Author Archives: Mary Thomas

This is Safe Kids Week and Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health has some advice for parents to help keep their children safe. Statistics indicate the number of preventable injuries and deaths amon...

Prince Edward County received an update on the H.J. McFarland facility at its committee of the whole meeting Thursday. The report indicated that a number of the issues that have been troubling the fac...

Hastings County is undertaking a review of its economic development department. This stems from the issues raised earlier this year after some councillors expressed concerns about whether or not their...

Hastings County council has approved an action plan to deal with the situation at a non-profit social housing complex in Bancroft, hit by a board of directors walkout and a fire. The action plan outli...

Fire officials continue to investigate the cause of the recent fire that damaged five units at the 57-unit non-profit social housing complex in Bancroft. Fire chief Pat Hoover says the Fire Marshall's...

Ellis says the additional summer staff for Frankford library is an example of how this funding should work. The new summer funding will create 140 jobs in Belleville, 65 jobs in Quinte West and 98 job...

Planning for the homeless Belleville council has approved "in principle" a proposal to create a 15-bed homeless centre in the city. Spokesperson for Grace Inn Homeless Shelter, Kelly Oribine, told cou...

Belleville Mayor Taso Christopher has questioned how the city's grant committee is handling the grant recommendations to city council. Tuesday night Mayor Christopher said the grants were coming befor...

A bid to move plans another step forward for a new police station, without going through the tendering process, hit the wall at Belleville city council Tuesday night. City council had before it a staf...

Canadian Olympic champions will be on hand as the Community Connections Expo gets underway this weekend in Cobourg. Commander of Northumberland OPP detachment and Expo co-chair, Lisa Darling, says the...