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Truck and house burn in Tweed

A man and his dog living in that house escaped without injury. Both the transport and house were completely destroyed by the raging and smoky fire. A home on one side of the burning house suffered som...

John Spitters Aug 6, 2016

Brush Fire in Marmora area

Ministry of Natural Resources water bombers are dropping water onto a fairly large brush fire in the Marmora area this morning. Marmora and Lake firefighters are also involved. The brush fire, which b...

Breach of House Arrest in Belleville

The Belleville Police Service responded to 78 calls for service between 5 August 2016 at 5:00 a.m. and 6 August 2016 at 5:00 am Breach Belleville, Ontario - On the 5th of August 2016 during the mornin...

Waterski World Championships coming to Napanee in 2018

Neil Ellis, Member of Parliament for Bay of Quinte, represented the Government of Canada and delivered remarks at the formal announcement that the city of Greater Napanee will host the 2018 World Bare...

Eruption of grass fires

While both halls of the Centre Hastings fire department were busy dousing hot spots at a barn fire on Phillipston Road, a grass fire broke out to the north in the municipality. At 3:20 this afternoon,...

John Spitters Aug 5, 2016

Deseronto Vehicle Rollover

A single vehicle was reported as having rolled over in Deseronto earlier this afternoon. The accident happened in the area of 188 Mowbray Road. A 69-year-old woman had to be extricated from the vehicl...

Aug 5, 2016 Single car rollover on Hamilton Road (PHOTO: Tim Durkin/Quinte News)

One beach unsafe for swimming this weekend

Only one beach in the Quinte area is considered unsafe for swimming this weekend. The Frankford Park-Trent River is the beach that's currently posted as at-risk by Hastings and Prince Edward Public He...

Traffic delays in Downtown Belleville

Construction issues have delayed the opening of Campbell Street in downtown Belleville to traffic by a couple of weeks. Len Corcoran Excavating, the contractor doing the downtown upgrades had planned ...

UPDATE: Structure Fire in Centre Hastings

A big barn went up in flames Thursday afternoon on the Phillipston Road. 8 sheep and one pony lived in the barn. The pony and 4 sheep escaped safely. The rest of the barn contained riding tack and hay...

Police charge teenager in Consecon

Prince Edward County OPP dealt with an unruly young man last night in Consecon. About 8 p.m. officers were called to a dispute at a residential facility in the hamlet. After an investigation, they dis...