Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Belleville has decided to increase the amount of casino money it designates for social infrastructure. Monday night, council increased the amount from 5% to 10% of the city's casino money. Treasurer B...

Belleville is creating "pop-up" spaces along the waterfront, allowing entrepreneurs to open up businesses for the summer. Monday night, city council voted to support the idea of opening up the waterfr...

Belleville says "Yes" to retail cannabis stores in the city. The recent public survey on the city website had shown 75% of the 2,263 who responded supported the idea of a retail store. Monday night, c...

Eastern Ontario municipalities are hoping a new federal ministry, announced Monday, will mean federal money for the proposed multi-million dollar high-speed internet project. The Eastern Ontario Regio...

Social services for the year 2018 cost Hastings County, Belleville, and Quinte West $16.7 million. The total operating budget, including provincial funding, was $78.8 million. Director of Community an...

As the Hastings-Quinte Emergency Services begins 2019, it still has its eye on reducing non-urgent ambulance calls. Chief of Emergency Services Doug Socha outlined the work of the department to the ne...

Habitat for Humanity is poised to build new homes in Quinte West and is seeking more financial support from Hastings County. Prince Edward Hastings Habitat for Humanity executive director Bob Clute ap...

Across Ontario, influenza has been hitting young children, but the picture is a little different in the Quinte area. Almost half the cases in Ontario are the H1N1 strain which affects children, accord...

The organization that is working to keep the Bay of Quinte clean is getting ready to take another "environmental challenge" to the public for consultation. The Bay of Quinte Remedial Acton Plan had a ...

There's been a holdup in plans to rebuild the Catherine Street pedestrian bridge in Belleville. The pedestrian bridge in downtown Belleville was closed because of safety concerns. The existing structu...