Author Archives: Mary Thomas

The Norris Whitney Bridge, linking Belleville and Prince Edward County, will undergo rehabilitation work this year, but motorists will still be able to make it across the Bay of Quinte. Construction o...

While the Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services is involved in a research program using drones, their use is being tested overseas in cases where people have had cardiac arrests. Locally, the paramedic s...

The Hastings-Quinte Employment Connection program continues to fill jobs with people who are on social assistance. This is a program that helps people on Ontario Works find employment. Their assistanc...

Hundreds of children in Hastings-Quinte social housing will have the opportunity to participate in summer day camps again this year. The Community and Human Services committee is recommending that a t...

Belleville's lawyer Harry Dahme told the Tribunal hearing Thursday the report will be provided to the Ministry of Environment and all parties in July. There are two work plans - one for the east and w...

Belleville will play host next week to a large delegation from its sister city of Lahr, Germany. This is the 45th twinning anniversary for the two cities. The delegation, led by Oberburgermeister Dr. ...

The Canadian Red Cross is dropping out of the program to provide the after-hours homeless service for Hastings County, Belleville and Quinte West. In the past year, the Red Cross helped 164 males, 119...

Plans are underway to build more affordable housing units in the City of Belleville. Hastings County Community Services committee is recommending approval of two separate buildings for a total of 26 u...

Flooded and muddy fields, continuing rainy days, mean a disastrous planting season for Quinte area farmers. Whether it's planting new crops or fertilizing the winter wheat, farmers are having a tough ...