Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Belleville residents looking for something new to read during the COVID-19 shutdown will soon have a chance to pick up a library book. Belleville Public Library has been closed since the shutdown bega...

The process is now underway to improve cell service throughout Eastern Ontario. The call for proposals from companies to provide the enhanced cellular service across the area went out this spring, wit...

There's some indication Belleville may be getting ready to bounce back after COVID-19 in 2020. The word is that seven applications will come before the city's Planning Advisory Committee on June 1. Pl...

The Highway of Heroes Tree Campaign is underway again for 2020. This charity, in its fourth year, aims to plant one tree in Ontario for every life lost while serving in the Canadian Armed Forces. Camp...

A cannabis production facility, being proposed for Belleville's east end, is one step closer to approval. The request for rezoning came before Tuesday night's virtual meeting of the Planning Advisory ...

Life was looking a little busier in Belleville Downtown District on Tuesday as Ontario allows businesses to open up some more during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first day brought some visitors to busin...

COVID-19 statistics for Hastings Manor in Belleville indicate that it has had one death, and that one resident who tested positive is now in hospital. A report to the Hastings County Long Term Care Co...

Quinte-Hastings community paramedics have been testing hundreds of people for COVID-19 in Long Term Care Homes and the community over the past few weeks. Chief of Paramedic Services Doug Socha reporte...

A Belleville councillor has objected to a portion of the $829,400 provincial COVID-19 pandemic emergency funding going to a local group that provides some meals to people in need. Councillor Pat Culha...

Belleville's fire department will soon have some new high-tech "Jaws of Life' to assist in its work in the community. City council heard a report from Fire Chief Mark MacDonald this week regarding the...