• United Way: strong support, but year's campaign to miss "stretch" goal

    Nathan and Blake Reid regret nothing. The Belleville brothers spent Friday morning in jail but hadn’t mended their ways: they remained unrepentant sponsors of United Way Hastings and Prince Edward. They were among the volunteers who spent time in a rectangular pen in the middle of the Bay View Mall concourse in Belleville. The “Booked and Bailed” event was one of 14 fundraisers held during the first United Way Day of Impact, a single-day fundraising blitz with a goal of raising
  • PHOTOS: United Way gets strong support, but campaign will miss "stretch" goal

    Nathan and Blake Reid regret nothing. The Belleville brothers spent Friday morning in jail but hadn’t mended their ways: they remained unrepentant sponsors of United Way Hastings and Prince Edward. They were among the volunteers who spent time in a rectangular pen in the middle of the Bay View Mall concourse in Belleville. The “Booked and Bailed” event was one of 14 fundraisers held during the first United Way Day of Impact, a single-day fundraising blitz with a goal of raisin
  • Children’s Safety Village receives generous support from Quinte Home Builders’ 2025 Golf Classic

    The Children’s Safety Village of Belleville has been selected as a recipient of proceeds from the 2025 QHBA’s Builders Golf Classic.
    This generous contribution will directly support the delivery of hands-on, interactive safety education programs for children and youth across Hastings and Prince Edward Counties. Funds raised through the tournament will help ensure that vital programming—such as fire safety, internet safety, bike safety, and emergency preparedness—rem
  • Picton to the World concert celebrating music of Gena Branscombe

    From Picton to the World, a concert celebrating the music of Picton-born composer and conductor Gena Branscombe (1881-1977) will be performed on the afternoon of August 15, at Picton United Church. A child protege, Branscombe was writing little tunes at the age of five and, at six, playing accompaniment for her brother who sometimes sang at public functions (Quinte Women of Distinction, Canadian Federation of University Women, Belleville and District, 2002). An excellent student, Branscombe grad
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  • Madoc crash: Injured paramedics' coworkers heartened as community rallies

    Moments after two Hastings-Quinte paramedics’ ambulance collided with a transport truck in Madoc, seriously-injured Zoraiz Rehman kept doing his job: caring for others. It happened Feb. 2 north of Belleville at the intersection of Highways 7 and 62. Rehman managed to get out of the ambulance. He tended first to his unconscious and fellow paramedic, Mya Nichols, who had critical injuries. He then checked on the safety of the transport truck’s two occupants. The ambulance was not carry

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