Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Eastern Ontario's largest Plowing Match and Farm Show gets underway next week with a long list of events. About 200 exhibitors of agricultural technology are expected at the show, which this year is b...

Prince Edward County is looking to the province for some assistance in connection with the damage caused by the rising waters of Lake Ontario this year. Mayor Steve Ferguson tells Quinte News this is ...

Quinte West has its eye on getting the province to allow it to have more urban-designated land for development. Mayor Jim Harrison tells Quinte News this is a priority when the Quinte West delegation ...

A new system, in the program to help the homeless in Belleville, will get underway next year. Hastings County has received federal funding to administer a homeless strategy on behalf of the city, over...

There's good news and bad news in the number of Hastings-Quinte ambulance calls so far in 2019. A report to the Emergency Services Committee on Wednesday indicates work has continued this year to decr...

It's a bigger and spicier Spicy Food Contest planned for downtown Belleville this summer. The fourth annual Spicy Food Contest, sponsored by the Belleville Downtown Improvement Area, will feature food...

More doctors coming Belleville's in line for three new doctors under its Physician Recruitment Program, and all three have ties to the local area. This week, city council approved three new family phy...

It's now official - the city of Belleville will accept proposals for development of Memorial Arena unrelated to ice operations. Council decided to take this step Monday night after learning no proposa...

The future of Belleville's Pop-Ups on the Bay project has taken a turn. At Monday night's meeting, city council voted down a proposal to spend $20,000 to hire a consultant to do a development plan whi...

A marathon long meeting, a clash between mayor and a councillor, that was Belleville city council Monday night. At issue was a motion and an amendment regarding affordable rental secondary suites put ...