service

Much like the Provincial Government did recently, the Federal Government is committing a chunk of money towards improving broadband internet services, for rural parts of the country. Bay of Quinte MP ...

David Foot Nov 10, 2020 Nenad Stojkovic / CC

OPP arrest three young men after high-risk take down in Brighton

Three young men from Brighton have been arrested after a high-risk take down by OPP overnight this past Sunday. Northumberland officers responded around 12:30 a.m. after a caller reported they were be...

David Foot Nov 10, 2020

Brandon Baptiste found not guilty of second degree murder

A Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory man has been found not guilty of second degree murder and pointing a firearm in relation to a shooting death on the territory in 2017, but was found guilty of possessing ...

David Foot Nov 06, 2020