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ATV accident in Tweed

There was a serious accident involving an ATV in Tweed Saturday. Tweed Fire Department was dispatched to Colonization Road around 5:45 p.m According to scanner monitor Scan Quinte there was one patien...

Aron Locke Sep 27, 2020

One injured in two vehicle collision

Belleville police were called to Bell Boulevard Saturday night for a two vehicle collision. Police say that around 7:15 p.m., two vehicles collided and one person was injured. They say when they arriv...

Aron Locke Sep 27, 2020

Familiar name will be on the ballot

A well-known local politician will have his name on the ballot for a fourth time in the 2022 provincial election. Not surprisingly, MPP and cabinet Minister Todd Smith was acclaimed Saturday morning a...

John Spitters Sep 26, 2020 Todd Smith. (Photo: submitted)

High speed 401 police chase leads to multiple charges

A 34-year-old Kingston woman is facing charges following a police chase in Belleville Friday night. Belleville police were dispatched to a call regarding a driver, who appeared to be intoxicated, scre...

Aron Locke Sep 26, 2020

Public's help wanted in liquor theft

The Belleville Police Service responded to 78 calls for service from September 25, 2020 at 5 a.m. to September 26, 2020 at 5 a.m. Theft of Alcohol Belleville Police attended a business on Bell Bouleva...

Aron Locke Sep 26, 2020 (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Public input window closing on Picton's Sir John A. Macdonald statue

Public consultation on the future of the Sir John A. Macdonald station in Picton will close next week. Input is being taken on the statue, which has been vandalized on multiple occasions, until Friday...

David Foot Sep 25, 2020 The statue of Sir John A Macdonald in Picton was vandalized on Canada Day. (Photo: Steve Ferguson/Facebook)

Suspect in 2019 car chase pleads guilty, sentence to come in December

A Trenton man who was arrested after a car chase from Belleville into Quinte West last summer, will be sentenced later this year. Juan Martinez-Bedoya, who was 28 at the time of the incident, recently...

David Foot Sep 25, 2020 A car crashed into the fence at CFB Trenton, following a police chase out of Belleville, on September 18, 2019. (Photo: Quinte News)

Long time councillor honoured

A long time councillor's accomplishments were honoured on Friday. Mayor Mitch Panciuk dedicated September 25, 2020 as Selma Bochnek Day in the City of Belleville. The splash pad at Parkdale Park was a...

Amanda Smith Sep 25, 2020 Selma Bochnek stands by the monument dedicated to her at Parkdale Park following a ceremony on September 25, 2020 (Photo: Amanda Smith/Quinte News)

More pot plants found by police in Ameliasburgh

OPP have raided another illegal marijuana farm in Prince Edward County. The Community Street Crime Unit found more than 1,600 cannabis plants on a property in Ameliasburgh on Thursday, along with a ge...

David Foot Sep 25, 2020 Conor Lawless / CC

Tow truck driver injured during incident in Trenton

A tow truck driver was injured after their leg was pinned under a car they were loading up Friday. It happened on Sidney Street in Trenton around 1:00 p.m. Hastings County Director of Emergency Servic...

David Foot Sep 25, 2020 (File photo: David Foot / Quinte News)