Author Archives: Mary Thomas

The planning committee simply received both presentations. Proposed subdivsion changes Belleville city council will be asked to allow some changes to a plan of subdivision on Sidney Street. Last night...

Development is booming in the city of Belleville in 2016. Belleville's planning committee learned Monday night that by the end of May development in the city had hit just under $50 million and and was...

Quinte area public health officials are calling on the province to make it mandatory that backyard swimming pools are surrounded by four-sided fences. A recent health unit survey of community resident...

Landowners planning to do any development or work on their property may want to check out an upcoming information night being held by Quinte Conservation. Quinte Conservation spokesperson Jennifer May...

The new "Pop-up Market" in Belleville's downtown is now open for business. The pop-up mall in the former Old Brick building at 360 Pinnacle Street is aimed at helping out the downtown business owners ...

The recent outbreak of pertussis in North Hastings seems to have run its course. Hastings Prince Edward public health manager of health protection Bill Sherlock told the board of health there had been...

The Quinte area Medical Officer of Health has thrown his support behind the proposal to require plain, standardized packing of cigarettes. Dr Richard Schabas told the Hastings Prince Edward Board of H...

Public health officials in Northumberland County are warning residents to be on the look out for blacklegged ticks that can spread Lyme disease. Officials say the incidence of Lyme disease is a growin...

Belleville's newest bike lane officially opens Wednesday but already there have been some concerns about motorists using it for parking their vehicles. The new lane for cycling runs along Yeomans Stre...

Hastings County is undertaking a survey to determine the extent of the spread of a particular noxious weed in the area. The province has declared wild parsnip a noxious weed and Hastings County munici...