Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Thousands of Monarch butterflies and birds make a rest stop every year at Presqu'ile Point before flying south across Lake Ontario and this weekend the public is invited to watch the migration.. The p...

The Municipality of Tweed has lost this recent round in its bid to get senior government funding for a third sewage lagoon. Tweed has been trying to build a $3 million third lagoon to allow for more d...

Schools in Quinte West and Northumberland County have benefited from extensive repair work over the summer. This includes new windows, roofs, heating and cooling systems. Northumberland-Quinte West MP...

The executive director of the United Way of Quinte will be leaving the organization next spring. The Board of Directors announced Wednesday that Executive Director Judi Gilbert, who has held the posit...

The date has now been set for beginning renovations on Belleville's city hall front entrance. The plans for the new entrance include modifications to the elevator and expanded foyer footage which will...

With fall just around the corner, the health unit that serves Northumberland County is encouraging local smokers to turn over a new leaf and quit smoking tobacco. The Haliburton, Kawartha Pine Ridge h...

Belleville Chamber of Commerce executive director Bill Saunders says any time a business owner can sit down directly with an elected official and express concerns it has a better chance of affecting c...

Construction begins Monday on a major multi-road upgrade in Belleville's North East Industrial Park. Businesses within the park had raised concerns about the condition of the roadways which could impa...

Hastings County has some concerns about a proposed provincial growth plan for Eastern Ontario. Warden Rick Phillips told county council that rural areas need a strategy to promote economic development...

She noted Eastern Ontario communities have experienced power interruptions, brownouts and wide-scale power outages.