Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Eastern Ontario Wardens have made five recommendations to the provincial government to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of long term care service. The five recommendations come from a two-part...

With a look forward to the 2021 year, Belleville's grant committee is opening up two separate funding streams for applications. These two specific streams are for Arts and Culture programs and for Soc...

The campaign to get improved cellular service to Eastern Ontario was taken directly to a group of technology businesses in the Quinte area recently. About 40 business people attended a session on the ...

A mayor in a northern community has become Hastings County's Deputy Warden. Mayor Bonnie Adams of Carlow-Mayo was elected at a meeting of County Council on Thursday. In her pre-election address, Adams...

A campaign is underway to establish a Nurse Practitioner Health Care Clinic for military families and veterans in the Quinte Region. The proposal is a collaboration of the VON Canada, VON Trenton and ...

There's a new twist for Belleville Transit riders. The city has introduced a Real-Time Passenger Volume Indicator that allows riders to track the passenger volume on the buses. It means the potential ...

A number of Belleville playgrounds will get major upgrades this year and community residents will have a hand in designing them. The city had decided at its budget meeting last fall to spend a large p...

Mayors of municipalities across Eastern Ontario made their priorities known at the recent Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference. Those priorities include a comprehensive review of Eastern Ont...

Hastings County will be faced with increased child care costs at budget time in March. Local officials, including Belleville and Quinte West, learned at a recent meeting of the Community and Human Ser...

The Executive Director of Belleville Downtown District BIA questions the provincial government's decision to allow big-box stores to stay open during the current COVID-19 lockdown. Belleville Downtown...