Marc Venema 01:53 pm | Fifteen schools in the Quinte area participated in the Bay of Quinte Track and Field meet at Mary-Anne Sills Park, May 16.  Students will return May 24 for COSSA.……

Marc Venema 02:41 pm | By Marc Venema A puff of smoke rolling off the tires of aircraft 617 landing at CFB Trenton last week officially marked the completion of Canada’s newest fleet of aircrafts. The 17th and final CC-130J Hercules touched down Friday afternoon, just under two years after the first arrived. Lieutenant-General André Deschamps, commander of…

Tyson Leonard 03:02 pm | By Gail Paquette The Skyhawks, Canada’s only military parachute demonstration team opened their 2011 season in their hometown of Trenton Ontario, May 9. Fresh from their training camp in Perris Valley, California, they captivated hundreds, including students, the community and local dignitaries at the football field at Trenton High School. “This is a…

Marc Venema 03:22 pm | By Marc Venema The sounds of children laughing and playing at Loyalist College’s Centre for Early Childhood Education will fall deaf this summer when the doors are officially closed. Loyalist College President Maureen Piercy, announced this past week that due to financial concerns, the daycare at the college would be closed for…

Marc Venema 06:17 am | By Gail Paquette They have pedaled their bikes through sunshine and rain, visited a sheep, buffalo and organic wheat farm, toured the Museum of Agriculture in Stirling, drove draft horses and saw a calf being born. It is all part of Eco Quest, a four-credit high school course, attended by 14 students…

rwashburn 02:34 pm | Albert College hosted the 27th girl’s junior varsity lacrosse tournament Friday, May 4.  It is the oldest girls lacrosse tournament in Ontario. Referee and former athletic director at the college, Molly McIntyre said, “Field lacrosse is a game of finesse and stick handling.” Teams came from Peterborough, Whitby and Oshawa…