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310 pounds of food donated at charity hockey game in Picton

At the charity hockey game in Picton on Saturday, 310 pounds of food and $105 in monetary donations were made. Prince Edward County OPP) and Prince Edward County Fire Department faced off in a spirite...

Zach McGibbon Dec 15, 2025 Prince Edward County OPP and Prince Edward County Fire & Rescue hockey teams squaring off for charity hockey game. (Photo submitted)

Heritage Revitalization Awards Applications Now Open

Heritage Belleville is now accepting nominations for their Heritage Revitalization Awards. These annual awards celebrate those who have demonstrated a commitment to either restoring or revitalizing a ...

Alana Cameron Dec 15, 2025

Order a pizza, support The Children's Foundation

A Belleville restaurant is hosting a fundraiser this week to support The Children's Foundation. On Friday, December 19, Pizza Zone will donate 100% of proceeds from every item on their menu to The Chi...

Alana Cameron Dec 15, 2025

Belleville police report: Impaired driver, domestic incident, trespassing

Belleville police responded to 224 calls for service from 5 a.m. on December 12, 2025 to 5 a.m. on December 15, 2025. Impaired Driver On December 14, 2025 at 2:07 a.m., Belleville police receiv...

Alana Cameron Dec 15, 2025

Youth philanthropist supports mental health care at BGH

Youth philanthropist Bentley Davidson - known across the region as Pint Sized Gord - and his family visited Quinte Health Belleville General Hospital last week to present a generous donation of $3,985...

Alana Cameron Dec 15, 2025

Peace medal winners announced

The YMCA of Central East Ontario celebrated Peace Week last week. One of the pillar events annually is celebrating community champions. The Peace Awards recognize outstanding efforts to create positiv...

Tim Durkin Dec 15, 2025 (top left) Eric, Fran, and Ed Lehtinen, (bottom left) Nancy and Jamie Troke, (centre) Cynthia and Ken Schmidt, (top right) Barbara Jo and Bob Clute (bottom left) Tom and Lorraine O'Quinn - all photographed with YMCA CEO Dave Allen

Big bucks at annual bun feed

The Kiwanis Club of Trenton has once again raised some major dollars for the community. On Friday afternoon at the Trenton Legion, more than 100 members and guests gathered for the annual Bun Feed/Chr...

News Dec 15, 2025 A bear is auctioned off. Eben James Jr and Trenton Cold Storage are major sponsors of the Trenton Kiwanis Lucheon (Photo: Christian Jaehn Kreibaum)

November a mixed bag in the local real estate market

While home sales and prices were lower on a national basis last month compared to November of last year, the results are mixed in the Quinte region's major markets. On a year-to-year basis, single-fam...

John Spitters Dec 15, 2025

LOOKING BACK: Hastings-Lennox and Addington MPP Ric Bresee

As Quinte News continues to go around its coverage region speaking with municipal, provincial and federal community leaders, and stakeholders for the area, we had a chance to speak with MPP Ric Bresee...

Zach McGibbon Dec 15, 2025

Saying goodbye to a sporting legend

A local sporting legend has passed away. Ken Smith died last week at the age of 78. Although he was an athlete in his own right, Smith was best known as a mentor to thousands of students as a coach an...

Tim Durkin Dec 15, 2025