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Another two month wait for the Electors of Prince Edward County for a hearing on whether ward boundaries should be changed. The citizens' group asked the Ontario Municipal Board to make a ruling yeste...

The Kawartha-Pine Ridge School board has found jobs for all but 26 of the 158 teachers declared redundant last spring. The 34 high school and 124 elementary teachers got notices before the end of the ...

The Northumberland County United Way isn't letting the economic downturn effect its fundraising enthusiasm. Campaign chair Bill Patchett has announced a 900-thousand-dollar goal for 2009, up by 55-tho...

The crown and defence make their closing arguments tomorrow in the trial of a Belleville man accused of molesting six young girls. The allegations against 76-year-old Kenneth Gibbs, a former Anglican ...

An elderly woman suffered a possible broken leg and back injuries when her Sport Utility Vehicle slammed into the rear of a forklift just north of Colborne. Northumberland O-P-P say the crash occured ...

Residents of Milford, south of Picton, don't want to lose a bridge over the Milford pond. The Scott's Mill bridge is in very poor condition, and would cost a lot to repair, so Prince Edward County wan...

The debate among federal political parties over improving access to Employment Insurance isn't a surprise to the President of the Quinte Labour Council. The Q-L-C has heard from dozens of people about...

Belleville's volunteer firefighters will soon be fighting fires in new up-to-date gear. Just over fifty-thousand dollars will be taken from Thurlow reserves to buy twenty-eight new gear. Fire Chief Ra...

A Nova Scotia grandmother is fighting to get her fourteen year old grandson out of a Consecon treatment centre and back to his home area. Charmaine Cromwell-Sparks, who visited her grandson yesterday ...

About 150-police officers are attending the fall conference of the Criminal Intelligence Service of Ontario being held at Belleville's Ramada Inn. They've come from across Canada and the United States...