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Foxboro area power outage caused by transport truck

Belleville Police have released information on the accident that left thousands without power Wednesday. Police say shortly before noon officers and firefighters were called to Frankford Road east of ...

Aron Locke Aug 26, 2021 (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Brighton Rescue Unit saves new sailors

The Brighton Auxiliary Rescue Unit rescued some new sailors who had run aground earlier this week. According to a press release, the unit was called to the east side of the Belleville bridge near Meye...

Aron Locke Aug 26, 2021 (Photo: Submitted/Brighton Auxiliary Rescue Unit)

Prince Edward County seeking to fill multiple committee vacancies

The municipality of Prince Edward County is looking for community members to volunteer their time to fill a variety of committee vacancies. The search is open for members of the newly minted Street Na...

Aron Locke Aug 25, 2021

RELEASE: HPE Public Health extends heat warning

Hastings and Prince Edward Counties/August 25, 2021 - Hastings Prince Edward Public Health (HPEPH) has extended the heat warning issued on Monday (below), to include today and Thursday, August 26. A h...

David Foot Aug 25, 2021 The Hastings Prince Edward Public Health Headquarters, on North Park Street in Belleville. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Unifor local 8300 hoping to save nine jobs at Picton long term care home

People driving near Picton are likely to see picketers standing outside of Revera Hallowell House Long Term Care Home for the foreseeable future. Staff are protesting impending layoffs to nine staff m...

Aron Locke Aug 25, 2021 (Photo: Submitted/Kathleen Brooks)

UPDATE: Power back for most around Foxboro, roads still closed

Most customers in the Foxboro area and beyond have had power restored, after an incident near the Foodland store on Highway 62 today. Social media reports indicate a truck hit a hydro pole and brought...

David Foot Aug 25, 2021 (Photo: Hydro One Outage Map)

HPE Public Health returns to daily COVID case reporting

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is moving back to daily reporting of COVID-19 cases, with four new cases and four recoveries reported on Tuesday, and three new cases and six recoveries on Wednesd...

David Foot Aug 25, 2021

Weapons and theft charges laid against Marmora man

Members of the Peterborough OPP responded to a break and enter at a residence on Clare Newhams Road at approximately 1 p.m. on August 18, 2021. The victim reported that an all-terrain vehicle, a chain...

Tim Durkin Aug 25, 2021

Lisa MacLeod preaches vaccines for music, sports, heritage and tourism

The Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries joined the Lorne Brooker Show on Wednesday to discuss the return to normal life. Lisa MacLeod was in the Quinte region as part of a ten-...

News Aug 25, 2021 Minister Lisa MacLeod speaks at Glanmore National Historia site, as MPP Todd Smith (l) and Belleville Mayor Mitch Panciuk (r) look on (Photo: Quinte News)

Assaulting a peace officer charges laid in Cobourg

A man was charged with assault of a peace officer and public intoxication after police responded to a report of a suspicious person. On Monday, August 23, 2021, police received a report of a suspiciou...

Tim Durkin Aug 25, 2021