Author Archives: Mary Thomas

The twentieth year of Belleville's exchange with its Twin City, Gunpo South Korea, was marked at Belleville city hall Wednesday. Councillor Jackie Denyes, who heads the Belleville's Gunpo committee, w...

The hot dry weather, and a low Canadian dollar are all good news for the tourist industry in the Quinte region. That's the word from manager of Quinte West Chamber of Commerce Suzanne Andrews. Andrews...

The Belleville Downtown DocFest is one of the cultural activities benefiting from the city's $25,000 Community Arts & Culture Fund. The DocFest organizing committee is receiving a $2,500 grant. Th...

The dry weather in the Quinte region has local farmers "praying for rain" according to local officials. Director of Grain Farmers of Ontario District 13, Lloyd Crowe, says some areas haven't had rain ...

The Quinte area ducked a tornado in June but the Peterborough area wasn't so lucky on Canada Day. As we reported earlier, Environment Canada determined that the heavy storm that hit the region in June...

The board of health that serves Northumberland County has approved a contract with its employees who are members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. Tuesday, the Haliburton, Kawartha Pine Ridge...

Belleville is encouraging anyone needing relief from the heat to access public facilities within the city as cooling centres. The Belleville Public Library and the Quinte Sports & Wellness Centre ...

Belleville city council will be asked to approve a revised plan for housing in the Mercedes subdivision in the city's east end which would change 14 detached single houses into a plan for 20 townhouse...

The former Corby's Distillery site in Belleville's Thurlow Ward is expected to open again as a brewery this fall. The plan calls for three of the historic brick buildings to be turned into a craft bre...

Hastings County municipalities are concerned that any new provincial growth management plan could actually restrict their economic growth. The province is considering a growth management plan for East...