Author Archives: Mary Thomas

The Chair of the Hastings Prince Edward Board of Health says the board's goal is to "reach a contract agreement with its nurses" who are in a legal strike position later this month. Members of the Ont...

Plans are underway to make some changes in zoning and temporary use at the Holgate Tire and Battery property in Belleville's Thurlow Ward. The issue involves concerns about tire storage, as well as tw...

A new townhouse development proposal is on its way to Belleville city council. The development site is at 240 Yeomans Street, not far from the site of the city's new police station. The proposal from ...

A man wanted in connection with a shooting at a busy Toronto mall has been arrested near Trenton. CTV news reports that Toronto police say they arrested 20-year-old Zion Sankar-Beharry, without incide...

Quinte Waste Solutions is holding an event in Madoc this weekend with two opportunities involving recycling. All residents will have a chance to exchange their broken blue box for a new one, for free....

A new X-ray centre is getting ready for a launch in the Tri Area Medical Centre in Madoc. Centre Hastings Mayor Tom Deline says the municipalities in the area, which include Madoc Township and Tudor a...

Hastings County's representative on the Association of Municipalities of Ontario says the new Ontario Progressive Conservative government is listening to municipal concerns. Jo-Anne Albert, Mayor of T...

With the municipal election getting closer by the day, there are first reports of election signs being torn down. There have been a number of instances in Tweed of damage to election signs, and other ...

Warden Rick Phillips told council, "It's a new path and residents and families are pleased."  

Two equipment break-downs hit Hastings Manor Long Term Care facility in Belleville this week, one concerning the heat wave, the other affecting the upcoming winter season. The air-conditioning unit br...