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• Carlow/Mayo Township Mayor Randy Wallace dies

  20-07-2026 22:28 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Randy Wallace, the mayor of Carlow/Mayo Township east of Bancroft, has died.Hastings County officials on Monday announced Wallace’s death; no date or cause of death were immediately available.“ It is with deep sadness that Hastings County mourns the passing of Mayor Randy Wallace of the Township of Carlow/Mayo,” a county news release stated.“Mayor Wallace served his community with dedication and care and was a valued member of county council. “Through his service a
  
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• Madoc men fined for operation of illegal aggregate pit

  20-07-2026 18:52 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Two Madoc men who pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed aggregate pit in the area have been fined a total of $30,000.The case was heard April 27 in Belleville’s Ontario Court of Justice, however, Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources did not release details of the case or its outcome until July 17.It dates back to August 2022, when ministry staff inspected a property owned by William Willemsen.“During the inspection, it was determined there was a pit on the property and
  
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• Belleville General Hospital turns 140, recognizes donors

  20-07-2026 18:35 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Tuesday marked Belleville General Hospital’s 140 th birthday, and to celebrate, staff paid tribute to some of the people who have supported local health care throughout those years.Back in 1879, there was no hospital between Toronto and Kingston.Harriet Lyon Jacques saw a need for local care and formed the Women’s Christian Association, or WCA. Jacques was a city resident whose husband was then the headmaster of the city’s Albert College.Backed by the councils of Belleville an
  
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• Work continues to repair two cyber attacks in Quinte over two days

  20-07-2026 15:31 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Two public institutions in Quinte continue to work toward restoring their information systems following cyber attacks within one day of another.While there’s no indication the two breaches are linked, Loyalist College says it is making “significant progress in restoring college systems and services following the cyber attack identified on July 9.”The Municipality of Brighton, meanwhile, has also “engaged a leading cybersecurity firm, to investigate the scope of the incid
  
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