Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Hastings County is taking a major step in marketing itself for economic development by "going alone". The county stretches from Belleville's northern boundary to north of Bancroft and east and west. T...

More than 380 low-income families and individuals across a broad area of eastern Ontario, including the Quinte Region, will receive free dental care thanks to some one-time provincial funding. Over th...

Residents of a large section of a Belleville apartment building, hit by fire in November, have still not been able to return home. Thirty-seven people were rescued from the seniors' social services bu...

Hastings County has signed up a new family doctor under its Family Physician Recruitment program. Thirty-four year-old Payman Charkhzarin will take up his duties in Marmora and Lake as part of the Cen...

Hastings County will take the fight against possible rural school closings to the Rural Ontario Municipal Association. Members of council made it clear Thursday that they need to get "on board" as a c...

Some new steps are being taken to track down the American assets of a former Belleville businessman who owes nearly a million dollars in provincial offences fines to Belleville, Quinte West and Hastin...

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For the first time in its history the Outdoor Sportsman Award has gone to a fishing TV show, and it's produced by a Belleville company. Dave Mercer's Facts of Fishing TV series, now in its 10th season...

Belleville may soon be taking a more active role in enforcing its bylaws. Councillor Paul Carr told council Monday he is concerned about the way the system works in that the bylaw officers only react ...

A Belleville councillor says a lawyer in a law firm, which represents the city, is connected to a company involved in the conflict of interest lawsuit against Belleville's mayor. Councillor Kelly McCa...