Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Residents of Hastings County may be taking their banking to the post office in the future. Over the past few years county council has become increasingly concerned about the closure of bank branches i...

Hastings County's review of its Economic Development program comes on the heels of concerns expressed by member municipalities about the effectiveness of its work. Faraday Township Reeve Carl Tinney t...

Hastings County has set its 2016 budget showing a tax increase of just under 3%. Hastings County set an operating budget of $133.4 million. For the taxpayer it represents a 2.7% tax hike, which transl...

Belleville city council has decided to revert to its former earlier "start time" despite a bid by Councillor Paul Carr to keep it at 5 p.m. Carr had argued that it was important for deputations by the...

The Poverty Roundtable of Hastings and Prince Edward counties and the Community Development Council of Quinte have joined together to launch a new program to fight poverty. It's about developing an ov...

Belleville city council can expect a staff report on the proposed new police station at a meeting in April. Tonight CEO Rick Kester told councillors the work for a concept design and other issues is "...

Belleville has decided to go ahead with Phase Two of the downtown revitalization even though it goes over budget. After paying for phase 1 and parts of phase 2, there is just under 7 million dollars l...

The South East LHIN is supporting continued funding for assisted living services for high risk seniors in Hastings County and the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville in particular. The LHIN board h...

Another Ontario Municipal Board hearing is scheduled in the four-year long issue of the proposed motocross track in Tweed. Paul and Paula Cassidy's plan to build a motocross track on their property on...

[metaslider id=111997] Habitat for Humanity Prince Edward Hastings is working toward expanding its house building capabilities in the Quinte area. Officials of Habitat for Humanity say they will turn ...