Author Archives: Mary Thomas

The Quinte Economic Development Commission is working on a long list of leads to bring companies to the region. Executive Director Chris King reported to the Commission on Tuesday that staff is follow...

Quinte area companies are coming out in full force to offer jobs to workers displaced by the coming closure of Sears store and warehouse in Belleville. The city of Belleville is hosting a job fair Wed...

Belleville has already started the wheels turning on the 2018 municipal election and the city is dealing with a number of changes. City clerk Matt MacDonald says it takes a year to get ready and the c...

Ontario college students, including some at Loyalist college, who are blocked out of classes by a five-week old instructors' strike, are heading to court. This week a class-action lawsuit was filed on...

Hastings County took its 40-unit housing project to Belleville city council Tuesday night. As Quinte News reported earlier this fall, the $6.4 million project will provide housing for those in need of...

It's now official, Rogers Hometown Hockey is coming to Belleville and the city is putting up some money to help it happen. Rogers Hometown Hockey tour is an NHL season hockey festival visiting cities ...

Belleville has set a process in place to take a serious long-range look at its parking issues in the downtown, including the possibility of a parking facility. The downtown parking committee presented...

A one-day traffic enforcement blitz in the Quinte area showed that speeding is still a problem. As part of the Quinte Region Traffic Coalition blitz, police laid 109 speeding charges to drivers, durin...

Preparations for Belleville's new police station are moving ahead. The new $20 million station will be built at the corner of College and Sidney streets. The drawings for the station are 95% complete....

REMEMBRANCE DAY - Saturday, November 11, 2017 Following is a list of ceremonies throughout the Quinte region. Most locations are holding receptions following the ceremony. Belleville -11 a.m. at the c...