Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health has a new leadership plan, putting an Acting Medical Officer of Health in place for more than a year, and hiring a new Medical Officer of Health The acting Medical...

The Hastings Prince Edward Public health unit will be hosting information sessions in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties to provide parents and caregivers with information that will help keep young p...

Housing speculators are buying up as many as 10 houses at a time in the Belleville-Trenton area, affecting local prices in a good and not-so-good way. The spike in the housing market, with high-priced...

Residents of Belleville's West Park Village area may have lost their fight against apartment buildings planned for Sidney Street near College Street. A second apartment building, of a total of four pl...

The month of May offers the opportunity for community partners and Prince Edward County residents to provide feedback on the two potential site options for the new Quinte Health Care Prince Edward Cou...

The rising water levels along the Bay of Quinte and Lake Ontario are causing some concern. Quinte Conservation has issued a Flood Outlook Statement for residents along the shorelines, giving early not...

Rinaldi excited to present balanced budget The local Liberal MPP says the provincial budget will have a positive effect on most Ontarians, in one way or another. Lou Rinaldi gave his reaction to Quint...

TORONTO - Ontario's finance minister delivered the province's fiscal plan Thursday, the government's first balanced budget in a decade. Here are the highlights; PHARMACARE FOR YOUTH More than 4,400 pr...

Hastings County will be part of a delegation to Ottawa on Monday, discussing federal funding and another major issue. The Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus is seeking more money to upgrade roads and brid...

Belleville, Quinte West and Hastings County are faced with millions of dollars in unpaid provincial offences fines, but there's help coming next week. The unpaid bill sits at $2.68 million and, even w...