Author Archives: Mary Thomas

A Belleville councillor is calling for restrictions on the number of payday loan businesses in the city. At Monday night's council meeting, Councillor Paul Carr called for a staff report with a recomm...

Supporting the project, Rosemary Judd-Archer told council property titles were clear in indicating a roadway would be built. She said "The time to approve it is now, today." She added she knew the roa...

A project to undertake a count of the homeless in the Quinte area is looking for volunteers to help with that count. The idea is to do an actual count of the number of people in the area living in tem...

It may seem early, but it's spring and that means some people in Quinte West are thinking about getting the charitable community garden underway. Quinte West Gardens has moved to a new location, a thr...

It will be a special day for mothers in the Quinte area this Saturday. It's the annual Mom Event to be held in Trenton. The day is set aside to bring mothers together to learn, visit, shop and support...

The Roundtable presented Community Champion awards to Monica Piercy and Jay Gizuk of North Hastings and Loyalist College and Training Centre for its Elevate Plus program, for assisting people in pover...

Northumberland County is getting ready to launch a second count of the homeless in its community. In late 2016, Northumberland joined the 20,000 Homes Initiative, a Canada-wide movement to permanently...

The Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre in Napanee is preparing to rebuild following a barn fire a few months ago. The Centre is planning to not only rebuild the barn for rescued animals but add a pool for re...

The group working to preserve the lighthouse at Presqu'ile Point is pushing ahead in the midst of a police fraud investigation. The Presqu'ile Point Lighthouse Preservation Society announced in Januar...

  The Poverty Roundtable Hastings and Prince Edward is preparing to release its report on poverty in the two counties. Statistics show 16.3% of Hastings County residents live in poverty, 13.9% in...