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Thieves have been a nuisance to the Crowe Valley Conservation Authority. There was a breakin this summer to the main building at the Crowe Bridge Conservation Area, northeast of Campbellford. Authorit...

The federal government is giving Cramahe township a little more help in paying its share of the cost of the new sewage treatment plant in Colborne. M-P Rick Norlock was on hand today for the groundbre...

A bit of a country flare for Belleville this weekend. The Chamber of Commerce is hosting the second annual Country Harvest Fall Family Festival at West Zwick's Park on Sunday afternoon. Chief Executiv...

Belleville Police aren't saying much about the discovery of old dynamite in the city. A Thurlow resident found several sticks at an undisclosed location this morning, and called police. City Police, w...

A Colborne-area man, burned in a fire at his indoor marijuana grow operation, has been convicted of production of a narcotic. Fifty-two-year-old Jeffrey Kremer was arrested by Northumberland O-P-P aft...

The Mayor of Prince Edward County, the site of about a half dozen proposed wind energy projects, doesn't think new rules for wind turbines will have a serious effect on their development. New windmill...

The Medical Officer of Health in Hastings-Prince Edward says the H1N1 virus should be arriving soon in the Quinte-area. Doctor Richard Schabas says we'll see the swine flu early this fall....and he ex...

Controversial wind farms...up for discussion yesterday by Prince Edward Council....specifically the Bryan Wind project in Hallowell and Sophiasburg, including Big Island. Sky Power has completed an en...

More affordable housing in the works for Hastings County. County Council has approved contracts for five affordable units in Bancroft and five more in Deseronto. Social Services executive Director Eri...

Bringing hi-speed internet service to eastern Ontario...and the Hastings-Quinte area ...is another step closer to reality. The multi-million dollar plan to bring faster and more internet service to th...