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Ground-breaking ceremony for Murney Street and Henry Street reconstruction

A ground-breaking ceremony took place on Monday to mark the beginning of the Murney Street and Henry Street reconstruction project. The project also includes the rehabilitation of Murney Street from C...

Zach McGibbon Aug 21, 2023 Pictured, left to right: Cobourg Development Services Project Manager Zach Farrell, Cobourg Development Services President Phil Chalmers, Director of Engineering & Development Services Stephen Ashton, Councillor Chris Malette, Mayor Neil Ellis, Councillor Garnet Thompson, Senior Project Manager Evan Cassidy and Project Manager April Bronson. (Photo: City of Belleville)

Mental health run to make a stop in the Quinte region

The 9th Annual Canal Pursuit for Mental Health Relay Run will be making a stop in Trenton as part of its run this year. The run will go from Port Severn to Kingston and then all the way to Ottawa. A s...

Zach McGibbon Aug 18, 2023 Mood Disorders Society of Canada logo.

Nurses union voting on "final offer" from Hastings & Prince Edward Health Unit

The Ontario Nurses Association says it has received and will be voting on a "final offer" from the Hastings Prince Edward Public Health Unit. Voting will take place Thursday and Friday. If the nurses ...

Zach McGibbon Aug 17, 2023

Planning committee to discuss proposed resort development

A large multi-million dollar tourist resort development is being proposed in Quinte West. MAC 5 Corporation, whose principal is Arnold MacLaughlan, has applied for an Official Plan Amendment for 8.7 h...

Zach McGibbon Aug 17, 2023 Area of proposed tourist resort development in Quinte West. (Photo: Tim Durkin/Quinte News)

Campbellford Memorial Hospital celebrating 70th anniversary on August 26

Campbellford Memorial Hospital will be celebrating its 70th anniversary on August 26. The hospital says it will be holding festivities filled with food, games, activities for children, special guests,...

Zach McGibbon Aug 17, 2023

Cleaners at Loyalist College vote for a strike

Cleaners at Loyalist College, members of the Service Employees Union Local 2, have voted overwhelmingly to support a strike. The more than 30 employees, employed by Compass Group Canada, have been wit...

Zach McGibbon Aug 17, 2023

Next steps for Royal Canadian Legion Branch 99

Development of the new Memorial Marketplace is underway in downtown Belleville. Taskforce Engineering Ltd. is redeveloping the former Memorial Arena site into a marketplace. The site includes the form...

Zach McGibbon Aug 16, 2023 Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 99, in Belleville. (Photo: Quinte News)

Youth Summit for Mental Health taking place Thursday

A Youth Summit for Mental Health is taking place on Thursday. Youth aged 12-19 will be able to take part in a variety of interactive workshops at the Hastings and District School Board building on 156...

Zach McGibbon Aug 16, 2023 (Photo: Belleville & Quinte West Community Health Centre)

Grand opening of new McDonald's in Belleville

The grand opening for a new McDonald's location in Belleville took place on Wednesday. The new restaurant is located on the corner of Wallbridge-Loyalist Road and Bell Boulevard. "It's been absolutely...

Zach McGibbon Aug 16, 2023 Members of Belleville City Council and locally operated McDonald's cutting the ribbon for the grand opening of the new McDonald's restaurant located on Wallbridge-Loyalist Road. August 16, 2023. (Photo: Zach McGibbon/Quinte News)

New maps at Great Lakes Waterfront Trail unveiled

The City of Quinte West unveiled new Great Lakes Waterfront Trail maps at the entrance to Fraser Park and Centennial Park in Trenton last week. The maps show the trail spanning from Sault Ste. Marie t...

Zach McGibbon Aug 15, 2023 New map for Great Lakes Waterfront Trail unveiled. (Photo: City of Quinte West)