Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Quinte area students who might want to start up a business as a summer job this year could get some extra help with that. The Small Business Centre, located in Belleville has a program that will award...

The president of Loyalist College has outlined its future growth plans for engaging in applied technology to members of the Quinte Economic Development Commission. President Ann Marie Vaughan is calli...

Belleville's Downtown Business Improvement Area has made good on its pledge to help light up the downtown. On Monday night, Chair Dwane Barratt and executive Director Marilyn Lawrie were at city counc...

Council and the Belleville Chamber of Commerce made a presentation to Shorelines Casino of a hand carved wood bowl made by Belleville wood carver Pete Sporring, a member of Quinte Carvers. Sporring sp...

The issue of immunization for students has been in the news recently, but now there's a warning for travellers as well, from the health unit that serves Northumberland County. The Haliburton, Kawartha...

The director of the Hastings Prince Edward Poverty Roundtable, Christine Durant, says the quorum has made some changes in connection with fighting poverty. Durant made the comment to Quinte News durin...

The Prince Edward County Community Foundation has been instrumental in processing $500,000 worth of grants money into the community over the past eight years. This update was presented to the Poverty ...

A Belleville real estate official says the housing market in Belleville and Trenton has "gone into a frenzy." Manager of Royal LePage ProAlliance Realty, Jeff Nelles, was commenting on the latest hous...

As Quinte News reported last week, Belleville will soon have its own tourist attraction BELLEVILLE sign, similar to the TORONTO sign in Nathan Phillips Square. Shown above is a design example consider...

It's the time of year when Belleville and Hastings County residents can pull on their gardening shoes and start digging. The Community Development Council of Quinte has seven community garden location...