Author Archives: Mary Thomas

The city of Belleville is throwing its support behind plans for a downtown summer project that will give a boost as the city reopens amid COVID-19. At its meeting on Monday, city council decided to pr...

This Sunday is a special day for the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, and for Indigenous people across Canada. June is National Indigenous History month and Sunday is National Indigenous Peoples Day. It ...

Plans for the revitalization of Memorial Arena have hit a snag, a snag called COVID-19. When Taskforce Engineering bought the building early this year the idea was to redesign the building and attract...

The COVID-19 Pop-up testing centres are expanding into more areas throughout Hastings County. Community paramedics have been taking the pop-up testing centres into Centre Hastings this week. A total o...

Belleville readers are returning to Belleville Public Library, following the COVID-19 shutdown, but in a very different way. The library has been open for drop-off returns and book pick-ups during the...

Book readers are taking advantage of the new "pick-up service" at Quinte West Library during the COVID-19 pandemic. Quinte West is heading into the third week of the new system which allows the librar...

Issues regarding the actions of tenants in social housing were raised at a recent Hastings County committee meeting. The Community and Human Services committee had before it a five-year review of the ...

A Belleville WWII veteran had a big surprise on Friday as he celebrates a special birthday. Lieutenant Colonel Brian Tang of the 8 Maintenance Squadron tells Quinte News that Robertson has been a gues...

Hastings County is already preparing for multiple enquiries into Long Term Care Homes in connection with COVID-19. Meanwhile the county is ready to share its success stories. CAO Jim Pine told the Lon...

Plans to install a new playground at a community family housing building in Belleville caused some controversy at a Hastings County committee meeting. In May, the department received a petition from t...