Author Archives: Mary Thomas

The Belleville police Services board set its 2016 budget at a special meeting last night.. The board went through the budget line byline, finally approving a $16.4 million budget, a 2.63% increase ove...

Residents of the the Quinte area will have a chance to learn more about what to do when finding an injured or sick animal. Quinte Conservation is holding an animal rescue forum for the general public....

The public health board that serves Northumberland County is undertaking a campaign to help local businesses understand the new provincial regulations regarding the sale of electronic cigarettes. The ...

[metaslider id=106385] It's now official - a casino will be built in Belleville, with construction starting in the next couple of months. You can almost bet on it - there'll be gambling at the casino ...

A major construction project to make Belleville's city hall more accessible will get underway this year. After looking at a number of options to replace the present lift at the city hall entrance, las...

Bellelville Councillor Egerton Boyce, who took to his bicycle exclusively for a month last summer to comment on cycling in the city, is at it again. This time he's riding the buses to get an real idea...

Bay of Quinte federal MP Neil Ellis is getting ready for his first committee assignments in this sitting of Canada's new parliament. As the new sitting of the House of Commons gets underway this week,...

It looks like there will be no trial project for an extra ambulance base in a western portion of Prince Edward County this summer. Last summer, a trial ambulance base was set up at the Wellington fire...

Hastings County is keeping an eye on possible federal funding as it prepares its 2016 budget. Many municipalities have their hopes on extra funding from the Liberal government which has promised new i...

An official "flood warning" has been issued for the Glen Ross and Frankford areas of Quinte West and the municipality is offering assistance. The city of Quinte West has staff monitoring the situation...