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It is a long weekend for tens of thousands of students in the Quinte area. All school buses in Hastings, Prince Edward and Northumberland Counties have been cancelled. Officials made that decision thi...

Stores could be open in Prince Edward County on Good Friday, starting as early as this year. The county's Committee of the Whole voted in favour of amending a retail stores bylaw yesterday, allowing t...

The highest fundraising goal in the 40-year history of the Northumberland United Way has been met. Campaign chair Bill Patchett announced the 2009 fundraising tally, 903-thousand dollars, at the recog...

A three-phase, multi-million-dollar instructional technology plan has been approved by the Kawartha-Pine Ridge School Board. Trustees voted last night to begin making the latest technology a priority ...

Ice conditions on the Bay of Quinte are deteriorating quickly along the north shore in Belleville. Two separate incidents of people plunging into the water have been reported to our newsroom. The firs...

The Ministry of Environment, Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Quinte Conservation are all keeping an eye on the long awaited cleanup at one of Belleville's biggest pollution hot spots. Crews hav...

Northumberland County Council will discuss the impact of fishing limits on Rice Lake at its meeting next Wednesday.. Alnwick-Haldimand Township Mayor Bill Finley says there is concern about the panfis...

Stores could be open in Prince Edward County on Good Fridays if the Picton Downtown Merchants get their way. The business improvement area will ask the Committee of the Whole today to add Good Friday ...

A Northumberland O-P-P officer, who saved a man's life, has been presented the Commissioner's commendation for bravery. Constable Anthony Voskamp, based in Brighton, was presented the award by detachm...

The proroguing of the Ontario Legislature is good news for the M-P-P who represents the Napanee area. Premier McGuinty announced yesterday the house will prorogue on March 4th and return on March 8 fo...