Author Archives: Mary Thomas

A mediation session for the many opposing sides in the former gasification plant coal tar contamination cleanup issue, at Belleville's harbourfront, gets underway next week but there's another side to...

Glanmore National Historic Site in Belleville re-opens Tuesday just in time for March break activities. The museum has been closed for several weeks to install a new carpet manufactured in Britain, a ...

The Ontario Provincial Police have launched the annual Distracted Driving Campaign which is province-wide and will continue through until Sunday. Motorists can expect to see an increase in enforcement...

The Hastings-Quinte Emergency Services committee is rejecting a bid by Lennox and Addington to have it financially support the ambulance base at Denbigh in the north year-round. The Lennox and Addingt...

Hastings-Quinte Joint Emergency Measures Service committee has set a 2016 budget with a 4.8% increase for the municipalities. At its budget meeting today, the committee heard a report that the ambulan...

There is some good news for local municipalities receiving social services through the Hastings-Quinte system. The Hastings-Quinte Joint Social Services committee has set a 2016 budget that shows a de...

[metaslider id=110554] The fate of the Bethany Community Centre in Belleville's Thurlow ward is now on hold. This former school house building, more than 150 years old, has fallen on really hard times...

Hastings County has completed its source water protection plan and submitted it to the Ministry of Environment. Quinte Conservation and Lower Trent Conservation both helped with the preparation of the...

Belleville city council made cuts and came up with a 2016 preliminary operating budget that's good news for city ratepayers. It shows a tax rate increase well under 1% or no increase at all. City coun...

Belleville city council took a sharp look at its transit system during budget deliberations today but stopped short of increasing the fares. Council rejected a staff proposal to increase the bus fares...