Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Plans are moving ahead for the creation of a health hub at the Trenton Memorial Hospital site. Executive director of the Local Health Integration Network Paul Huras says the site is agreed upon and th...

A Trenton man, a double amputee and founder of Wheelchair of Hope Foundation, will be honoured at the Canada Walk of Fame celebrations. John Cairns will receive this year's Peter Soumalias Unsung Hero...

One section of the negotiations, to move Belleville's Agricultural Society and Quinte Exhibition from the fairgrounds to a more feasible site, could wrap up this fall. It was 1954 when the city and th...

This Saturday Belleville residents have an opportunity to see the city's heritage first hand as the city holds its "Doors Open" event. Once again Belleville is taking part in the provincial program Do...

Good news for Belleville's downtown businesses, and for motorists. The Front Street construction site is re-opening to motorists Thursday morning. City officials have announced that construction is ne...

The story of a miraculous medical rescue that spanned half our country played out in the Hastings-Quinte emergency services recently. Chief of Hastings-Quinte paramedic services Doug Socha says it all...

Ontario's chambers of commerce, including the Belleville Chamber, are waiting for more details on the Liberal government's changes to the hydro charges. Executive Director of the Belleville Chamber, B...

Belleville is in the midst of a building boom. Statistics for the first eight months of 2016, January to the end of August, show a construction value of $79.6 million, more than $8 million ahead of la...

Belleville's fire headquarters Station Number One is now home to a special exhibit on the history of the city's fire service. Last night Curator of Glanmore National Historic Site, Rona Rustige, and C...

The QUINTE CRAFT:OCKTOBERFEST scheduled for Empire Square on October first has been joined by two other groups to present a day-long event in Belleville's downtown. Kathryn Brown of the Belleville Dow...