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Co-chairs return for round two with YMCA Strong Kids

YMCA Central East Ontario will see the same dynamic duo at the helm for the second straight year for the Strong Kids Campaign. Tuesday afternoon in Belleville, it was announced that Realtor Patricia G...

Tim Durkin Oct 03, 2023 Strong Kids Co-Chairs Ken Schmidt (l) and Patricia Guernsey (r) accept a cheque from Bruce Mackay of Mackay Insurance (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)

Year-to-date Quinte West building stats down compared to 2022

One major project lifted building activity in Quinte West last month over September 2022. One less permit was issued, however, construction value was well up. The Building Department reports 51 permit...

Alana Cameron Oct 03, 2023

Hot, humid weather breaks temperature record

A high temperature record for October 3 was set in the Quinte region Tuesday with Environment Canada reporting it was 26.6 degrees as of 2 p.m. at CFB Trenton. The previous record was 25.6 degrees, se...

Alana Cameron Oct 03, 2023 Kiyonobu Ito / CC

Permanent repair work on Trenton water main begins Wednesday

A permanent repair of the Trenton Water Service water main is expected to begin on Wednesday. According to the City of Quinte West in a release, a flexible Primus Line liner is being placed inside the...

Zach McGibbon Oct 03, 2023 Temporary water main being installed across the D.J. MacDonald Bridge in Trenton, July 21, 2023. (Photo: Tim Durkin/Quinte News)

Weapons seized, two people arrested, one still at large following Tweed break and enter

Central Hastings OPP have released more information following the arrests of two people Friday afternoon in Tweed. Police were called to investigate a break and enter in the area on Wednesday. On Frid...

Alana Cameron Oct 03, 2023 Weapons seized by Central Hastings OPP from an East Hungerford Rd address in Tweed, September 29, 2023. (Photo: Central Hastings OPP)

Gleaners Annual Food Drive returns with a bang

Gleaners Food Bank is thanking the community for making its Annual Food Drive a success. Gleaners Food Bank Director of Operations Susanne Quinlan says eight tonnes of food was collected throughout Be...

Alana Cameron Oct 03, 2023 Gleaners Annual Food Drive, October 1, 2023. (Photo: Gleanersfoodbank.ca)

Marine search in Pickering area

8 Wing Trenton's 424 Search and rescue Squadron is involved in a search for an elderly man and his sailboat in Frenchman's Bay in the Pickering area. An 87-year-old Pickering man boarded his boat at F...

John Spitters Oct 03, 2023 (Photo: Twitter / @JRCCTrentCCCOS)

Serious 401 crash near Napanee

There was a serious crash east of Napanee on Hwy 401 Monday night. Just before 7 p.m., emergency crews responded near the Camden East exit of the 401 in the eastbound lanes. There was a crash between ...

Tim Durkin Oct 03, 2023

Weapons seized by police

An traffic stop early Saturday (September 30) by Quinte West OPP led to Highway Traffic Act and criminal charges. At one o'clock in the morning police stopped a vehicle on Glen Miller Road. During the...

John Spitters Oct 03, 2023

Tweed take down on Friday

Two people were charged after an arrest in Tweed Friday afternoon. The Central Hastings OPP Street Crime Unit responded to Valu-Mart in Tweed on Victoria and Jamieson. A man and woman wanted on arrest...

Tim Durkin Oct 03, 2023