Author Archives: Mary Thomas

UPDATED: 2 p.m.: The Home for Good affordable housing project's coming to Belleville. At the Community and Human Services Hastings-Quinte Committee meeting Wednesday, officials announced a Sidney Stre...

Belleville transit riders will soon be using electronic fares on city buses.. Monday night city council decided to buy 17 new state of the art Canadian Odyssey fare boxes at a cost of $485,000. Counci...

Belleville could see a second Norris Whitney Bridge over the Bay of Quinte in the near future. Ministry of Transportation project consultant Neil Ahmed told city council Monday night, plans are in the...

Belleville is losing money on the Park and Ride bus service from the Quinte Mall for Belleville Senators games, but will give it another try. It wasn't a unanimous decision at city council Monday nigh...

Belleville is telling the province it does not want to host a cannabis retail store in the first round of cannabis retail stores. The city has been identified as the location for at least one initial ...

A bid to build some residential units on Tank Farm Road in Belleville's Thurlow Ward will not go ahead. Belleville's Planning Committee has denied the request by G.C.L. Developments to change the zoni...

A major project in Belleville's north end is set to go to tender early in the new year. The project includes road reconstruction, water and sewer services and sidewalks in the Mineral, Maitland and Fa...

Hospice Quinte launches its twenty-third annual Memorial Trees fundraiser at the Quinte Mall this weekend. Memorial Trees has raised nearly $60,000 over the years to provide palliative care and bereav...

There has been a pertussis outbreak in two schools in Hastings County recently. Medical resident Dr. Peter Oglaza told the Board of Health Wednesday there was one case of pertussis at each of the scho...