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Community helps TMHF reach its IV Smart Pump Campaign goal

The Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation has hit its IV Smart Pump Campaign target thanks to members of the Lions Club. The local Lions Club and others in the district, were able to raise $100,000 ove...

David Foot Aug 12, 2020

Road open after car collides with home, two people taken to hospital

3:50 p.m. UPDATE: Belleville Police say they have cleared the scene of a single-vehicle crash early this afternoon and that Old Highway 2 is open to all traffic again, at Wallbridge-Loyalist Road. No ...

Amanda Smith Aug 12, 2020 A house at the corner of Wallbridge-Loyalist Road and Old Highway 2 suffered significant damage, after a car crashed into it, on August 12, 2020. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Local communities receiving emergency funding

Municipalities in Ontario are getting a helping hand from upper levels of government. The Ontario government, in partnership with the federal government is providing urgently needed emergency assistan...

Amanda Smith Aug 12, 2020 (Logo: Ontario Government Facebook)

Caddick to become new deputy fire chief in Quinte West

A familiar face in local firefighting is the new deputy fire chief in Quinte West. Rick Caddick has been announced as the deputy to Chief John Whelan and joins the Quinte West Fire Department after le...

David Foot Aug 12, 2020 Rick Caddick takes over as deputy fire chief in Quinte West on September 8, 2020. (Photo: Submitted / City of Quinte West)

New ambulances, defibrillators coming to Hastings-Quinte paramedics

Some new equipment is on the way for Hastings-Quinte paramedics. The Hastings-Quinte Emergency Services committee approved a motion on Wednesday morning to purchase six new ambulances for next year. H...

Amanda Smith Aug 12, 2020

Committee approves playground and fencing upgrades

The Bleecker Avenue playground area will undergo some work. Hasting County Community and Human Services met on Wednesday morning and approved a tender for just over $91,000 to replace the deteriorated...

Amanda Smith Aug 12, 2020

Komputers for Kids program ends operation

The Learning Foundation is on the receiving end of some funding from Hastings County. The Community and Human Services Committee met on Wednesday morning and voted to reallocate $38,000 for the purcha...

Amanda Smith Aug 12, 2020

It is Tim Hortons Camp Day

Wednesday is Tim Hortons Camp Day. 100 percent of the proceeds of hot and iced coffee sales, along with proceeds from bracelets will go to support disadvantaged kids. Mark Hanley is the owner of numer...

Tim Durkin Aug 12, 2020

Quinte West OPP put out bulletin for missing man

Quinte West OPP are looking for a missing 24-year-old man from Trenton. Darien Francis, who also goes by the name Buddy, was last seen on July 12 in Trenton and hasn't been heard from since. He's 6'3'...

David Foot Aug 11, 2020 24 year-old Darien Francis was last seen in Trenton on July 12, 2020. (Photo: Submitted)

Legacy gift to BGHF will support mental health services and programs

The Belleville General Hospital Foundation is touting a well-timed legacy gift from a local resident and former long-time employee of the hospital. The foundation has received more than $337,000 to da...

David Foot Aug 11, 2020 (Photo: Submitted / BGHF)