Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Hastings County has named an honourary warden, for the second time. Warden Rick Phillips presented George Offshack with the honour, during county council's meeting in Belleville on Thursday. Warden Ph...

Quinte Search and Rescue may soon get some financial support from Hastings County. On Thursday, Quinte search and Rescue presented Hastings County Council with a summary of its rescue work on the wate...

Belleville is extending the deadline for its 2016 community Arts and Culture Fund grant. This is the second year the city is offering a total of $25,000 to help fund arts projects. Councillor Mitch Pa...

When it comes to "spicy" you can bet on Mexican food, and that proved true at Belleville's first-ever "Best Spicy Food" competition Tuesday. Three restaurants were competing, Royal Haveli Flavours of ...

Belleville has a new family doctor coming to town through its scholarship program. City council has approved an agreement with Dr. Andrew Robertson to provide medical services. Dr. Robertson is the 22...

A Belleville couple has written a new version of the old Canadian national song "A Maple Leaf Forever" and hope it will form part of Canada's 150th anniversary in 2017. Ted Ryczko says it was almost l...

A recent change to a city bylaw prohibiting a second kitchen in single housing has left a Belleville developer "shocked" and "infuriated." Developer Mark Klemencic told city council Monday he had plan...

The plan to have the $10 million Build Belleville improvement to a couple of Thurlow ward roads this year has run into some delays. Last year the city completed the overall planning for Mineral Road a...

Veridian, Belleville's electricity distributor, held its annual shareholders meeting Monday. Officials say it was all good news for the city, one of those shareholders. At the meeting in Ajax, Veridia...

A special investigative team from Environment Canada is on the scene of damage caused by Sunday's fierce storm in our area in an effort to determine whether or not it was a tornado. Severe weather met...