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Picton Marina sublease approved

The discussion was long and at times emotions got the better of some, but at the end of the night, council had a plan to move forward with Picton Marina. Prince Edward County council approved, with a ...

Amanda Smith Sep 22, 2020 (Photo: Picton Marina Facebook)

Festival of Lights from your car

The fall season is just getting underway, but plans are already in the works for the 2020 Festival of Lights at Belleville's waterfront. The city has announced that the festival will return for its 61...

Mary Thomas Sep 22, 2020 (Photo: John Spitters/Quinte News)

Inmate dies at Bath Institution

An inmate at Bath Institution in Kingston has died while in custody. Correctional Service of Canada says Grant Fralic died on Monday of natural causes following an illness. Fralic had been in custody ...

Amanda Smith Sep 22, 2020

Low cost rabies clinics cancelled in Northumberland

Low-cost rabies clinics in Northumberland County are on hold because of COVID-19 restrictions, but the message is still to protect your pets. The Low-Cost Rabies Vaccination Clinics normally held each...

Mary Thomas Sep 22, 2020

County smile cookie sales yield big donation

The number for the annual Tim Hortons smile cookie campaign in the county is in. The sale of smile cookies has resulted in a $7,401 donation to the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation, t...

Aron Locke Sep 22, 2020

Domestic assault charges, after police search for Tweed suspect

A 25-year-old man from Tweed faces numerous charges in relation to Domestic Assault allegations, as well as fleeing from police. At 11:30 p.m. on September 21, 2020, officers from the Central Hastings...

Tim Durkin Sep 22, 2020 (Photo: Twitter / @OPP_ER)

Drop the bottle for a great cause

The Rotary Club of Trenton will be holding a fundraising bottle drive Saturday. It goes from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and they will be collecting beer cans, beer bottles, wine, and liquor bottles. You c...

Tim Durkin Sep 22, 2020 Ryan Albrey / CC

Returning empties a good deed

Beer lovers in Belleville and area have helped local food banks and health care providers by bringing their empties back. Since March 17, The Beer Store has allowed customers to choose if they'd like ...

John Spitters Sep 22, 2020 Outside of The Beer Store on Station Street in Belleville. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Alcohol/driving charges laid in May crash

On Saturday May 16 2020, just after 9:30 p.m., OPP responded with Hastings-Quinte EMS and Prince Edward County Fire and Rescue to a multiple vehicle collision on Loyalist Parkway near Wellington. Two ...

Tim Durkin Sep 22, 2020

End of line for The Pinnacle condo project

A big residential/commercial project long proposed for Belleville's Downtown District has been cancelled. In an interview with Quinte News Tuesday morning, President of FairTradeWorks Jim Perkins said...

John Spitters Sep 22, 2020 Artist's rendering of proposed commercial/condominium building to be known as "The Pinnacle". (File Photo)