Author Archives: Mary Thomas

About 60 people attended a meeting in Bancroft Tuesday on the issue of Ontario Hydro power cut-offs. The outdoor meeting in a park was prompted by the story of 74-year-old Peggy Mills of the Bancroft ...

There has been a 30% drop in the number of children in care in the Quinte region in the past seven years. In 2009 there were more than 500 children in care in Belleville, Quinte West and Hastings Coun...

Concerns have been raised about a developer's plan to include houses without garages in a subdivision in Belleville's west end. The city's planning committee had before it Phase 6 of the Potter's Cree...

Ontario's Minister of Health Dr. Eric Hoskins and Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams are reminding Ontarians to protect themselves from tick bites this summer. They issued th...

With the extra dry summer, Quinte West is implementing a voluntary water conservation practice. Mayor Jim Harrison says with the rainfall falling well below normal for the past three months "we are st...

Work is moving ahead to reconstruct social housing units in the North Hastings Non-Profit Housing Corporation in Bancroft, that were destroyed in a fire in the spring. The five units were part of a 57...

The low Canadian dollar is good news, and some bad news, for development in the Bay of Quinte area. The Canadian dollar has been wavering in the area of 77 cents to the United States dollar for a numb...

The good news is the number of people on social assistance in Hastings-Quinte dropped last month, some of them getting jobs. Statistics for June show that 3,142 people were collecting benefits, a 1.5%...

As we enjoy these sunny summer days, we're being asked to give a thought, and some blood, for those not so lucky. Canadian Blood Services officials say this is the most challenging time of year to col...

Fire chiefs within the local mutual aid area are reaching out to the Loyalist Fire department that lost a firefighter in an apartment building fire on the weekend. Loyalist Firefighter and a decorated...