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A member of an Outlaw Motorcycle gang will go to jail for two and a half years on weapon and drug trafficking charges. 33 year old Jesse Breen of Belleville was sentenced Monday. Breen was found guilt...

Unionized workers with Community Living Campbellford Brighton are on strike. The strike by close to 100 members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union started just after midnight last night aft...

Tenders are going out soon for a big rebuild of the swing bridge over the Murray Canal south of Brighton on County Road 64. The City of Quinte West is hosting a public meeting on the project tonight (...

Debate over a proposed provincial hydro plan, which the Liberals say will cut rates by 25%, got heated at Queen's Park Tuesday, to the point that the MPP for Hastings-Prince Edward was ejected from th...

Belleville's mayor says local officials should use trade shows as a chance to give special incentive offers to companies wanting to locate in the Quinte area. At Tuesday's meeting, the Quinte Economic...

Quinte area officials are turning their eyes south of the border, as companies there are considering their options in a Donald Trump presidential world. Officials of the Quinte Economic Development Co...

Loyalist College is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Belleville's college first opened its doors in 1967 to 162 students. The Pioneer building opened a year later. Over the past 50 years, t...

Parents concerned about potential school closures and consolidations in Centre Hastings will have one more chance to voice their opinions tomorrow. The Hastings and Prince Edward School Board is holdi...

The Quinte West fire department made history this week with the hiring of its first full-time female fire fighter. At Monday's night's council meeting it was announced former volunteer fire fighter Sa...

Quinte West saw a large increase in the number of its employees making over $100,000 in 2016. The number of employees on the "sunshine list" almost doubled from 26 to 42. In a staff report presented t...