Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Belleville Public Library is closed for a few weeks in the COVID-19 emergency, but still offers children and families services through online programs. Coordinator of Children, Youth and Reader Servic...

Belleville is wrestling with the issue of how to deal with the homeless and their meals during the COVID-19 pandemic. The issue is dealing with the homeless and observing the rules surrounding the vir...

Belleville's Emergency Management Control Group met Wednesday morning to provide updates on actions being carried out by each of the group areas in response to COVID-19. Mayor Mitch Panciuk reports he...

Habitat for Humanity Hastings Prince Edward has closed its Bell Boulevard location until April 6, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and postponed its fundraiser with the Belleville Senators. The fu...

Belleville's city centre is adjusting to the COVID-19 restrictions as they develop, but is still inviting people downtown. Executive Director of Belleville Downtown District Marijo Cuerrier says thing...

Belleville bus riders don't need to worry about their bus passes running out as the city announces closure of facilities over the next three weeks. Belleville Transit has announced residents may use t...

A Belleville councillor questioned a funding request to Hastings County by the Grace Inn Shelter, saying she has "never seen a financial statement for the shelter." At a recent meeting of the Communit...

The Hastings Prince Edward Medical Officer of Health has clarified the testing process for those Quinte area people in self-isolation for COVID-19. Dr. Piotr Oglaza tells Quinte News not all of the 35...

Beginning next month, some people in the Quinte area looking for affordable housing may get an extra financial boost. The federal-provincial portable housing program, launching in April, is aimed at i...

Hastings County Employment Connection program was able to fill 78 jobs during the first month of 2020. Statistics presented at Wednesday's meeting of the Community and Human Resources Committee show t...