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Road and bridge improvements for 2024 in Northumberland County

Northumberland County says it is getting set for another year of essential road renewal and bridge rehabilitation projects. In a release, the county says it is investing nearly $8.3 million in road re...

Zach McGibbon Jun 26, 2024

Quinte West cooling centre open Wednesday

The City of Quinte West says the cooling centre at Duncan McDonald Memorial Arena is open today until 5 p.m., in response to the heat in the area. A cooling centre at the Duncan McDonald Memorial Aren...

Zach McGibbon Jun 26, 2024

Guardian Angels Announced for 2025

Golda and Tom Lafferty are the 2025 Guardian Angels. Wednesday at the Local Social House on Coleman Street in Belleville, officials with The Children's Foundation announced the award recipients. The L...

Tim Durkin Jun 26, 2024 Tom and Golda Lafferty. (Photo: submitted)

Planned outage set for Canada Day; four areas affected

Hydro One has announced a planned outage set for Canada Day. Crews will be replacing a hydro line that day. Affected areas include Thurlow, Corbyville, Belleville and Tyendinaga. The outage is set to ...

Zach McGibbon Jun 26, 2024

Cell phone theft

A 36-year-old Belleville man has been charged in connection with two thefts. Belleville police were called to the bus terminal on Pinnacle Street during the noon hour on Tuesday regarding a theft wher...

Alana Cameron Jun 26, 2024

Man charged with assaulting child

A man is facing charges in connection with the assault of a child. On Tuesday, Belleville police and the Highland Shores Children's Aid Society began an investigation into the assault of an eight-year...

Alana Cameron Jun 26, 2024

Prince Edward SxS and ATV riders Back the Build

The Prince Edward Side-by-Side (SxS) and All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) riders recently donated $3,600 to the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation. On June 1, 2024, 90 people on 80 machines to...

Alana Cameron Jun 26, 2024 Pictured on the site of the new hospital at PECMH from left: Brad Thompson with the Prince Edward SxS/ATV Riders; TK Roach, co-owner of Canadian Tire Picton; Rick Insley with the Prince Edward SxS/ATV Riders; Shannon Coull, executive director of the PECMH Foundation; Addilyn, Shannon Collins with the ROC Youth Services, Olivia, Mayor Steve Ferguson and Briar Boyce, senior development officer with PECMHF. (Photo: Tanya Moore)

Mobile Dental Clinic seeks county location

Gift from the Heart, a mobile dental clinic that assists people who need dental care, is looking for a place to host an upcoming clinic event in Prince Edward County. During Tuesday's Prince Edward Co...

Alan-Michael Steele Jun 26, 2024 New Mobile Outreach Dental Clinic from Gift from the Heart unveiled at Loyalist College. November 29, 2023. (Photo: Zach McGibbon/Quinte News)

City purchases anti-vehicle barrier system

As expected, Belleville Council is following a staff recommendation on a purchase for road closure safety. On Monday evening, council approved the purchase of an Anti-Vehicle Barrier System. The price...

Tim Durkin Jun 26, 2024 Downtown @ Dusk. (Photo: Belleville BIA)

Belleville Council looking for funding from Ford

The City of Belleville has written Premier Doug Ford in a plea for housing revenue. Mayor Neil Ellis begins the letter by thanking the province for assistance in March, when it awarded the municipalit...

Tim Durkin Jun 26, 2024 Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis pose with a large cheque from the Building Faster Fund. Mayor Ellis later said that the cheque "wouldn't fit in the ATM."