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Pop-Ups "popping" activity at Belleville's waterfront

Belleville's Pop-Ups on the Bay are enjoying a good start to this first summer season. The nine Pop-Up entrepreneurs located at West Zwick's Island have just completed the first month of this bayshore...

Mary Thomas Jul 21, 2020 Pop-Ups at Zwick's Park summer of 2020 (Belleville city council agenda)

A Drive-Thru Barbecue

A Drive-Thru Barbecue is being held at the lunch hour in Tweed on Wednesday. It it a free United Way of Hastings Prince Edward celebration. Officials of United Way Hastings and Prince Edward say the i...

Mary Thomas Jul 20, 2020

Wallbridge Circle of Stones set for September

The Ancestral Circle of Stones, planned for a Quinte West park, will be officially opened this fall. Local historian Alex McNaught tells Quinte News 25 people have bought the first session of stones, ...

Mary Thomas Jul 11, 2020

Belleville's new pedestrian bridge delayed, again

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused another delay in the long-awaited plan to replace the pedestrian bridge over the Moira River in downtown Belleville. The old Catharine Street Bridge was shut down a fe...

Mary Thomas Jul 08, 2020 Pedestrian bridge in downtown Belleville (File photo: Mary Thomas/Quinte News)

Crops going downhill fast: Crowe

The hot dry summer is causing major problems for farmers across this part of Eastern Ontario. "The corn has just curled up." That's the word from Lloyd Crowe of the Grain Growers of Eastern Ontario. "...

Mary Thomas Jul 08, 2020 United Soybean Board / CC

More accessibility grants available

Once again small businesses in the Quinte area will be able to take advantage of grants to help them become more accessible. Grants up to $10,000 are available to improve accessibility barriers within...

Mary Thomas Jul 07, 2020 Brianna Brossit, Small Business Centre

Belleville residential taxes drop for 2020

The good news for Belleville taxpayers - a drop in municipal taxes for 2020. City council met in the council chambers on Monday, after months of virtual meetings, to debate the operating budget. It ap...

Mary Thomas Jul 06, 2020 Belleville city council in council chambers, July 6, 2020 (Photo: City of Belleville screengrab)

"Stomp out" cannabis criminality: Sloan

The MP for Hastings-Lennox and Addington is calling on Health Canada to take some action against cannabis operations across his riding. In a letter to Minister of Health Patty Hajdu, MP Derek Sloan sa...

Mary Thomas Jul 02, 2020 H-L&A MP Derek Sloan is running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada. He spoke to the Bay of Quinte AGM at the Belleville Club (Photo: Bay of Quinte Conservative EDA)

Thousands answer QSWC survey

More than 2,000 people have responded to a survey on the future programs at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre. The centre is planning to incorporate the customers' feedback into programs developed...

Mary Thomas Jul 02, 2020 The Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre in Belleville. (File photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

We're all lucky to be Canadian: Mayor Panciuk

Belleville Mayor Mitch Panciuk is urging Belleville residents to mark this Canada Day by appreciating how lucky they are to be Canadians. Mayor Panciuk comments to Quinte News "This is going to be a C...

Mary Thomas Jul 01, 2020 waferboard / CC