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Student immunizaton notices going out this week

It's the time of year Quinte area public health officials are thinking about immunization, both because of the school children but also because of some incidents of measles across Canada. Program Mana...

Mary Thomas Jan 08, 2020 Hastings Prince Edward Manager of communicable diseases Bill Sherlock (File photo: Mary Thomas/Quinte News)

Local mayors call for Integrity Commissioner changes

The mayors of Belleville, Quinte West and Prince Edward County had a chance to speak with Ontario's Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs Tuesday on a number of issues, including the Integrity Com...

Mary Thomas Jan 07, 2020 From left: Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark and Belleville Mayor Mitch Panciuk, January 7, 2020 (Photo: Mary Thomas/Quinte News)

Housing project for Thurlow Ward goes to council

Plans for a major housing development in Belleville's Thurlow Ward came under questioning at the Planning Advisory Committee Monday night. GCL Developments, owned by Andy Geertsma, has applied for cha...

Mary Thomas Jan 06, 2020

"Write to the Troops" sets a record

Canadians writing to service personnel over the holiday season have set a record ...sending four times the amount of mail sent in years past. More than 400,000 holiday letters and cards flowed through...

Mary Thomas Jan 06, 2020 Master Corporal Jordan Gibson sorts "Write to the Troops" mail at Canadian Forces Postal Unit in Trenton (Photo: Corporal Lisa Fenton 8 Wing Imaging)

Construction in Belleville tops $140 million in 2019

The value of construction in the city of Belleville during 2019 topped the previous year by nearly $26 million. There was an increase in new residential construction, 221 new homes with a price tag of...

Mary Thomas Jan 06, 2020

LOOK AHEAD: Major developments in Belleville in 2020

As Belleville looks forward to the year 2020, a number of developments catch the eye. Mayor Mitch Panciuk tells Quinte News the upcoming widening of Bell Boulevard is a major development and he expect...

Mary Thomas Jan 05, 2020 Belleville Mayor Mitch Panciuk (File photo: Quinte News)

Belleville celebrates at 2020 New Year's Levee

Belleville took a look at the new year ahead as the city turned out to celebrate its 2020 New Year's Levee Saturday at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre. More than 300 people attended the celebrat...

Mary Thomas Jan 04, 2020 Young Dylan Jarrell, with mom and dad, meets Belleville Mayor Mitch Panciuk at the 2020 New Year's Levee, January 4, 2020 (Photo: Mary Thoma/Quinte News)

LOOK AHEAD: Waiting for word on provincial funding

Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services officials begin 2020 still unsure of how proposed provincial government funding cuts may affect them. Chief of Paramedic Services Doug Socha says they will "continue...

Mary Thomas Jan 04, 2020 (File photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Belleville mayor calls for Lake Ontario management change

The mayor of Quinte West is pleased with the increase in outflows to lower the level of Lake Ontario, but the mayor of Belleville, not so much. Quinte West Mayor Jim Harrison tells Quinte West he lear...

Mary Thomas Jan 02, 2020 Belleville Mayor Mitch Panciuk at city council, March 11, 2019 (Photo: Mary Thomas/Quinte News)

New Year's baby

Belleville's first new resident of 2020 arrived in the city, and the new decade, shortly after midnight, New Year's Day. Alayna Jane Mullett was born at 1:03 a.m. New Year's Day, at Belleville General...

Mary Thomas Jan 02, 2020 Adam Mullett holding New Year's baby Alayna Jane Mullett (Photo: Submitted)