Author Archives: Mary Thomas

College students from across Ontario will stage a protest rally at Queen's Park in Toronto this week, as the strike by their teachers continues, but the Loyalist Student Government won't be there. In ...

The first step in a major rehabilitation of one of Belleville's downtown bridges is underway. Two inspections over the last three years have shown major concerns about the condition of the Sagonaska B...

Hastings County has launched its latest three-year strategic planning with an eye on housing. CAO Jim Pine says the idea is to plan for three years in the future. He says there are housing pressures, ...

It will be another few months before the application regarding a controversial county council ruling, by a Prince Edward County citizens' group, will be heard in court. The group, Save Picton Bay, wan...

Some major decisions may be coming up soon regarding the case of a former Belleville businessman regarding the near million dollars he owes Hastings County. Earlier this year a lawyer for Hastings Cou...

The push is still on to get the next generation telecommunications technology, broadband service, to this area and all of Eastern Ontario. Hastings County CAO Jim Pine, who helped direct the Eastern O...

  Black legged ticks are prevalent in Prince Edward County but there are now reports of many of the creatures in the Tweed area as well. Hastings Prince Edward health unit environmental officer A...

A delegation from Ontario, including a representative from the Quinte area, travelled to Germany recently on a mission to attract food companies to the area. Quinte Economic Development Commission Exe...

Belleville's in a position of having jobs available but not the "human capital." A recent job fair in Belleville shone the light on a real issue in the area, according to Belleville's Mayor Taso Chris...

Expanding transit Belleville council will expand its public transit service to accommodate people working afternoon and night shifts. Monday night, council decided to extend the bus service to 12.30 a...