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Energy assistance program now open

Applications have opened today for residential electricity customers struggling with bills due to COVID-19. Hastings - Lennox and Addington MPP Daryl Kramp is urging those families in need to take adv...

Amanda Smith Jul 13, 2020

Hastings-Prince Edward moves to Phase 3 of COVID-19 reopening on Friday

Ontario's Premier says it's "great news" that 24 of the province's 27 health regions will be able to move to stage three of the COVID-19 reopening plan as of this Friday, July 17. Doug Ford made the a...

David Foot Jul 13, 2020 velkr0 / CC

Belleville Police lay arson charge in Bridge Street East incident

Belleville Police have released more information on an incident in the east end of the city on the weekend. Emergency crews responded to a home on Bridge Street East around 6:15 a.m. Saturday, where p...

David Foot Jul 13, 2020

Rare piece of Prince Edward County’s undeveloped shoreline protected

Another piece of significant land has been protected in Prince Edward County. The Nature Conservancy of Canada announced last week the creation of a new 55 hectare nature reserve along the South Shore...

Amanda Smith Jul 13, 2020 The Maple Cross Shoreline Reserve on the Eastern Lake Ontario Coast. (Photo: NCC)

Pedestrian struck, officers assaulted in Napanee area altercation

On July 11, 2020 at approximately 9:00 p.m., officers of the Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to disturbance at a home in Greater Napan...

Tim Durkin Jul 13, 2020

New and improved website

A new and improved City of Belleville website is on the way. Included in the new website will be 3 microsites from the Glanmore National Historic Site, Community Archives, and the Quinte Sports and We...

John Spitters Jul 13, 2020 (File Photo: Quinte News)

Assault in Cobourg

On Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 7:17 a.m., police were dispatched to an address in the northeast area of Cobourg regarding a domestic dispute. The victim advised police that their ex-partner attended th...

Tim Durkin Jul 13, 2020

Recommending rejection of housing development

A proposal to build 100 seasonal dwellings next to the Oak Hills Golf Club is not sitting well with City of Quinte West planning department staff. At its meeting Thursday the city's Planning Advisory ...

John Spitters Jul 13, 2020

Collision, drunkenness

Belleville Police Service responded to 54 calls for service from July 12, 2020 at 5 a.m. to July 13, 2020 at 5 a.m. Motor Vehicle Collisions On July 12, 2020 at 8:35 p.m., police responded to the area...

John Spitters Jul 13, 2020

Budget set for public perusal

Stirling Rawdon council will present a proposed budget to the public next week. The draft budget, available on the municipal website, totals about $9.7 million of which just over $5 million will come ...

John Spitters Jul 13, 2020