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Two students from Trenton have received awards from the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic School Board. It's Secondary Student Volunteer of the Year is Cosette Francis, a grade 12 student at St Paul Ca...

No meals on wheels.....no drivers for cancer patients...no readers for the blind....no boards of directors.......that would be life without volunteers. And..last night around 150 community volunteers ...

At least one driver in the Gumball 3000 Rally should have taken the OPP warnings about speeding more seriously...especially through the Quinte Region. The drivers, who are trying to get from London, E...

It won't be long before more and more businesses and residents in the southern section of Hastings County can expect to have access to hi-speed internet service. The province provided a grant of 452-t...

A former Bancroft doctor is debating whether to accept a plea deal offered to him at a hearing in Kentucky.. Doctor Steven Hall is accused of murdering his wife by running over her with a pontoon boat...

Moneysense magazine doesn't think much of Belleville-Quinte West, but a magazine for baby boomers has high marks for Picton. The two cities finished 103rd on the list of the top places to live in Cana...

The first drop in the welfare caseload in Hastings County since last October. The social services department says 3,580 people in the county, Belleville and Quinte West got assistance last month, down...

Local M-P Rick Norlock says opponents of plans to spent almost one-million dollars on milk for prisoners at Warkworth and two other facilities are twisting the figures. A report this week indicated th...

New town-house developments near Meyer's Pier in Belleville have helped fuel more than eight-million dollars in building activity in the city. Permits for a 14-thousand square foot building, worth 1.2...

The O-P-P detachment commander in Bancroft is heading south, to the same job in Prince Edward County. Staff Sergeant Barry Freeburn will assume his new duties on May 31st, replacing Bernie Gaw, who of...