Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Military members of 8 Wing CFB Trenton will march in Belleville up to city hall Friday to request Freedom of the City. To mark its 85th anniversary a large contingent of 8 Wing members will march from...

Quinte area patients with certain chronic diseases are now able to join a prgram that will monitor their conditon remotely while they remain at home. Hastings-Quinte emergency services is in the proce...

There's some good news for the Hastings Local Housing Corporation apartment building in Belleville. Hastings County has received $338,303 under the Social Housing Electricity Efficiency Program. The H...

A Belleville councillor has raised concerns about the jump in daycare rates that the Hastings-Quinte social services is paying out for 2016. Wednesday, the joint social services committee approved agr...

The volunteer board of directors at a non-profit housing complex in Bancroft has walked out and the Hastings-Quinte social services department has stepped in to determine what happens next. The North ...

The number of calls to the Red Cross after-hours emergency line jumped 37% in the Quinte area over the winter months. A report to the Hastings-Quinte social services committee shows that, although the...

Belleville residents have an opportunity to plant and grow their own vegetables through the Community Development of Quinte gardens program. Program coordinator Jim Mallabar says the CDC offers a numb...

Hasting County officials travelled to Sarnia this week to observe a Canada-United States cross-border exercise for first responders. CAO Jim Pine says it involved transporting a pretend patient, suppo...

A major expansion is being planned for the marine port capacity in Picton harbour. ABNA Investments spokesman Ben Doornekamp told Hastings County council Thursday that the marine terminal is the cost ...

A run to raise awareness about depression will make its way through the Quinte area later this year. Clay Williams of the Guelph area plans to run a 13-day marathon that will take him through the Quin...