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Get set for Diwali celebrations

The third annual Belleville Diwali Festival is coming soon. Celebrated in India, Diwali is a celebration of light prevailing over darkness, featuring food, music, dancing, art, and fireworks. Organize...

John Spitters Sep 25, 2023 Left to right: Hardik Patel, CEO of the Belleville Chamber of Commerce Jill Raycroft, Rakesh Parmar. (Photo: Quinte News)

Financial support for Nurse Practitioner

Belleville council will support a new Nurse Practitioner in the community through its Physician Recruitment Program. Monday, council voted to grant Nurse Practitioner Erika Kiernick $10,000 to help pa...

John Spitters Sep 25, 2023 Nenad Stojkovic / CC

Belleville a Strong Mayor city

No one on council is in favor of so-called strong mayor powers but most on council do not want to miss out on a potential $2.4 million payout from the province to pave the way for the construction of ...

John Spitters Sep 25, 2023 Belleville council September 25/2023. (Photo: Quinte News)

Highway 2 westbound road closure starting Wednesday

The City of Quinte West has announced that Highway 2 from 2nd Dug Hill Road to County Road 40 will be closed to westbound traffic starting Wednesday to allow for road paving as part of the water main ...

Zach McGibbon Sep 25, 2023 Highway 2 from 2nd Dug Hill Road to County Road 40 closed for paving operations as part of the water main installation project. (Photo: City of Quinte West)

Quinte West's Coats for Kids program now accepting donations

The 32nd annual Quinte West Coats for Kids program is now underway. The event was started in 1991 by members of the Quinte West Professional Firefighters Association who saw a need to help kids stay w...

Alana Cameron Sep 25, 2023 uinte West Professional Firefighters Association Local 1328 (QWPFFA) members collect outerwear for the Coats for Kids program. (Photo: submitted)

COVID-19 outbreak at H.J. McFarland Memorial Home

Prince Edward County has sent out a notice of a COVID-19 outbreak at the H.J. McFarland Memorial Home. An outbreak was declared on Monday after two residents and four staff members tested positive for...

Zach McGibbon Sep 25, 2023

Festival of Lights thanks donors as it gears up for the holiday season

The weather may not have indicated it but the holidays were on the minds of those gathered at Jane Forrester Park Monday morning where donors to the City of Belleville's Festival of Lights were honour...

Alana Cameron Sep 25, 2023 (Pictured, left to right): Councillor Chris Malette, Gary MacDonald (Clearview), Holly Phillips (Mackay Insurance), James Feenstra (committee member), Councillor Enright-Miller, Councillor Thompson, Mayor Ellis, Ross McDougall (McDougall Insurance), Greg and Tammy Demille (Fitzgibbon Construction), Mason Reid (Reid Bros Truck Service), Blake Reid (K.G. Reid Trenching), Carol Deacon (in memory of Heather Huber), Phill Holmes (C.U.P.E). (Photo: City of Belleville)

Stolen licence plates reported in QW traffic stop

The Quinte West OPP) have charged a driver after a traffic stop. On September 23, 2023 at approximately 9:00 p.m., an officer was patrollin 2nd Dug Hill Road, Trenton, when a vehicle was stopped for a...

Tim Durkin Sep 25, 2023 Michael / CC

Several charges in Trenton crash Sunday

Multiple charges have been laid following a crash Sunday afternoon in Quinte West. Officers responded around 3:00 p.m. to Sidney Street in Trenton for the two-vehicle collision. One person was transpo...

Tim Durkin Sep 25, 2023

Suspected arson in Belleville

There was a suspicious fire in east end Belleville early Sunday. City police and fire responded to an apartment building just before 5:00 a.m. Two vehicles were on fire, but thankfully there was no re...

Alana Cameron Sep 25, 2023