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A big drug seizure northeast of Havelock. The O-P-P's Central East Drug and Canine Units searched a home on County Road 48 yesterday, and found two-thousand large marijuana plants behind the house, an...

Some Picton residents want the name of Cold Storage Road changed to something more appealing. The request by the Board of Directors of Rosemary Lane Condominiums, a 23-unit townhouse development, for ...

A very small drop in the welfare caseload in Hastings County. The Social Services Department says 3,562 people got benefits last month, 24 fewer than in August, and it was the third straight month for...

A Kingston man has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery and abduction on the Tyendinaga Reserve. The Mohawk Police Service says 64-year-old Ernest Maracle was forced from his home and bus...

Life has finally returned to normal at Warkworth Institution, almost three months after a riot. The medium-security prison was placed in lockdown, suspending most programs for prisoners and visits aft...

It's another sign that winter is fast apporaching...the Trent-Severn Waterway shuts down for the season later today. Manager of Canal Operations, Jack Alexander, says there were about 121,600 vessel l...

A Quinte area company has won the job of of extending McDonald Drive in Picton. The work will include sanitary sewer and water mains. Build All Construction of Deseronto will do the project, with a lo...

Lots of discussions, and votes at Prince Edward County Council last night on the proposed housing and golf course development for Wellington. In a close vote, Prince Edward Council voted against defer...

A Brighton area home was completely destroyed by fire yesterday. Brighton and Quinte West fire departments responded to the home on County Road-41...just west of County Road-26 early yesterday afterno...

There was a general alarm fire at a Belleville landmark yesterday afternoon. Around 40 full time Belleville firefighters responded to a fire call at St Micheal's Academy, at Victoria and Pinnacle. The...