Author Archives: Mary Thomas

More than 1,500 people collected litter for the 16th annual Quinte Bash Community Challenge in Belleville and Quinte West on Saturday. Quinte Waste Solutions spokesman Dan Orr says there was a good tu...

Quinte Waste Solutions is getting ahead of the gardening season to notify residents that black plastic is not recyclable, and is not accepted in the blue box. Quinte Waste Solutions spokesman Dan Orr ...

A Belleville councillor says "the integrity of council was put at risk" over the communication problem with the downtown revitalization phase two. Councillor Egerton Boyce rose in council last night t...

Mayor Taso Christopher, chair of the Police Services board, called it great news. TASO POLICE STN Councillor Egerton Boyce argued for a new build at the Ben Bleecker site at a cost of $25 million. He ...

Belleville homeowners can expect their new property assessment notices in the mail sometime in May. The overall word for Belleville is that the residential single family home assessment is going up by...

The deadline is nearing for public comments on a strategy being developed to address the needs of older adults in the South East LHIN region, including the Quinte area. The findings of the survey will...

A number of residents in Belleville's west end are making a bid for city services to be extended to their area. Just over half the homeowners on the dead end road, Holmes Road on the north side of Dun...

Quinte area businesses and job seekers will have a chance to meet up at the Belleville and Quinte West Career and Training Fair Thursday. The idea of the fair is to help employers, job seekers and emp...

Spring planting is getting underway as Quinte area farmers are taking advantage of the good weather. As the temperatures rise, the farmers in Prince Edward County have started putting fertilizer on th...

Local public health officials are offering Hepatitis A vaccination to anyone who has consumed the "recalled" product "Natures Touch Organic Blend." The Hastings Prince Edward Health Unit made the anno...