Author Archives: Mary Thomas

A bid to allow conversion of three apartment buildings in Belleville to condominiums, without a full review, has not won support from the city's Planning Committee. A resident of one of the buildings,...

Belleville is moving another step forward on plans to govern second units in housings. Monday night, the city's Planning Committee decided to recommend council approve a by-law amendment to introduce ...

Belleville's Planning Committee is recommending support for a new kind of housing subdivision being proposed for the city. Area residents opposing the plan packed city council chambers Monday night. P...

The Remembrance Day Service at Belleville's Cenotaph will go ahead this year, but with a difference. The service at the cenotaph is set for 11 a.m. on Sunday November 11, but this year there will not ...

The Quinte West Professional Firefighters Association, Local 1328, has launched its 27th annual "Coats For Kids Program. " Since last winter, Quinte West Firefighters have been preparing for another b...

Hastings County is throwing its weight behind a bid to develop a Regional Newcomer Immigration Strategy. At its recent meeting, County Council decided to have Warden Rodney Cooney write a letter in su...

A provincially funded skills-training program partnered through Loyalist college is getting ready to run its last two programs. The College's Business Development Manager Chuck O'Malley told the Quint...

The accommodation rental rate in Belleville has had a tight vacancy rate for the past few years but that could soon change. Director of Engineering and Planning Rod Bovay tells Quinte News it has a do...

The low workforce in the Quinte area continues to be an issue, but as the Quinte Economic Development Commission learned Tuesday it's an issue around the world. Executive Director Chris King told the ...

Hastings County's Long Term care Homes are changing to operate in a more social way but are not adopting the "Butterfly model" used in England. That model involves smaller housing units. Hastings Mano...