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Brighton looking to keep things local during COVID

The mayor of Brighton is looking to the business and education sector to help keep residents safe. In a post on Twitter Wednesday, Brian Ostrander indicated he only wants people in the area, who are f...

Tim Durkin Dec 17, 2020 (Photo: Quinte News)

Big water project to be finished on Territory

The federal government is continuing its commitment to provide a safe and reliable supply of drinking water for First Nations in Canada. Today (Thursday) Minister of Indigenous Services Marc Miller an...

John Spitters Dec 17, 2020 Chief of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte R. Don Maracle. (File photo: John Spitters/Quinte News)

LoveSong gets rezoning approval

An crucial step has been taken by Prince Edward County Council to allow the development of new affordable seniors housing in Bloomfield. Last night (Wednesday) council approved a rezoning change for t...

John Spitters Dec 17, 2020 LoveSong Project Facilitator Ken How speaks at the key exchange ceremony at the former Pinecrest Memorial Elementary School in Bloomfield on October 5, 2020. (Photo: Amanda Smith/Quinte News)

No injuries in fire

A vehicle was destroyed by fire late last night (Wednesday) in Belleville's Thurlow ward. Firefighters from Station 3 responded at around 10:30 to a vehicle fire on Mitchell Road. The driver got out o...

John Spitters Dec 17, 2020 (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Arrested for shoplifting

Millennium Parkway in Belleville was a hot spot for shoplifting yesterday. A 29-year-old Kingston woman, Kristal Burke, was charged by city police after someone left a Millennium Parkway store with a ...

John Spitters Dec 17, 2020

Theft case complete in Cobourg courtroom

A Brighton couple has received an absolute discharge on theft charges. An absolute discharge is the lowest-level sentence an offender can get and means there's been a finding of guilt but no convictio...

John Spitters Dec 17, 2020 Sign outside courthouse in Cobourg. (Photo: Quinte News)

Tiny increase in taxes

Northumberland County council has passed its budget for next year, one that shows just a small increase in taxes. The budget totals $188.3 million with the levy increase being just 1.6% which translat...

John Spitters Dec 17, 2020

A dozen charges laid after traffic stop on eastbound Highway 401

An 18-year-old from Stouffville is facing a long list of charges after a traffic stop on the eastbound Highway 401 yesterday afternoon. Lennox and Addington OPP officers stopped a speeding driver in T...

David Foot Dec 16, 2020 Cigars, marijuana and other items seized by OPP, during a traffic stop on Highway 401, on December 15, 2020, (Photo: Submitted / L&A OPP)

Cold temperatures prompt Belleville to open warming centre

The City of Belleville is opening its warming centre for the next couple of nights. The warming centre, in the old Belleville Police Service Headquarters at 93 Dundas Street East, will be open Thursda...

David Foot Dec 16, 2020 liz west / CC

Golden Hawks to host Muskies in two-game mini set this week

The Trenton Golden Hawks will be hitting the ice a couple more times before the holidays. The Junior A team announced today it will play a two-game mini series with the Lindsay Muskies Thursday and Fr...

David Foot Dec 16, 2020 (Photo: Amy Deroche/ OJHL Images)