Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Hastings County Emergency Services is seeking a close-to-four per cent hike in its budget for this year. At its meeting on Wednesday, Emergency Services approved a 3.6% increase which would bring the ...

Hastings County Community and Human Services committee is proposing a budget increase of close to five per cent for 2022. The staff report before the committee indicated the challenge facing the depar...

The Quinte Arts Council Gallery marked its reopening on Tuesday, International Women's Day, with the first post-pandemic show. The show - Rise: Because we are equal 2022 - celebrates the voices and ae...

Thursdays have become the battle time against COVID-19 in Prince Edward County. The County has announced that walk-in vaccination clinics will continue at the Prince Edward Community Centre from noon ...

Officials with the Hastings Prince Edward Health Unit conducted a long list of inspections in 2021. A report to the Board of Health on Wednesday showed 18 workplace inspections were carried out. There...

Fifteen percent of Hastings Prince Edward homes, tested a couple of years ago, were found to be positive for a radioactive gas. A report to the Hastings Prince Edward Board of Health on Wednesday poin...

The medical officer of health for Hastings Prince Edward says he's optimistic but cautious about the impact of COVID-19 in the community as spring approaches. Following a meeting of the Board of Healt...

There is still no full settlement of what's known as the Culbertson land tract, more than 900 acres of land in the Tyendinaga and Deseronto areas. A partial settlement was accomplished last fall when ...

There is still no report from the province on the natural gas explosion at Lehigh Cement Plant in Picton last fall. A spokesman for the Ministry of Labour tells Quinte News there are no further update...

The newly-established Architectural Conservancy in Prince Edward County has set some of its priorities in preservation for the county. About 50 people showed an interest in helping to preserve the his...