Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Plans for a gas bar and convenience store on Highway 62, south of Old Madoc Road, raised some concerns at Belleville's Planning Advisory Committee's virtual meeting Monday night. Owner Shawn Milne out...

A series of summer camps for children in the Napanee area have been cancelled but there is some good news as well. Family and Children's Services of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington has announced that ...

A report to Hastings County Council at its virtual meeting on Thursday indicated there was still "much uncertainty" around the financial implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for municipal budgets. Di...

The situation at both Hastings County Long Term Care Homes has returned to what has been called "a new normal." County CAO Jim Pine reported to a virtual meeting of Hastings County Council on Thursday...

A new twist is coming for the COVID-19 assessment centres in the Quinte area over the next couple of weeks. At the virtual meeting of Hastings County Council on Thursday, Mayor of Tweed Jo-Anne Albert...

Belleville Transit will begin moving back towards restoring services in the city, following its pandemic slowdown. The city has indicated that with the increase in businesses opening, and need for mor...

In a bid to increase the number of COVID-19 tests the province has expanded the testing criteria. This has led local assessment centres to expand their referral process, and support all interested ind...

A Belleville councillor has questioned the costs involved in the reduced celebrations for the two major events in July. Belleville Chamber of Commerce, which has a contract to carry out a number of ev...

Rezoning approved A marijuana grow operation, proposed for a warehouse in Belleville's east end, has been given the green light. At its virtual meeting on Monday, City council approved the rezoning of...

Belleville will set its 2020 operating budget early in July. This is two months later than normal, the delay caused by the COVID-19 contingencies. At Monday's virtual meeting of city council, Finance ...